Tips to ensure your kids are staying safe in the Cyber-World… By Lynette Owens, founder and director of outreach for Trend Micro’s Internet Safety for Kids and Families program As this holiday season officially kicks off, shopping is in full force for most of us parents. This is the right time to ask ourselves, “Are my kids ready for the [...]

Whenever a child is missing and foul play suspected, stepmothers collectively breathe a sigh of concern, hoping that a stepmother is not involved. They worry that both the media and everyone else will immediately go to the default stereotype that stepmothers are evil and wicked, and responsible for the child’s disappearance. The stereotype that stepmothers are wicked has existed for [...]

By Sandby Sandler   It’s summer and the kids are excited, no school… you’re a bit overwhelmed thinking how am I ever going to keep them busy and out of trouble? Of course there are sports, video games, hikes, but the weather isn’t always cooperative and there are 24 hours in each of those three months of summer. A great [...]

by Emma Jenner, child development, sleep and behavioral specialist Founder, Emma’s Children www.emmaschildren.com All children regardless of age must have their own passport. For further information go to http://travel.state.gov/passport/get/minors/minors_834.html If someone other than the biological parents is traveling with a child they must carry a letter of authorization from the parents. This should state that you (the parents) give named [...]