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Kids DVD’s, April 2006

This is a really intersting sight I came across that esentially “reviews” DVD’s of all kinds but I found this article particularly intersting. Check it out…
Pop Matters: http://www.popmatters.com/film/features/060427-kidsdvds.shtml

Jury still out on ill-effects of TV for kids

An interesting way to view the controversy over the ill effects of a young child’s daily diet of TV. Preschoolers who watch TV fare slightly better at school, but many experts still advocate a prudent approach. Researchers at Texas Tech University have new information posted in last month’s issue of “Pediatrics” that refutes the earlier […]

Raising Kids in LA

I have to look down the barrel of that subject Sam brought up a couple of blogs ago…raising kids in LA. My husband has gotten a great career opportunity there, and though we moved to Seattle last summer and love it, it’s at least 50-50 we’ll be back in LA by fall.
Now, […]

Flavored Milk!

Apparently if our children are not returning home from school or camp with the classic “milk moustache” they’re not getting enough calcium. Is this really true? I know that both of my children as babies were big milk drinkers. They used to down 2 eight ounce bottles in one sitting without a problem. But when […]

Childcare and the great divide…

I’ve often said that my children’s generation and those just before them are likely to be the most knowledgeable, educated group of kids we’ve seen in decades. With most of them starting school at 2 or 3 years old, what they know by the time they start kindergarten is really staggering. I think back to […]

It’s a Thin Line

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how circumstance can derail all my best intentions. To put it more bluntly, how easy it is to lose control of my parenting when change and stress enter the mix. In our case, my husband got his dream job — in another city, of course. […]