The current snow and terrible weather conditions have highlighted the need for schools and colleges to be able to contact parents quickly and effectively. Call-Systems Technology (CST) says it’s new ParentCall provides the answer.
ParentCall is an online web-based solution that delivers messages by email, text to mobile phones or text to voice on landlines. It’s [...]

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Many of us enjoy the communication that comes along with social networking and blogging.  All these things are a great way to keep in touch with friends and family that it may be hard to otherwise connect with, but at what point is sharing too much?  Even dangerous?

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With the huge boom in easily and relatively affordably technology, it’s really not a huge surprise that there are now computers exclusively for children. 

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This is a question that parents of my acquaintance discuss together all the time.  Several of my kids’ friends’ parents have caved in and gotten their kids cells, even though they said they wouldn’t.  [...]

A new trend in plastic surgery is offering mothers a chance to regain their pre-baby bodies. The “mommy makeover,” a trifecta of surgeries, is gaining popularity across the nation and here in Oklahoma.
A mommy makeover often consists of a breast augmentation or a breast lift, a tummy tuck and liposuction. Last year, doctors nationwide [...]

Yesterday’s trends won’t work for today’s connected kids–from the hottest new game to the coolest new movie, youngsters are looking for the latest and greatest creation. Vtech has focused their 2009 line of products to incorporate the innovative play contemporary kids ask for, with the educational value moms require. With everything from an award winning [...]

Red Box Productions today announces that Baby Pack & Go is growing quickly to become one of the most popular applications in the Travel category of the US iTunes App Store since its launch on 25 June 2009. This customizable iPhone and iTouch application provides parents and caregivers a simple solution to make sure they [...]

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CNN.com recently did an article on this topic, because it seems that a Spanish mom, Maria Del Carmen Brousada, died recently at age 69…after using reproductive technology (in vitro fertilization and a donor egg) to conceive and bear twin boys just 3 years ago…boys who are now preschoolers with no mommy.
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My sister is the mother of a teenager, and also works at a nursing home.  Oddly, that puts her in the perfect position to comment on some new uses of video game systems.  Here’s what she has to say about them:

I have to express my views on the video game systems.  In general, I don’t like [...]

I hang with writers, editors, and even a few publishers, and I hear it over and over. The market for traditional books is dwindling, and the market for alternatively published books is growing.
For writers, this sometimes means seeking publishing sources like self-publishing, if they are dead set on holding that book in their hands.  And [...]