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Are Trampoline's Unsafe? [POLL]

Jackie — Wed, 22 May 2013 13:03:06 +0000

My kids have been begging for a trampoline for the past year so we finally gave in and put one in the back yard. My kids love it! And I have to admit...it's almost as cool as when I was little. My siblings and I lived on our trampoline from 3 years of age to 18 years of age. It was the one toy that never got old.

You Are the Average of the Five People You Spend the Most Time With

Jackie — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 13:13:51 +0000

My dad always told me, "You are what you hang out with", so this makes perfect sense to me. According to Addicted2Success you are the average of the five people you spend the most time with. So if you hang out with burned-out losers, ultimately they'll drag you down, if they haven't already.

Driving with Mom and Dad

Jackie — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 14:01:13 +0000

Yesterday I took a road trip with my parents. It was actually quit fun except for the fact that we are all controlling drivers. My mom loves to give directions, but only if the directions don't include any main roads, and my dad likes to make sure I still know what ten o'clock and two o'clock mean.

A Women Finds Her Biological Parents on Facebook

Jackie — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 21:44:15 +0000

Did you see this Facebook post? A young women in Utah has been looking for her biological parents for the past three years. She finally decided to post her search on Facebook. She posted a picture of herself with all of the information she had about her birth parents and asked people to share it. [...]

Should Your Child Have To Run Laps Becasue YOU Were Late? [POLL]

Jackie — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 14:52:31 +0000

OK, screwed up. I HAD to go to the bank before taking my son to sports practice and due to traffic and a line at the bank drive-thru my son was five minutes late to his sports practice. Because he was late I received a dirty look and my son had to run several laps.

Top Challenges Parents Face

Jackie — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 12:57:47 +0000

We all struggle with certain issues with our kids. According to Lynn News here are the top 50 challenges parents face. Ya know, 50 of the EIGHT BILLION. Here's the top 10 . . .

1.) Sleepless nights.

2.) Tantrums.

So You Won't GPS Track Your Spouse – But What About Your Kids?

Brad Weiser — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 18:38:08 +0000

This story about couples using GPS to track one another struck me as kind of odd. I mean, if you have to use a GPS to really know where your husband or wife is, you might have problems that a GPS isn't going to fix.

Most of you who called the show seemed to agree. But what about kids?

While you shou

Parents Spend Two Full Days a Year Waiting in the Car For Their Kids

Jackie — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 12:25:07 +0000

A survey from Daily Mail by a British car insurance company found that parents, on average, spend 75 minutes a week sitting in their car, waiting to pick up their kids from some activity.

Things We Do For Our Children [POLL]

Jackie — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 13:27:32 +0000

Don’t aks me why but last night I was watching Dina Eastwood’s realty show and she was trying to prove a point to her daughter by periecing her belly button. I’m not 100% sure that was a great idea but it made me think about what I would do for my kids. It kind of [...]

Over Half of Recent College Graduates Depend on Their Parents to Pay Bills

Jackie — Fri, 04 May 2012 13:39:37 +0000

It's official, your children are never going to survive on their own. A job placement company from Business Insider called the Adecco Group released a survey on recent college graduates, and found that more than half still depend on their parents to help pay living expenses . . .

32% rely on their parents to pay their cell phone bill.

What Rule Did Your Parents Have That You Don't Have In Your Household?

Jackie — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 14:31:45 +0000

Women insist that all the beds in the house are made before anyone goes to work or school. Men tend to think that it isn’t necessary to make the bed because you are just going to mess it up again that night. I persoanlly feel like if I don’t make the bed, I am being a little [...]

97% of Parents Say They Can't Vacation Like They Want to

Jackie — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 12:32:25 +0000

If you don’t have kids, you’d better get all your exotic traveling in now. Book your trip to Cambodia or the Amazon or Tahiti. Because once kids show up, you’re looking at a few decades of Disneyland and places that serve mediocre spaghetti. According to a survey by a travel website called Skyscanner from PR [...]

Are We Putting Kids At Risk By Making Playground Equipment Too Safe?

Jackie — Tue, 31 May 2011 14:36:31 +0000

Playgrounds seem to be a lot safer today than they used to be. You remember sliding down rusty slides into piles of fiberglass and asbestos. Now they're all plastic, and there's no rusty metal or splintering wood.

Here's an interesting theory from an early childhood specialist in Melbourne from News.com.au, Australia named Prue Walsh. She thinks that by making playground equipment SO safe . . . it's actually MORE dangerous for kids in the long run.

Single Parents Actually Date More Than Single People Without Kids

Jackie — Fri, 06 May 2011 14:59:13 +0000

Well, this is some reassuring news if you're a single parent looking to get back out there. I mean, not good news for your kid or your babysitting budget . . . but good news for you.

According to a study by Match.com, members who are single parents actually date MORE than members who are single without kids.

American Parents are Still Supporting Their Adult Children

Jackie — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 13:10:30 +0000

Remember when it was considered a bad thing to move back in with your folks? According to a new survey, statistically, you're the weird one if you're an adult who ISN'T still sucking money out of your parents.

This is crazy . . . but in a national survey of mothers ages 46 to 65, more than HALF say they're currently supporting their adult children financially. MORE THAN HALF. The MAJORITY of middle-aged parents are still supporting their adult kids.

People Officially Turn Into Their Parents at The Of Age 32

Jackie — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 14:34:30 +0000

As a woman, no matter how much you think it'll NEVER happen to you . . . one day you're going to wake up and realize you've turned into your MOTHER. A new survey has tried to pinpoint exactly WHEN that's going to happen.

In the survey by Hallmark, the average woman says she turned into her mother at age . . . 32.

The most common sign that you've become your mother is that you find yourself WORRYING MORE. The other common signs are stocking up on groceries, going to bed early, being more outspoken, and watching soap operas.

Parents Arrested For Trying To Scare Daughter By Leaving her at Police Station

Brad Weiser — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 04:27:43 +0000

Annette Gerhardt's daughter Enalya had been misbehaving, so she decided to scare the 6-year-old by taking her to the local police station and telling her that this is where bad girls end up.

But when the Staten Island, New York woman tried to get the police officers to play along, she was the one who got the fright.

Annette and her fiance Gerardo, who was also in on the ruse, were both arrested for misdemeanor child endangerment once they left their daughter in the station. Police suspect they may have been actually trying to ditch their child, and only pretended it was a scare tactic after they were arrested.

Read on to hear their story.

The Average Parent Only Has 93 Minutes of Free Time a Day

95.7 KEZJ — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 14:33:25 +0000

If you ask any parent, at least any good parent, they'll tell you the same thing: Once you have kids, those kids OWN you. And here's just how much they own you.

According to a new British survey, the average parent only has 93 minutes of free time a day. And that's not 93 minutes in a row. That's 93 minutes grabbing a few free minutes here, a few free minutes there.

Here's how the average parent's day broke down in the survey:

[UPDATE] Your Kids are Ignoring Your Friend Requests on Facebook [POLL]

Brad Weiser — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 21:00:10 +0000

I’m a facebook friend with my kids. I’m pretty sure they don’t like it. Nothing makes something more “uncool” than jumping on your page and seeing your mom and dad. It doesn’t matter how universal Facebook gets . . . kids STILL don’t want their parents coming anywhere near them online. –According to a new [...]