We all probably remember

those halcyon days when we’d feverishly try to make circles in our Etch-a-Sketches only to stare bemusedly at jagged lines.
Well, not all of us, of course… check out these superb artists (and resources!) online!

GV Etched In Time
Online Etch A Sketch
How does Etch a Sketch work?
The world’s greatest paintings reproduced - with […]

Chess is a super game

for your kids to learn and if you really want to ignore teaching the value of money, you can drop 42K for a Formula 1 Renault car-themed chess set! To wit:
…This collection is a dream come true for the ultimate gamer, especially so for the gamer that shares […]

Do your kids

feel they are too much of a geek and are hopeless for future romance?
If so, point them over to the blog of Ninento Gamer 4 Color Rebellion! The dear boy is getting married, and took the extra time and care to add Wii images of him and his bride-to-be on the […]

Nowadays, it seems

like backpacks weigh only slightly more than a small Volvo. Is your kids’ backpack too heavy?
I recently found the site Backpack Safety and enjoyed some of the tips there myself. To wit:
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Parents, teachers, school administrators and health care specialists are concerned about the issue of children’s health and […]

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If there’s one thing beneficial about being an online marketing entrepreneur, it’s being able to teach my kids how to ’spot the pitch!’ in everyday teen marketing.
The article Brand hungry teens benefit from value lessons caught my attention today. To wit:
…You don’t need to buy a […]

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One of the challenges parents have regarding their kids is keeping them safe online. The challenge into which we all run is that generally, kids are, well, more naive than Bambi meeting an AK-47-carrying karate master. “It will never happen to me!” they decree, and off they go onto MySpace, happily chatting […]

Sometimes I simply

have to wonder to where all the simplicity went.
Yes indeed, I remember those halcyon days…days when I accessed the Internet via Telnet and a command line prompt, the way the Gods had meant the Internet to be used! None of this What You See is What You wimpy interface stuff like […]

Nothing is more frustrating

than Junior telling you, Mom, I just can’t find a job!
Well now, you can give Junior that killer edge he’s obviously been missing.
Introducing…The Resume T-Shirt! I first heard about it from PopGadget. To wit:
… With all the job-hunting tools available on the Web, you may still find that your […]

Now, true…

normally I have great empathy for my kids when they fail. Except of course…when they chose NOT to listen to Mom!
One of my kids has a time management issue soooooooo huge, it could dwarf the Golden Gate Bridge. Said kid had it under control when Mom was helping oversee time management […]

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Now THIS is a holiday that should have been created back during Stonehenge:
National Chore Free Day for Moms
On this day, moms are relieved of their chore duties. Instead, their children happily and proudly shoulder all the responsibilities of mom-duty such as:

Digging out single socks under couches
Making […]