Math 7-12: What Your Child Needs to Know and Math Apps That Can Help

Posted on 16. Feb, 2012 by Pat in Parenting

In an earlier post, I outlined math requirements for grades K-6 and math apps that could help your child develop their math skills at each grade level. Today’s post addresses grades 7-12.

Math K-6: What Your Child Needs to Know and Math Apps That Can Help

Posted on 14. Feb, 2012 by Pat in Parenting

Wondering how you can help your kids with math? Here is a list of math concepts usually taught at each grade level and math apps for each grade.This first post covers K-6th grades. The next post will cover 7th – 12th grades.

Best Colleges for the Money

Posted on 09. Feb, 2012 by Pat in Parenting

If you have someone heading off to college, you know how expensive college has become. Fortunately, there are tools to help you compare the true cost of a particular college or university as well as different lists of colleges offering the best deal for the money.

Here are four different lists of the top ten value colleges for 2012.

McDonald’s Biggest Distributor of Children’s Books in UK – Why Not U.S.?

Posted on 02. Feb, 2012 by Pat in Parenting

McDonald’s will be giving away more than nine million books by Michael Morpurgo, author of War Horse.

Say what you will about Happy Meals and, I know, there is plenty to say, we need to encourage McDonald’s to offer this book-giving program in the U.S.

Looking for the Best Baby App? Check out WebMD Baby

Posted on 31. Jan, 2012 by Pat in Parenting

A new free baby app, WebMD Baby, is generating rave reviews from moms, dads and reviewers. The New York Times says the WebMd Baby App is arguably more practical and useful than many of the other baby apps combined, including the popular Baby Connect which sells for $4.99.

A Toddler’s Creed

Posted on 24. Jan, 2012 by Pat in Parenting

If it is on, I must turn it off.
If it is off, I must turn it on.
If it is folded, I must unfold it.
If it is a liquid, it must be shaken, then spilled.

If it a solid, it must be

Teens for Jeans for Homeless Jan 16-Feb 12

Posted on 17. Jan, 2012 by Pat in Parenting

There are two million homeless teens in the U.S. The one thing they want most to feel normal is a pair of jeans. Your teen can help.

More than 200,000 teens around the country are expected to donate jeans over the next month to help homeless teens through Teens for Jeans. There are two ways for your teen to get involved.

Raising Our Sons to Be Healthy and Happy

Posted on 12. Jan, 2012 by Pat in Parenting

Do we expect our boys to be tougher than our girls? Well, if we’re honest, many of us would answer yes. Is this a good thing? No.

Our attitudes about boys and how they should behave are impacting their emotional and physical lives.

Keeping Children Safe: Toy Safety Lists and Recalls

Posted on 30. Nov, 2011 by Pat in Parenting

It can happen so quickly; or in the case of toxic chemicals, happen slowly, quietly, over time. It’s a parent’s worst nightmare.

While 97% of children sent to an emergency room with a toy-related injury are treated and released; others are not so lucky.

If you’re planning on buying toys this year or a baby gift, you may want to be aware of the following:

Family Meals Together: Good For Kids On So Many Levels

Posted on 31. Oct, 2011 by Pat in Parenting

We know it’s important. Study after study tells us so. It’s the one thing that poorer and less educated families do better than other parents.

“Studies show that the more often families eat together, the less likely kids are to smoke, drink, do drugs, get depressed, develop eating disorders and