Safety

A Good New Year’s Resolution: Family Media Agreement

January 3, 2011
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Part of the reason I started my Kids in the Kitchen series, is to keep La Jolla Girl away from the TV and off digital devices.  The holidays proved that when she has the undivided attention of visiting family members, she doesn’t ask to watch TV, play with her iTouch, or watch videos on the computer.  However, the reality is that I won’t be able to keep her away from these things indefinitely, nor do [...]

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A Must Read About Kids and Internet Safety: Advice from Yahoo!

June 17, 2010
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All I can say is if you’re a parent or have a child in your life, please read this.  A lot of information comes my way these days, but this is one of the more important and interesting topics that I’ve written about.  La Jolla Dad and I have talked about how we’ll handle online safety and cell phones with La Jolla Girl, but she’s so little, it’s not relevant yet.  But it’s on our [...]

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Have Your H1N1 Vaccination Concerns Changed?

November 16, 2009
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H1N1 is certainly the hot topic these days. Almost every day I hear about someone who knows someone that has come down with H1N1. It’s a little bit scary. As the virus spreads, I wonder if it’s changed the minds of any parents that were against the vaccine in the late summer/early fall. Has it changed yours? I originally posted the JuiceBoxJungle widget in this post because it had useful vaccination information. Since then the [...]

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One Thing I Learned From Jon and Kate Plus 8

September 22, 2009
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I suppose I learned several other things including 8 kids is a lot of work and I would never want a film crew around 24/7. Besides that, I was watching an episode after they announced their separation.  Jon mentioned the kids going to school and that they all have different colored backpacks in order to avoid getting them confused. They did this in lieu of embroidering their names on the backpacks because they didn’t want [...]

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