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WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.
Name of Product: Imaginarium Wooden Coloring Cases
Units: About 27,000
Importer / Retailer: Toys “R” Us Inc., of Wayne, N.J.
Hazard: The printed [...]

With the school year and classes starting it soon will the popularity issues begin. Groups will form from jocks to geeks. How does a kid deal with the issues of popularity when they aren’t in the group they want to be in? How do you as a parent deal with the rejection your [...]

Recently, I read a great article by Mark Oestreicher discussing the aspects of faith development in preteens and how to handle doubts concerning faith. In his article, Mark quoted from the work of Psychologist Stephen Glenn who developed a human development timeline. This timeline identified six phases that children pass through as they [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.
Name of Product: Robbie Ducky™ Kids Watering Cans
Units: About 6,000
Importer: Jo-Ann Stores Inc., of Hudson, Ohio
Hazard: The beak of the [...]

A favorite blog of mine TheSimpleDollar.com discusses the benefits of starting a savings account for that little one on the way. If you are expecting, I highly suggest this read.
Starting A Savings Account For Your Newborn - TheSimpleDollar.com
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Potty-training… it’s the subject of discussion everywhere I go (no pun intended). A couple of co-workers are potty training their kids, friends of ours are potty-training their son, my wife and I are potty-training our youngest. I am curious, what techniques or tricks did you use to train your little one to use [...]

Expecting parents are often told they need all sorts of items in order to provide the best upbringing for their child. I remember my wife and I were told we needed to have a Diaper Genie. If we had one the odor of diapers would simply disappear. Not true. We found [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firms named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.
Name of Product: Sesame Street, Dora the Explorer, and other children’s toys
Units: About 967,000
Importer: Fisher-Price Inc., of East Aurora, N.Y.
Hazard: [...]

If you are like me, you worry about your child using the internet. You may have a list of sites that you are comfortable with your child surfing. But what happens when they accidentally click the wrong link or type in the wrong thing, suddenly their innocence can be forever lost.
Two things I use in [...]