Wednesday, June 22, 2011

10 Fitness Do's and Don'ts

Recently, the American Council on Exercise (ACE) surveyed 3,000 fitness professionals to identify the most common—and perhaps the most costly—fitness mistakes based on what they see at the gym everyday. Here’s what you need to know so you don’t make those common mistakes and so you can get the most out of your exercise routine while keeping safety first.

Read list here
http://www.active.com/fitness/Articles/10_Fitness_Do_s_and_Don_ts.htm?cmp=11-3232&utm_source=sendible&utm_medium=feed

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Agency to Find Missing Children with Twitter (Britain-UK)

by David Barrett, Home Affairs Correspondent

The head of Britain's new agency for missing children has announced plans to use technology such as Twitter, social networking sites and mobile telephone texting to track down more runaways.

Read article here
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/active/7028314/Agency-to-find-missing-children-with-Twitter.html

Sunday, June 19, 2011

Mommy, Does This Make Me Look Fat?

[A very candid look at how young girls are deeming themselves in today's society and the effects that they are having on them.]

blog post by Christie Mellor

Read post here
http://www.modernmom.com/blogs/christie-mellor/mommy-does-this-make-me-look-fat

Thursday, June 16, 2011

Little Steps: 100 Great Tips For Saving Money For Those Just Getting Started

Posted by Trent

"... Each of these tactics are simple little moves you can make to improve your financial situation. Some of them take just a few minutes, others might take an hour or two, some of them require a bit of regular effort, but they’re all incredibly simple – anyone can do them..."

Read his money saving list here
http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2008/02/06/little-steps-100-great-tips-for-saving-money-for-those-just-getting-started

Monday, June 6, 2011

The ‘Tween’ Epidemic: Encouraging Kids To Grow Up Too Fast Since 1997

by Koa Beck

“Tween” may seem like a relatively new term for parents wrestling Miley Cyrus or Justin Bieber dolls from their kids, but the term is actually coming up on a multi-decade reign...The age bracket is a bit murky given that a tween can be any child from five years old to 12 depending on which commercials your watching, making the range quite wide. But the development of a new childhood cohort in the name of product pushing is hardly anything new."

Insightful article, with great information - Read here
http://mommyish.com/childrearing/the-tween-epidemic-encouraging-kids-to-grow-up-too-fast-since-1997