Published documents by Victor Epand

2008

Traditionally speaking, playing with dolls has been considered a girl\'s pastime. From the 1940s to the 1960s, when dolls were quickly gaining popularity, it was the female children who could be found role-playing in the shoes of their mother or grandmother. Today, more and more people are starting to embrace the concept of boys playing with dolls. The debate of boys and dolls is a...

Great Games For Children Of All Ages Published on 15/10/2008

There are several different types of great games on the market today that are available for children in a wide range of ages. Many of these games have the ability to teach children to read better and parents know exactly how important reading is to children and the future of their children. Games are great ways to trick children into reading even if they do not like to read. Children often...

Bicycle Accessores: Improving The Ride Published on 14/10/2008

As someone who lives in a city where traffic just seems to get worse and worse, I honor those who chose to get around on bicycles rather than in cars. I find their decision even more impressive considering the amount of inconvenience than can result. Cyclists have to deal with all kinds of challenges that don\'t affect drivers, so it\'s good to know that there exist a fair number of bicycles...

Outdoor Knives: Lots Of Options Published on 14/10/2008

It seems like almost everyone owns some level of pocket knife. Soccer moms, business executives, teenagers-they all carry at least one in their purse, their briefcase, their car or some other handy location. Most knives tend to be designated into one of two categories: those intended for domestic use, meaning for the preparation of food in the kitchen, or those intended for outdoor use. Pocket...

The Purpose Of A Dungeon Master Published on 14/10/2008

Role playing games can often be a large, sometimes confusing, sweeping alternate world in which a game can be played. These games often unwind themselves like a story, with each player assuming the role of a character. These characters will then embark on a quest, usually cooperatively, to accomplish some set of goals. These quests will often relate to each other in the end, all tying together...

Stuffed Animals For Teen Girls Published on 14/10/2008

Teen girls still love getting stuffed animals for Christmas. However, they aren\'t interested in something too babyish. Girls between the ages of 8 and 12 like stuffed animals that are a little more high tech and sophisticated. The following suggestions can help you navigate the tricky terrain of buying stuffed toys for young ladies in the teen age group. A large number of major malls across...

Arts And Craft Toys For Kids Published on 14/10/2008

Children love to create things. The imagination and creativity should be encouraged in children, and the way to do that is to give them the tools that they need. A time for arts and crafts is essential for a child\'s development, and can do wonders for the mind of a child. Drawing, painting, coloring, cutting and pasting can bring hours of enjoyment for a young mind, and it can encourage...

Giving Your Child's Education A Boost? Published on 19/09/2008

There are so many games on the Internet; we had a hard time choosing which ones to review. But with your child's learning in mind we scoured the Internet from top to bottom and found some very interesting games that the child can search and find words, make plurals of singular words, learn what a noun, verb, preposition, adjective, adverb, and conjunction is. Then after they know what these...

Damaging Scenes Hidden In Some Video Games Published on 19/09/2008

Parents are concerned about the increasing popularity of video games with their children and the effects that these video games can have on their children with good reason. Besides hearing about which video games their children want, parents do not have enough informative information about the video games their children are playing. With video games being so popular among children of all...

Rock Climbing Gear: Little Pieces Of Safety Published on 19/09/2008

Rock climbing is an interesting pastime in that a hundred years ago, no one would ever have dreamed of doing it for fun. Historically, the feat of scaling a crag or mountain has only been accomplished in conjunction with exploration. Oh, perhaps a few mountain climbers decided to scale a few mountains "because they were there," but most people would never have considered it. Today, however, it...