Bullying in School The Parenting Weblog

Bullying is a problem that I wouldn't wany my child -- nor, someone else's child -- to experience. boys directly bully other kids by taunting, hitting or threatening them. Bullying by girls are done subtly by spreading rumours or by socially isolating someone by intentional seclusion. Whether direct or subtle, bullying would obviously have negative consqeuences to the child being bullied and even to the bystanders who couldn't do anything. Sometimes, [...] Read More


How do you deal with school bullies? The Parenting Weblog

My son has been being picked upon by a bully in school. I'm thinking of talking to the kid's mom. Here's what I wrote: The class bully picked on Raine again. At lunch break, Raine didn't come out of the gate on time…so I went inside to his classroom. I was told that the principal brought Raine to the school clinic. When he arrived and I saw him for the first time, [...] Read More


Riding the Parenting Roller Coaster The Parenting Weblog

by Stephanie D., via Creative ReporterWhen I reflect upon this year with regards to my son and his personality changes, it truly makes my mind spin. Just a year or two ago, I remember talking frankly with my husband about my concerns that our son's most meaningful and close friendships were only with other four- and five-year-old girls, but that he didn't seem to know how to relate to boys as [...] Read More


School Bullies Target Children with Food Allergies Allergies

Right now, all my son's peers are very understanding and accepting of his food allergies and do not make a big deal out of it. My son's dietary limitations has not -- or at least I don't think so-- marked him as an outcast, or hasn't so far made a dent in his social development. That said, bullying in school because of food allergies are not unheard of. As a mother [...] Read More


Your Child Is Now Safe with RFID Equipped School Buses The RFID Weblog

This is for all the mothers out there who remain worried about their child's safety whenever their child boards the school bus but now RFID has come to take care of all their worries. Blue Springs School District in kansas is installing RFID in its school buses in order to ensure the safety of more than ten thousand students commuting on them. The fleets of buses have been installed with passive [...] Read More

My youngest child will attend kindergarten soon, and though I do feel some anxiety, I can't deny how much I'm looking forward to having a bit more "me" time again.

Actually, it's not so much as having time for myself, really, but just having the chance to do tasks alone. Perhaps I can finally launch a major spring cleaning and give the entire house a much needed clean-up without the "help" from my well-meaning daughter. Perhaps I can finally organize our bills, receipts, school memos and documents (has anyone tried the Freedom Filer? A friend swears by it, but it does cost a bit of initial cash outlay...). Perhaps I can finally sort out the mail and shred those brochure flyers I really shouldn't have kept in the first place. Really, if not for the full color flyer printing the companies use these days, those flyers would probably have gone from the mailbox straight to the bin anyway. Oh and yes, maybe finally, I can finally have the time to browse the supermarket shelves, rather than the usual frantic adrenaline- and impatient-toddler-powered dash I've always been doing. Just the thought that I can do the grocery without a toddler in tow makes me insanely excited!

Pathetic, I know, but gee, I am so looking forward to the first day of school and all the things I can do while she's in school. To think, my kid is just going for half days, twice a week. Am I being overly optimistic?

Pregnancy Beauty Tips by Bobbi Brown The Parenting Weblog

I walked like a duck, ate like a tasmanian devil, snored like a pig, farted like a cow and looked very much like an Asian version of the Goodyear blimp...That was my honest description of myself when I was pregnant. Sure, I was happy about the fact but I was also concerned about how I looked. I wasn't lucky to be one of those who looked naturally fresh. My hormones [...] Read More


Pregnancy and Hunger Pangs The Parenting Weblog

While my first trimester saw me losing my appetite because of nausea and the second trimester had me finally enjoying food again, I'm finding that well into my third trimester now, I'm constantly being hit by hunger pangs. While it might not be possible to avoid hunger pangs altogether (after all we do have a growing baby inside us) there are a couple of ways we can avoid the sudden [...] Read More


Belly Button during Pregnancy The Parenting Weblog

I am an outie. Imagine how awful my navel looks as soon as the second trimester of pregnancy begins. An outie that pops out is not a pretty picture. Add linea negra and stretch marks in the equation and, believe me, you wouln't want to be me. But, I do not really care. However, if you are much more conscious about how you look and you think that you need to hide [...] Read More


More beauty Busy with Style

I've been busy on my other blog too, writing about all things beauty. Here are five of my favorite posts last month: Valentino Sunglasses - You need quality eye shades, to protect you from the sun and also to make you look more mysterious. My Hairstyle - I give you my secret hair style routine that guarantees luscious locks. Look like a diva! Pole Fitness - Chuck away your running shoes and Transform [...] Read More


Things you never knew about beauty Are you a beauty?

Our friends over at The Beauty Brains got us thinking again, with their clever little pool. So, did you know rich people get cancer more often, muscle pain cream can kill you, there is such a thing as tanning bed addiction and that 10 varieties of mites live on your skin? Me neither, but it's good to know someone is paying attention to details. Also, this could be great discussion topics on [...] Read More

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced a voluntary recall of Drop Side Cribs Recalled by Cara Mia Furniture due to fall and entrapment hazards. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.

Name of Product: Diane Crib

Units: About 1,000

Distributors: Caramia Furniture and Mother Hubbard Cupboard's, of Ontario, Canada

Hazard: The slats on the cribs drop-side can detach from the top and bottom rails, posing fall and entrapment hazards to the child.

Incidents/Injuries: The firm has received 18 reports of slats detaching from the rails of the crib. No injuries have been reported.

Description: This recall involves Caramia "Diane" drop-side cribs. The cribs were manufactured between September 2002 and June 2004. A label affixed to the inside of the headboard or footboard lists the manufacturing dates.

Sold at: Buy Buy Baby and juvenile product and mass merchandise stores nationwide from September 2002 through December 2005 for between $240 and $370.

Manufactured in: Slovenia

Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled Diane crib and contact Caramia Furniture to receive a free replacement drop side. The free replacement will be available beginning March 2010.

Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact Caramia at (877) 728-0342 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, or visit the firm's Web site at www.caramiafurniture.com

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Circumcision The Parenting Weblog

To circumcise or not? A lot of you may take it for granted since everyone else around you have their sons circumcised. However, if you live in a country (like Germany) where people look in horror at the mere thought of this minor operation, you would have to think twice. See, we will be living here longer than planned. So that means my son may have to go to school here. [...] Read More


Male Circumcision Significantly Lowers Risk of HIV Infection Straightfromthedoc

Even if circumcision is practiced because of health, cultural or religious reasons, still it is considered as the unkindest cut and an assault to the male sex. These days (and in the future) the protective effect of circumcision against HIV (found in research studies) will become the best reason that will change parental expectations and medical practice across the world. Removing the foreskin is thought to harden the glans (head) of the [...] Read More


male circumcision may protect women from HIV Straightfromthedoc

Researchers at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine suggests that male circumcision could protect women from HIV based on a large-scale study conducted in Uganda. They studied 300 Ugandan couples in which the man had HIV but the woman did not, and found women's risk of infection was 30 per cent lower if her partner was circumcised. The team presented its findings on February 8 at the 2006 Conference on Retroviruses and [...] Read More