HOW TO HANDLE A SCREAMING CHILD

     Some good ideas to mull over when your child is NOT screaming in public:

http://www.ehow.com/how_2124764_handle-screaming-child.html

TIPS FROM PARENT HACKS

     PARENT HACKS has “parenting tips from the real experts: actual parents.” This post on “homemade mac and cheese” liked by both children and adults hit me at a weak moment and almost sent me into the kitchen when it wasn’t even time for dinner.

http://www.parenthacks.com/2006/01/homemade_mac_an.html

     The PARENT HACKS site is worthy of detailed investigation. And you can have new tips (hacks) e-mailed to you. Send your own tips to:

http://www.parenthacks.com/2005/11/welcome_to_pare_1.html

WHAT’S BOTHERING YOU MOST?

     Discipline? Sleeping problems? A child who won’t eat? eHOW has parent-tested solutions for all of these situations. Find the main directory here:

http://www.ehow.com/information_1302-children.html

THE SECRET TO RAISING SMART KIDS

     The secret is probably not what you think it is.

http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=the-secret
-to-raising-smart-kids&ec=su_kids

TRAVEL WITH KIDS

     This family travels a lot. They give hints on traveling with kids, for short distances and for long distances.

http://www.familyhack.com/category/travel/

     ARE WE THERE YET? MOM’S MINIVAN has 101 car games, a scavenger hunt, and travel fun with aluminum foil, from someone who’s been through it all.

http://www.momsminivan.com/

GET 90 PERCENT OFF DESIGNER KIDS’ CLOTHES

     FAMILY HACKS is similar to PARENT HACKS, but the items come mostly from one family. Below are two of the items:

     GET 90 PERCENT OFF DESIGNER KIDS’ CLOTHES:

http://www.familyhack.com/2007/10/16/kids-clothes/

     SOMETHING DOWN THE DRAIN? RETRIEVE IT WITHOUT A WRENCH. The author originally says any vacuum will suck it up. Actually it takes a wet-dry shop vac. But IF YOU’VE LOST A CONTACT LENS or anything tiny like that somewhere in a room, his technique of putting panty-hose over the nozzle of a vacuum works beautifully, and the vacuum can be an ordinary one.

http://www.familyhack.com/2007/08/29/drain-tip/

KIDS’ HEALTH

     KIDS’ HEALTH has a parents’ site, with parenting information. Plus, it has a kids’ site, with “homework help and how the body works.” And a teen site, with “answers, advice, and straight talk.” All of which you can check out and see if you like it.

http://www.kidshealth.org/

10 WAYS TO TEACH CHILDREN ABOUT MONEY

     THRIFTY MOMMY has some great ideas on teaching kids about money – and she has lots more good things. Scroll down its page until you get to “Categories” to find some treasures.

http://www.thriftymommy.com/
10-ways-to-teach-your-children-about-money/

INOCULATE YOUR KIDS AGAINST ADVERTISING

     These parents tell how they did it, in THE CONSUMERIST:

http://consumerist.com/tag/how-to/
?i=365495&t=inoculate-kids-against-advertising

     And now for the adults. You say you found a rat’s head in your can of green beans? Don’t just stand there and gag. Tell THE CONSUMERIST. This site lets you know just how bad things can get. And maybe leaves you feeling grateful that nothing that bad has happened to you lately. That you aren’t like the family who lost every single thing they owned, even the food in their cupboards. To a fire? No. A flood? No. A burglar? No. Click below to find out who really did it:

http://consumerist.com/tag/jpmorgan-chase/?
i=5021117&t=jpmorgan-chase-accidentally-breaks
-into-your-house-and-steals-everything-you-own

KINDNESS OF AN ANONYMOUS STRANGER

     “This is one of the kindest things I’ve ever experienced,” says the author. It is an exceptional story.

http://www.earthfrisk.com/createdpagedetail.php?id=96