All kids inflatable toys & the bigger the better. Skip the overcrowded water park, these funky toys will get out of the house & off the video games ( at least for a while).
A new study published in HealthDay News shows that 120 kids each day are rushed to the emergency room for tub related injuries, children age 4 and under accounting for most of these accidents.This doesn't even take into account the kids with minor injuries that never went to the hospital.
Although burns and incidents of drowning or near-drowning are common bathtub accidents, new research shows more than 43,000 kids each year are injured by slipping & falling.
Looking for a special game for family night? Want a personal gift for someone? These Monopoly & Opoly games will end your search. Each game features a fun theme & is packed with hours of entertainment.
Each doll makes a difference! Not only to your child but to the charities that Karito Kids Support. Each purchase makes a donation & your child chooses how they want to help others. Kids not only learn about others but how they can do something special for another child.
This lens is for everyone who plan to travel to Beijing China or who has already been there. You'll find a growing repository of Beijing videos, photos, travel guides, facts, tips, articles, news, DVDs, tours, maps and more. Be sure and participate in the survey and leave your comments. Thanks for visiting. Enjoy.
Enjoy international travel? If you do, you know how important visas are. The visa information below will provide you with answers to frequently asked questions about travel visas. Whether you are new to international travel or are a seasoned traveler, the facts below will help you to become better informed. While some of the content may be specific to U.S. citizens, I have tried to provide general information that would apply to citizens of any country.
You're only a couple of weeks away from an important international trip when you realize your passport has expired. Or maybe the chance to travel overseas arose unexpectedly and you don't even have a passport. Whatever the case, if you need to obtain a U.S. passport within two weeks or less, you'll have to expedite your passport application. Following are some tips on how to get your passport fast. If you are in a hurry and want to apply online to expedite your passport, visit Rush My Passport.
All little boys like Big trucks, the louder & bigger the better! Deck out your little firefighters room in high style with these fun & practical room accessories.
Protect your purse from dirty floors and thieves by hanging it right next to you on the table... but most importantly, these Purse Hangers "look fabulous". Our beautiful, trendy and lightweight purse hangers offer peace of mind and a nice companion accessory to your purses no matter where you go. They are engineered to support up to 20 pounds so that they can hold purses and handbags for all occasion. It will certainly make a great gift!
To kids, few things are as captivating as an honest-to-goodness fort. They might call it the clubhouse, the hideaway or just a play house.
A fort that kids make by hand with stuff they find lying around is just as good as a swanky fort delivered by two men in a big truck. My personal building material of choice was the couch cushions & a couple strategically placed comforters. Luckily now they make inexpensive portable pop up versions...so the cushions can stay on the couch!
It's not just for back to school anymore, Crayola is a staple in most kids lives whether they notice or not. Just about every crayon & marker on the market sports the famous Crayola logo. In recent years Crayola has stepped up the creativity with some outrageously cool activity kits.
From its earliest beginnings, Crayola has been a color company. They came into being when cousins Edwin Binney and C. Harold Smith took over Edwin's father's pigment business in 1885. More than 120 years later, color - along with creativity, learning and most of all, fun - is the hallmark of the Crayola company.
HABA is one of the oldest toymakers from Germany. Founded in 1938, HABA has continued to "stand up for the little guy" by making high quality toys and games for babies and young children. In a world where infant safety is more important than ever before, HABA toys are a great choice that will stand the test of time. These are the toys that are passed down through the generations.
More recently, HABA has expanded its award-winning line of wooden toys and traditional games to include children's furniture and unique room decorations. These new offerings are still in line with HABA's core mission, which actually can be seen in their name itself. In German, HABA stands for "high quality products and age appropriate materials."
HABA also "stands up for the little guy" by supporting small businesses and partnering with boutique retailers rather than the Big Box stores. Clearly, this toy maker values traditional values, in its toys and also in its relationships. That's why we love HABA!
Everyone knows it's important for parents to talk with their teens about drugs and alcohol. Communication is a simple but vital tool that you, as the parent of a teenager, have at your disposal to help your son or daughter stay happy, healthy and drug-free.
But it's not always easy to figure out how to talk to teens, whether the subject of conversation is drugs, school or just casual chitchat. Here are five steps parents can take to prepare for a productive discussion with their teen about drug and alcohol use. Each step includes a brief written exercise to help you practice a necessary skill: self-communication.
Psychologist James Gilligan argues that there is a common emotional experience shared by all perpetrators of violent crime: shame.
According to Gilligan, shame is also the primary motivation behind government-sanctioned punishments. Crime and punishment share a common purpose: to annihilate shame and restore self-respect.
The result: violent crime never ends. Punishment of violent criminals replaces public shame with pride, and the community feels better now that "something has been done."
But punishment does not heal shame; it only hands it back to the criminal, who must commit more violent crime in order to correct what he perceives as an injustice done to him by the authorities.
In this riveting nonfiction book, John Hubner takes us inside a treatment program for the most severely violent youth criminals in the state.
In Texas, where prison conditions are harsh and most offenders receive determinate sentences, intensive treatment programs offer violent kids a final chance to change their antisocial patterns of behavior.
At the Giddings State School, a treatment facility for the most serious criminal youth offenders in Texas, John Hubner follows one group of boys and one group of girls as they work their way through their final phase of rehabilitation: the Capital and Serious Violent Offenders group treatment program.
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This site is dedicated to people interested in Feng Shui. This site starts with basics and moves to a little more advanced. I will continue to add more based on feedback from the group and my continued studies.