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Is My Nanny Cam Legal?

Author: sharon macdonald Subscribe to users feed

Published: 27/05/2008

Like many parents, you may be considering a hidden or covert camera to record the interaction and behavior of your babysitter and your children while you're away. As you can see these so-called nanny cams or spy cams can be hidden in a variety of household objects and record activity without...

How To Build A Safe Playground?

Author: Sameep Shah Subscribe to users feed

Published: 26/05/2008

Kids love their fun and break periods. In fact, most kids look forward to their playtime and are very happy and excited when the bell for playtime goes off. Most of the time, these kids spend a lot of their time in playground which is where they often get to have fun. These periods are usually...

Helping Your Children Develop Self Confidence

Author: Robert Kokoska Subscribe to users feed

Published: 26/05/2008

Did you know that most self confidence problems as an adult originate from childhood? For this reason, it is particularly important to that you pay maximum attention to other or your own children's self confidence - in other words, help them to develop self confidence as much as possible. They...

How Safe Is Your Backyard Playground?

Author: Sameep Shah Subscribe to users feed

Published: 26/05/2008

One of the most effective means via which kids can get some relaxation is by the use of the playground. Parents are now finding out that it is better for them to build their own playgrounds in their own backyards or in their neighborhoods. In fact community efforts towards building of these...

How To Get Your Child To Behave

Author: Kim Patrick Subscribe to users feed

Published: 26/05/2008

I tried something and it worked really well. So I thought I would share it with parents out there in cyberspace. First of all I wrote a list of everything that I wished for my nine year old daughter, writing everything in the present as if she was already doing all the things that I wanted...

How To Get Your Child To Bed On Time

Author: Kim Patrick Subscribe to users feed

Published: 26/05/2008

There many different ways to go about this and unfortunately there is not one correct way to do this. Each child is an individual and as such will present different challenges, especially since family dynamics will be different in every family due to the unique ages, sexes and number of kids in...

7 Playground Safety Tips

Author: Sameep Shah Subscribe to users feed

Published: 25/05/2008

Children enjoy using the playground to have fun and just relax. However, the chances of a child getting injuries from the playground are seemingly high. This is because most parents do not think about doing some form of consulting before setting out to build playground facilities for their kids....

Getting Children To Listen

Author: Kim Patrick Subscribe to users feed

Published: 25/05/2008

How can I get my child to listen to me? I hear you say. This is an ongoing problem for many parents. I can sympathise with you as it isn't easy. Sometimes as parents we need ot have the wisdom of Solomon. I have a 12 year old son finds it terribly difficult to listen to me. If i want him to do...

25 Fun, Cheap, and Easy Things to Do with Your Kids this Summer

Author: Jamie Jefferson Subscribe to users feed

Published: 25/05/2008

Summer is a great time to finally squeeze in all of those activities that you don't have a chance to do during the school year. Here are 25 fun, cheap, and easy ideas for keeping your kids busy until the school bell rings again in the fall. 1. Map out all of the different parks in your county...

Toys And The Racial Divide

Author: Victor Epand Subscribe to users feed

Published: 24/05/2008

Did you know that there used to be a Crayola crayon that was called 'flesh'? They changed the name in 1962 to 'peach' in recognition of the fact that not everybody's skin color is the same. This was quite probably a fairly reasonable step to take, but there are occasions when, looking at toys...