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Am I Having A Boy Or A Girl
Predicting a baby's gender is area filled with science, folklore and something in between? As far as folklore is concerned, you will find many, many people who swear by the validity of some of these theories, and I'm not making any claims one way or...
29 commentsLunch Ideas for Kids
I HATED school lunch when I was little. I hated baloney sandwiches. I hated peanut butter and jelly. I hated salami. I hated the cold lunches the school provided, I hated the hot lunches more (Salisbury steak, fish patties--bleech!!). It's a wonder...
5 commentsNine Computer Skills Your Child Should Have By High School
Many schools have computers but don't teach kids about the technology. Sure, they let the kids pop in CD that reinforces phonics or reading or math, which is great. However, kids, even at elementary-school ages, need to start learning more than how to insert a CD or type in a Web address and play a game.
19 commentsChildren Can Excel, or Teaching Spreadsheets to Kids
Why in the world should a child learn to use a spreadsheet? Why should they learn to use calculators? Or a phone? Or a fork and knife (OK, that's my son's argument.) We use tools to make life easier. The spreadsheet, simply, is a tool, like a...
12 commentsThe Toontown Game - a view from the parent's side
Kids asking to join Toontown? Have no idea what they're talking about? Read on-a parent's introduction to Disney's Toontown Online-to get the scoop on the site and make a decision about joining.
24 commentsMake Your House Scary with a Halloween Graveyard
If you really want to go all out when decorating your house for Halloween, consider going one step further than a tombstone in the front yard. Go whole hog, create a Halloween graveyard at your house. First, plot out your area of the yard for...
12 commentsThe Club Penguin Game - for parents
"Mom, can I get a membership to Club Penguin?" If you have a kid anywhere from 6 to 14, you may have had this request. I had no idea what my 7-year-old daughter was talking about when she asked me. She's never deviates from her 3 staple Web sites. ...
58 commentsMaking A Halloween Tombstone for your yard
If you are like me, you are a big kid at heart when it comes to Halloween. Since I can't trick or treat anymore (not without raising some concerns from the neighbors) I do the next best thing--I deck the house out for Halloween! And one of my...
8 commentsTyping for Children
The ability to touch type or keyboarding is an incredible useful skill for anyone who uses a computer. Being able to touch type is going to really important for your child too, who is just beginning a lifetime of computing. If you use a computer, you use the keyboard all the time, even for mundane things like entering Web addresses. The better your keyboarding is, you can perform many computer tasks faster and that matters.
7 commentsClub Penguin Safety
Any time your child is online, you have to be concerned and watchful, even on Websites just for kids. Club Penguin is an online virtual world that is growing in popularity with kids from about 8 to 14. This Web site is now owned by Disney and they...
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