MaryAnne of MamaSmiles and I are counting down our Top 5 Posts of 2014 together. If you are new to blogging and wonder how to get a post to go viral, I would say that it’s an unpredictable business. I would suggest — and I hope MaryAnne would agree with me — to write each…
Category: Miscellaneous
Teaching Inappropriate Touch to Kids Starting at Age 3
Please welcome my guest author, Selena Smith, who is covering the importance of body safety education for kids starting at age 3. Parents everywhere desperately want to keep their children safe. Children are told over and over not to play in the street, always wear seatbelts, do not talk to strangers, say no to drugs,…
A True Tale of Two Cheaters: 30 Years Later
The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice. When I went to college, my boyfriend informed me that I was provincial. From a province. He was from Queens, New York, and commuted an hour each way to a New York city magnet school. I protested that I was from a…
Alice in Wonderland ebook to Celebrate 150 Years
#alicewinks
Tinkertoy GIVEAWAY to Celebrate 100 Years
Can you believe that Tinkertoys is turning 100 this year?! To celebrate this great milestone, I am doing a Tinkertoy Giveaway of a special 100 piece essential set before it hits the stores next month. K’NEX is also launching Tinkertoy’s very own Facebook page! If you played with Tinkertoys as a child, you’ll notice that it has…
Gifts for Mother in Laws (Day 4), 12 Days of Shopping
Gift ideas for mother-in-laws and mothers too if you give them the same thing. We also have ideas for the perfect father-in-law present!
Apps for Autistic Children
Thank you to Dad developer Kyle Tomson of Mobile Education Store, for letting me repost his great article on apps for high functioning autistic children who benefit from the language aspects of these apps. Kyle has a daughter, Caitlin, who is very high functioning on the autism spectrum so this topic is very near and dear to his heart, so much so that he just went and developed them himself!