“You are going to get hurt doing that…” are the words shouted by my mother many times growing up.  It seems the things I thought were harmless and couldn’t even imagine how I could get hurt by were death traps.  I honestly thought she was crazy until just recently.

Within two months, my daughter went from needing help to sit up to crawling and pulling herself up onto everything.  All of the stuff we child-proofed early on was good, but not even close to being complete.  She has taught us a lot.

Sure, we put the little plastic things in the…

Just a few days ago, I  had a school project where I had to make an atomic model, and I could use food to make it.  I, as with most of the class, chose food.  Now, cooking with children can be dangerous, but fun, if done right.

Before you start anything else, SAFETY FIRST!  Cooking with kids isn’t always fast or convenient, but when it is an option, it is a learning experience that draws the family together.  Also, people assume it is mainly for younger kids, but you can cook with any age child, even teens.

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So, this is part two of my discussion of whether school projects are good or bad for students.  For those of you who haven’t read the first part, here is a brief summary: projects are very good for students, although they do have some negative aspects.  If you want to read it, here is the link.

Now, this part focuses on a specific aspect of projects: large portions of parental help and whether it is right or wrong. Based on my past experiences, I feel it is far more wrong than right.  But, I shall try not to be biased…

There has been a huge rise in children joining social media sites like Facebook and MySpace.  Although there are some great pros and cons against this, how young is too young?  Would you allow your children to join one of these sites?

First off, there are some pros to allowing children to join social sites.  In my own family, I am able to share pictures with my nieces and nephews.  They are able to stay on top of my daughter with us living 720 miles away.

I am able to communicate with them in the medium of their generation, online.  My…

This year in physics class, I have had a plethora of projects to do.  I made an egg-safety chamber, a catapult, a propeller powered car, a mousetrap powered car, and a bottle rocket.  So, I figured, “Why not write an article on the pros and cons of school projects?”  And guess what?  I wrote one!

First of all, I am going to list the pros, just to build up your little spirits and then crush them with the cons….