Home Safety Tips for Babies and Toddlers

Tips to Keep Your Home Safe for Babies and Toddlers

September is Baby Safety Month: Use These Home Safety Tips

September is Baby Safety Month September is Baby Safety Month and is a good time to do a thorough walk through the home to ensure all rooms are baby-proofed and child-friendly so parents and caregivers can feel more at ease.

The Window Covering Safety Council (WCSC) is urging parents and caregivers to check all window coverings for exposed or dangling cords that could pose a strangulation hazard to infants and young children.  According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), corded window coverings are one of the top five hidden hazards in American homes, with infants and young children dying each year from accidentally strangling in window cords.  Many of these incidents involve older products that are still in use but don’t have the safety devices or designs instituted in the past decade.  Follow these safety guidelines to maximize child safety and help to keep your kids safe in the home:

Using Martial Arts Tips to Concentrate Better on Studying

Using Martial Arts Tips to Concentrate on Studying

Six Mental Martial Arts Tips to Make Studying Easier (and Fun!)

By Edward G. Brown

It’s back to school time. After a summer of students letting their brain go where it wanted, when it wanted, now it’s time to focus on schoolwork again. It’s time to teach the brain how to “Focal Lock.” That’s just my term for avoiding distractions and interruptions in order to bear down on the subject on which you want to concentrate.

You probably saw the same news story I did about the study that found some students can’t concentrate on their homework for more than two minutes without distracting themselves by texting, emailing or turning to social media. Even when they were trying to concentrate. How discouraging is that?

Many seem to think students should be good at concentrating just because it’s important. But you can’t expect someone to be good at math, or soccer, or the piano just because you ordered it. However, there is a specific pathway for your brain to learn these skills. And these six tactics will help:

The Carpathian Assignment: A Twist on the Classic Dracula Story

Book Review - The Carpathian Assignment - North Texas Kids Magazine

Book Review: The Carpathian Assignment

by Lisa Henson

What do you think of when you think of Dracula?  Bela Lugosi playing the part in black and white?  The Bram Stoker story and its movie incarnation?  George Hamilton and his eternal tan in Love Bites?  We’ve all got our preconceived notions and longstanding associations with the name and the legend.  The Carpathian Assignment by Chip Wagar takes the story and gives it a different twist.