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Hand Washing – Setting Good Examples For Your Children

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:53:46 +0000

As children, we are constantly being reminded by our parents to wash our hands after using the restroom and before eating. At the age of ten, this seemed like a chore; however, regularly washing your hands throughout the day is proven to reduce our susceptibility to infectious diseases, making the chore of hand washing well worth the effort.

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Teach Your Children Hygiene Habits & Hand Washing

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:43:05 +0000

Establishing good hand washing habits is a sure fire way to protect your family from infections and viruses. Hand washing is easy to learn and requires very little equipment, so you and your family have no excuses for not mastering the technique.

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3 Topics to Talk With Your Parents

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:00:16 +0000

It’s important to communicate with your parents. It is said that through communication your relationships will grow. Well, Communication is not just about talking, it also involves listening, observing and studying

Activities to Help You Relax

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:57:55 +0000

When you get home from work or school, all you want to do is relax. Here are some great ideas to do when you want to chill out.

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Activities to Help You Relax

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:57:55 +0000

When you get home from work or school, all you want to do is relax. Here are some great ideas to do when you want to chill out.

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Sharing Life, Laughter and Pain With Your Loved Ones

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:41:54 +0000

Most people will tell you that there is nothing in life that is more important to them than their close family. This usually includes parents, children, brothers, sisters, and grandparents.

Living Without Batteries

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:47:00 +0000

The humble battery seems to have been part and parcel of our lives forever. It is in numerous devices and gadgets around the home, from life saving smoke alarms to the TV remote, it may well seem that we couldn’t live without them unless we wanted to do away with all our electrical items and gadgets but that may now not be the case.

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Compelling Mystery, Friendship, and Redemption – When You Reach Me – 2010 Newbery Medal Winner

Our Handmade Gifts — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:58:27 +0000

Miranda–the protagonist of the 2010 Newbery Medal winner “When You Reach Me,” by Rebecca Stead–is a twelve-year-old latchkey kid living with her single mom in New York City in the 1970s. She’s smart, she’s funny, and she reads only one book: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle. Miranda has lost her best friend, Sal, who lives in her apartment building. One day, while the two of them were walking home from school, a neighborhood kid named Marcus punched Sal, and from that day on Sal just seemed to drift away. Now Miranda keeps getting mysterious notes.

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Child Pool Safety Tips – Making Your Summer Heartache-Free

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:15:48 +0000

When summer swings round to your part of the world it means a dip in the pool and also it is a kid’s right of passage to plunge into the home pool. Yes, it’s fun – but for some there is going to be heartache with the loss, by drowning, of a loved one, especially a child – that, perhaps is the most hard-hitting.

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How to Keep Entertained During the Cold Months

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:55:54 +0000

Summer vacation is a time for fun and cheer. However, it only comes around once a year and for the rest of the year, you have got to keep yourself entertained.

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