Microsoft is Restricting Twitter, Facebook on XBox Live

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Here’s some information about restrictions Microsoft is placing on their X-Box Live from The Escapist Magazine. They’re restricting access to Twitter, Facebook and Last.fm.   This information is especially important for parents of “tween” aged kids who are just learning how to be a good cyber citizen.  Glad to hear Microsoft is giving parents [...]

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Jelly Bracelets; Truth or Myth?

After reading about a middle school in Colorado that has asked parents not to allow their children to wear a type of
colored bracelet (you know….the “jelly” kind), I found myself wondering whether this was an urban legend-type story or a real concern.  Here’s some of what I know:
The principal of Angevine Middle School in Lafayette, [...]

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Do I Look Fat?

As grown women we send a lot of mixed messages to our daughters, “Do I look fat in this dress?”  “I’ll just have a salad, I’m on a diet.”  When I hear mothers say these things around their daughter of any age, I just want to scream.  And, I’m afraid it happens more often than [...]

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