11 Million Britons will need to register before being allowed near kids

Using the argument that if this new vetting and barring scheme being handled by the Independent Safeguarding Authority of the Home Office even saves one child from the hands of a pedophile it is  ... continue

An Ode to Childhood Lost

The future of intelligent children’s television programming just became significantly darker, and it truly saddens me - “Reading Rainbow”, a staple of both PBS and bright children nationwide, has been canceled after a wonderful run of 26 ... continue

Selling out your kids online chats

Parents generally try to do the right thing when it comes to the amount of time their children spend on the web. They do everything they can to try and make it a safe ... continue

Parents have new tools to stalk their college-aged kids – Thanks Facebook and Twitter

This is an excellently done spoof (we hope) where “E-Mom” Gloria Bianco shows mom’s and dad’s how easy it is to stalk stay in touch with their children at college using tools like Facebook ... continue

Homeless teens set out to change New York rooftops

One of the hot topics in the whole ‘green’ movement is the idea of turning city rooftops into living green spaces with everything from gardens growing vegetables to small parks. In New York this ... continue

Not your normal ‘the dog ate my homework’ excuse

As concern over the rising number of children who are obese many researchers are trying to find ways to keep track of how active children really are. In one recent study done by the ... continue

A serious WTF and I mean seriously – WTF!!

As much as a single picture can express a t hought equal to thousands of words there are equally one’s that make you shake one’s head in serious disbelief and go WTF! This one ... continue

Watch out mommy-bloggers those daddy-bloggers are catching up

Typically when we talk about men and blogging the first thing that comes to mind are tech or politics. When we talk about women and blogging we generally think of politics and their stronghold ... continue

Help your kids become nature voyeurs

Kids have incredibly inquisitive minds always wanting to know stuff, especially when it comes to nature and the the world around them. Encyclopedias, or now Wikipedia, can only fill in so many blanks for ... continue

Zapping kids with 50,000-volt stun gun isn’t good for job advancement

‘Take our Daughters and Sons to Work Day’ is a tradition in many places. After all what better way to have iPod listening, iPhone texting kids understand the hardships we go through each day ... continue

New AT&T service good for kids not so good for husbands

Sunshine over at Liveside has news of a new service from AT&T called FamilyMap that aims to help parents keep track of their kids in real time, as long as they have a cellphone ... continue

A little recycled love for the kids

Can’t let a Saturday go by without at least one aww isn’t that cute type of post and today’s version comes to us from Tiny Revolution and their line of Eco Tees for kids. The company ... continue