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UBH Denton Says Adult Vigilance is Key to Preventing Youth Bullying
Combating bullying starts with adults according to Dr. Nishendu Vasavada with University Behavioral Health of Denton. Adults must establish acceptable behavior for children and intervene when they suspect a child is being bullied. - January 26, 2011 - University Behavioral Health of Denton
Local Business Teams Up with Expert Physicians to Help Michigan Families Affected by Autism
On February 12, 2011-- Michigan-based Health Dimensions Compounding Pharmacy is joining forces with five local experts on biomedical autism treatments for a one day only event that aims to educate those affected by autism on bio-medical options. - January 26, 2011 - Health Dimensions Compounding Pharmacy
MouseMail Family Social Network Pledges Privacy Protection
MouseMail.com, the social network for kids that parents can monitor, has rewritten its terms of service to assure families their privacy is protected, according to a School Safety Partners bulletin. - January 19, 2011 - School Safety Partners
Blue Mint Studios Launches an Educational Application for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch
TapTot (http://taptot.com/) offers a fun way for kids to learn their colors, shapes, numbers, and letters. Available now in the iTunes App Store in All Regions Worldwide. - January 15, 2011 - Blue Mint Studios
Online Safety for the Family Initiative Launched by Morris & Schaefer Learning Co.
The Morris & Schaefer Learning Co., LLC, the owners and operators of LearningFromAtoZ.com, announced today that they are launching an online safety initiative that will focus on teaching parents how to keep themselves and their kids safe online. The "Online Safety for the Family"... - January 12, 2011 - Morris & Schaefer Learning Company
Return to the Sea with Buster and Friends in New Bugville Critters Picture Books from Reagent Press and Author Robert Stanek
When Robert Stanek saw that certain concepts were a struggle to learn using traditional approaches, he started writing the Bugville Learning Adventures. These stories help children learn important concepts and the latest releases are Undersea 2, 3 with Buster and Friends, Undersea 4, 5 with Buster and Friends, and Undersea 6, 7 with Buster and Friends. - January 11, 2011 - RP Books & Audio - Reagent Press
Let’s Go Chipper!™ Eco-Educational App Releases New Episode to iTunes Nature-Inspired Children’s Series Excites Curiosity and Mindfulness
Sally the Salmon app is an animated adventure from fresh water to salt water and back again to teach Chipper the squirrel about the life of a salmon. It’s a magical journey through streams, rivers, and up fish ladders to the sea. Chipper and Sally help grow little ambassadors of nature into future stewards of the environment. For teachers the story is correlated meeting national academic standards in science, social skills, and arts & literature. - January 10, 2011 - It's all Good media, Inc.
Parents Learn to Communicate with Infants - Local Workshop Teaches Parents How to "Talk" to Their Baby Through Sign Language
www.TinyTalkersPortland.com - Teach your infant to communicate! Tiny Talkers workshops help eliminate the guesswork parents face in trying to teach their kids how to sign. Attendees learn about the benefits of communicating with pre-verbal babies through sign language and the research that supports it. Benefits include less frustration, higher IQ’s, larger vocabularies and earlier speech development. Sessions presented by Shira Fogel, baby sign language specialist and founder of Tiny Talker. - January 09, 2011 - TinyTalkers ~ Baby Sign Language workshops
13yr Old Mary-Pat Hector Partners Up with Multiplatinum Producer Kevin "Khao" Cates to Make One of the Biggest Youth Movements in History
13 yr old Mary-Pat Hector, national president and founder of "Youth In Action" partners up with one of the music industry's most well known producers, multiplatinum producer Kevin "Khao" Cates and founder of "Bridge Da Gap" with one goal in mind and that's to save the lives of our youth. - January 07, 2011 - Bridge DA Gap
MyBirthClass Exhibits at ABC Kids Expo in Las Vegas, Nevada
The ABC Kids Expo is the primary trade show for juvenile and maternity products. It was founded as a partnership between independent retailers and the manufacturers who support them, in order to promote the long-term growth of the industry and to provide valuable opportunities for networking and education. - January 05, 2011 - MyBirthClass
Child Abuse Prevention Services Announces the Opening of the CAPS Bully Prevention Center - the First to Offer Direct Support and Solutions to Parents
Now parents have a place to turn to find the resources and solutions they need to help their child who is being targeted by bullies. - January 04, 2011 - Child Abuse Prevention Services (CAPS)
AM2 Kids Presents: Kids Pop 2.0, Music for Generation Z “The Digital Natives”
Thanks to the internet anything a child wants to see is just a point and click away. Kids have outgrown music that once appealed to them as infants and toddlers, yet they are far too young for what they hear on most urban and suburban radio formats. That’s where AM2 Kids steps in with its new game changing music genre called Kids POP. It aims to fill the void in the music industry for kids ages 5-12, and the songs are made to appeal to parents and kids alike. - January 03, 2011 - AM2 KIDS MUSIC
Urgent Cares of America Offers Free Flu Shots for North Carolina's Youth
Urgent Cares of America clinics are now offering free seasonal 2011 flu shots to all children and youth ages 4 years through college students. - January 03, 2011 - FastMed
Reagent Press and Author Robert Stanek Take Young Readers on Really Great Adventures at the Biggest Little Show on Earth with Buster and Friends in New Bugville Books
Buster and Lass are little bugs with Big dreams. Their dreams take them to extraordinary places. In Buster’s Really Great Big Top Show, Buster and Lass’s dreams take them to the Biggest little show on earth. Buster’s Really Great Big Top Show and the related books are published by Reagent Press and Bugville Publishing under the Bugville Jr. imprint. The Bugville Jr. books, written for children ages 6 months and up, keep with the unique educational outlook of the original Bugville books. - December 28, 2010 - RP Books & Audio - Reagent Press
ThumbPeople Donates Encouraging Books to Teen Challenge Moms
ThumbPeople Offers Encouragement to Challenged Moms - December 25, 2010 - ThumbPeople, Inc.
NewProductHelp.com to Represent Brush with Me Pal Invention to Potential Licensees on Worldwide Basis
Staci C., Pennsylvania resident and inventor, has contracted South Florida invention assistance leader NewProductHelp.com to represent her Brush With Me Pal invention to potential licensees over the next 2 years. A simple yet innovative new dental hygiene product sure to resonate with parents and... - December 24, 2010 - New Product Help, Inc.
NewProductHelp.com Tabbed as Marketing Representative for Hands Free Bra Pump Concept to Industry
Ashley L., Georgia resident and inventor, has contracted South Florida invention assistance leader NewProductHelp.com to represent her Hands Free Bra Pump to industry. An innovative and effective new product sure to appeal to breast-feeding mothers everywhere, the Hands Free Bra Pump boasts a... - December 23, 2010 - New Product Help, Inc.
The Parent Coaching Institute Receives Grant to Support Families in Need at the YWCA
The Parent Coaching Institute (The PCI™) has been awarded a grant from The Norcliffe Foundation to continue its groundbreaking parent coaching services at the YWCA through March 2011. - December 22, 2010 - The Parent Coaching Institute
Customized Communications, Inc. Wins Platinum Status at the eHealthcare Leadership Awards
Customized Communications, Inc. wins the highest honor, Platinum Status, for Best Health/Healthcare Content for their online breastfeeding education program at the eHealthcare Leadership Awards. Customized Communications, Inc. was one of 260 healthcare organizations, representing a broad industry... - December 22, 2010 - Customized Communications Inc.
Living My Moment, LLC Announces Newest Media Campaign and Introduces Readers to Author Sharon Silver
A joint venture with Living My MoMent, LLC and Proactive Parenting™ to promote parent educator, Sharon Silver’s new book will kick off the campaign. - December 21, 2010 - Living My MoMent, LLC
A New Website on Children's Drawings Has Been Launched by Roshida, Offering Innovative Resolution of Various Parenting Issues Using Children's Drawings
Roshida's new website introduces both professionals and parents to children's drawing analysis. Analyzing children's drawings provide surprisingly powerful insights on children's inner worlds, and sheds light on their personality traits and difficulties. The website includes the option of receiving individual diagnosis, a set of advanced video lessons, detailed e-books, articles and practical examples to enable everyone to learn about the meaning behind children's drawings. - December 21, 2010 - Roshida
Reagent Press and Author Robert Stanek Introduce Bugville Jr, Books That Build on the Success of the Bugville Critters Books While Keeping with a Unique Educational Focus
Bugville Publishing and Reagent Press are introducing the Bugville Jr. line of books for babies and toddlers—and just in time for Christmas. Debuting first in digital, the Bugville Jr. builds on the success of the Bugville Critters books while keeping with the unique educational outlook of helping children discover the world around them while combining facts about our natural world with fictional stories that instruct and entertain. - December 20, 2010 - RP Books & Audio - Reagent Press
Matching Game with Let's Go Chipper App Releases to iTunes; Children's Memory and Concentration Game Provides Fun While Learning
Let's Go Chipper Matching Game is a fun and educational app for children and available in iTunes. Includes multiple themes featuring environmental and animal illustrations with playful character voice over for on-the-go fun this holiday season. App includes customized game for families to upload pictures and play. - December 16, 2010 - Let's Go Chipper
Mother with Disabilities Gets Power Wheelchair for Christmas
WISHTM partners with KS 107.5fm Morning Show Christmas Wish and Kids Mobility Network to grant 17 year old KeVaughn’s Christmas wish for Disabled Mother. - December 16, 2010 - Wishes Are Possible, Inc
Catch a Cup of Sunshine with Buster and Author Robert Stanek and See Why Precocious Lovable Buster is Winning Hearts and Minds Everywhere, the 23rd Bugville Critters Book
Robert Stanek continues his ground-breaking Bugville Critters books with the 23rd installment’s publication on December 14, 2010. Robert Stanek quietly worked on the Bugville Critters for 15 years, satisfied with only the gleeful cheers, laughs and giggles of his children who delighted to hear his tales of Bugville and a little bug called Buster. As his children got older, they urged him to get the books published so other children could enjoy them as much as they did. - December 14, 2010 - RP Books & Audio - Reagent Press
Mentoring Program Teaches Teens Success Skills
Mentoring For Success LLC is a unique enrichment program for teens. It is designed to teach teens the strategies and skills necessary for success in school and beyond. A wealth of emerging research reveals that a young person’s character and personal skills are more critical to future success... - December 09, 2010 - Mentoring For Success LLC
Ambassador for Good Behavior Takes to the Skies, Let’s Go Chipper!™ “Get Ready to Fly” Kit Prepares Kids for Holiday Travel
The Let's Go Chipper "Get Ready to Fly Kit" prepares kids for holiday travel and helps children earn their wings while reducing the stress of flying. Holiday gift set includes story and activity book, travel check list for kids, crayons, plush pillow backpack, reusable tote, plus bonus award-winning DVD with purchase. - December 08, 2010 - Let's Go Chipper
Sweetheart Diapers & More, Canada's Newest Cloth Diaper Store
A unique eco-friendly baby store called Sweetheart Diapers & More just opened in Windsor, Ontario. Located in Pillette Village, at 4782 Wyandotte St. E, Sweetheart Diapers & More specializes in cloth diapers, baby slings and wraps, and other alternative and environmentally friendly baby... - December 04, 2010 - Sweetheart Diapers & More
“Best Pee-Wee Golf Swing in America” Video Contest Starts December 1st
Little Linksters Founder & PGA Professional Brendon Elliott is looking for the best Pee-Wee golf swings in America. Along with his panel of celebrity judges which include Annika Sorenstam, Hank Haney & Kelly Sheehan, Elliott will be selecting the best golf swing in three age groups; 3-4, 5-6 & 7-8. Contest entries will be taken throughout December. - December 03, 2010 - Little Linksters, LLC
Soundformulas.com to Keep Discounts in Place
Sound Formulas, makers of the unique, comprehensive three-bottle Before and After Baby Boost™ Prenatal Vitamin Systems will keep free shipping within the continental US and a 10% discount on orders over $50.00 in place into 2011. Sound Formulas got such a great response to its free shipping... - December 02, 2010 - Sound Medicine, LLC.
Hair Whisperers™ Rids Over 1000 Heads of Lice with the LouseBuster™ Device
The Hair Whisperers, a Southern California head lice removal service, today announced that it has successfully treated head lice on over 1000 customers using the LouseBuster™ device. This revolutionary FDA-cleared device provides a chemical-free way to kill head lice and eggs using only... - December 01, 2010 - Hair Whisperers
Organic Gluten-Free Snack Wins 2010 “GreatGearTM” Awards
For a third year in a row, Jungle Grub Snack bars have won awards for great taste and nutrition from ShapeYou.com’s Gear Awards. This year all three flavors, Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough, Peanut Butter Groove and Berry Bamboozle won the honor of a “Great Gear” Award. “This... - December 01, 2010 - Organic Nutrition, Inc.
Eco-Educational App Offers On-the-Go Fun While Teaching Respect, Empathy, and a Love for Nature and Animals. Let’s Go Chipper!(TM) Into the Great Outdoors
Let's Go Chipper is a new nature-inspired app offering movies, books, games, and music that help excite and ready young children for experiences in nature. Award-winning and educational, providing a thoughtful message for young children and guilt-free content for parents looking to entertain their children while on-the-go. Available for iPhone, iPad, iTouch in the iTunes store. - December 01, 2010 - Let's Go Chipper
The Pesky Peanut, a Compelling True Story by Seattle Author, Katie Corl, Educates and Entertains Readers About the Challenges of Coping with Food Allergies
Many people do not realize that food allergy statistics in the United States are both staggering and on the rise. According to the CDC, food allergies affect over 10 million Americans, and almost 4% of America's children. The AAAI (American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology) states that the peanut allergy, in particular, is the most common cause of food-related death. - December 01, 2010 - The Pesky Peanut
Online Degree Program Launches at Jackson State University
Education Online Services Corporation expands online offerings for Jackson State University with Bachelors of Science in Childcare and Family Education Degree Completion Program - November 24, 2010 - Education Online Services Corp
MyDigitalFamily Expert: Holiday Technology Gifts Can be Good for Families
Why does this expert in technology’s impact on family life speak positively about how technology can benefit families and children? - November 24, 2010 - MyDigitalFamily
More Learning Adventures Featuring Buster and Friends from the Little Small Press and Big Hearted Author Robert Stanek
The Bugville Learning Adventures started with Buster Bee’s Adventures with Letters and Words, a 28-page picture book first published in 2007. Robert Stanek followed up that book with several other “Learning Adventures.” Now Reagent Press launches an official Bugville Publishing imprint and a line of “Learning Adventures” books. - November 23, 2010 - RP Books & Audio - Reagent Press
Uptick in Divorce Filings and Child Abuse Reports Hasten Early Release of Shared-Parenting Programs
An uptick in divorce rates and an increase in child abuse reports being sited in newspapers across the country during 2010, has led a cultivator of innovative children and family support services with an entertaining twist to launch its Shared-Parenting and Stepfamily Connection Groups & live chat programs five months early. - November 21, 2010 - StepfamilySystems.com
NewProductHelp.com to Take the Reins of Marketing Efforts for Daddy Come Back Invention
Herminio T., a California-based inventor, has contracted South Florida invention assistance leader NewProductHelp.com to represent his Daddy Come Back concept to industry. A relatively simple yet potentially life-saving device aimed at protecting children, Daddy Come Back boasts a unique design... - November 18, 2010 - New Product Help, Inc.
CFES School-College Partnerships Succeed in Rural Areas
A University of Michigan report found positive outcomes for rural students engaged in the school-college partnerships created by College For Every Student (CFES), a non-profit organization that prepares underrepresented students for academic success in college. - November 16, 2010 - College For Every Student
Natural Playgrounds Company Helps World's Children Get Nature
Natural Playgrounds Company Attends World Forum The Natural Playgrounds Company was recently selected from among hundreds of applicants throughout the world to attend the World Forum Foundation’s “Nature Action Collaborative for Children.” Natural Playground designers,... - November 15, 2010 - Natural Playgrounds Company
Gold Parent Coaching to be Featured on Gaggle of Chicks Group Buying Service on November 16th, 2010
The Parental Support and Nanny Matching Company to Offer Discounted Services to Parents in the New York Tri-State Area While Launching its New Social Networking Strategy. - November 15, 2010 - Gold Parent Coaching
James Gerdeman Authors New Book Slated to Hook All with "Jimmy Goes Fishing" and It is in Time for the Holidays
James Gerdeman wants everyone to experience a fun filled youth when young boys go fishing. Fishing is fun for everyone and when little boys set out to catch the Monster of Big Bend it becomes hilarious. They get creative when they need to earn money to buy new fishing poles. Gerdeman knows everyone will enjoy reading the antics and stories of family and friends. Gerdeman's own brother Al says "Read Jimmy Goes Fishing." - November 11, 2010 - JDGerdeman
Babyproofing the Digital World: Wee Web Advises Parents on How to Protect Their Children Online
Even in utero, protecting a child's digital footprint involves more than parents realize. - November 10, 2010 - Wee Web
OurMilkMoney.com Announces Its Plans to Eliminate All Membership Fees
A four year old parent-only business directory that once relied on annual membership dues for funding is restructuring its business model in order to better benefit its mission to help families across the country. - November 10, 2010 - Our Milk Money
Pre-School Radio Features Thumbuddy Kid’s Music
Kid’s learn “They are Thumbuddy!” on Pre-School Radio. - November 10, 2010 - ThumbPeople, Inc.
NewProductHelp.com Enthused About Opportunity to Represent Baby Shower Invention to Potential Licensees
Sally T., an Ohio resident and inventor, has contracted South Florida invention assistance leader NewProductHelp.com to represent her Baby Shower concept to industry. An eye-catching and effective new product sure to appeal to parents and caregivers everywhere, the Baby Shower boasts a unique... - November 09, 2010 - New Product Help, Inc.
Proceeds from Sally Bacchetta's Best-Selling Adoption E-Book to Benefit Adoptive Parents Group
Special offer on best-selling adoption e-book coincides with national programs to raise awareness about adoption. - November 06, 2010 - Sally Bacchetta - Freelance Writer/Author
Join Author Robert Stanek and His Fifteen Year Dream of Bugville as He Takes Readers to Camp with Buster and Friends in His 20th Bugville Critters Picture Book
Robert Stanek’s 20th Bugville tale is coming to print for the first time officially on November 4, 2010. Join Robert as he tells about his own stays at Camp Timber-Lee. Robert Stanek quietly worked on the Bugville Critters for 15 years, satisfied with only the gleeful cheers, laughs and giggles of his children who delighted to hear his tales of Bugville and a little bug called Buster. As his children got older, they urged him to get the books published so other children could enjoy them. - November 04, 2010 - RP Books & Audio - Reagent Press
Youth on Bullying: Major Study Examines What Students Say Works Effectively and What Does Not
For the first time, a major research effort explores bullying prevention efforts through the experience of students themselves. This study, believed to be the first of its kind, asks youth directly about their experiences with bullying and, more importantly, what they believe effectively prevents it. The researchers will present their findings at the 7th Annual Conference of the International Bullying Prevention Association in Seattle November 15-17. - November 04, 2010 - International Bullying Prevention Association