http://www.parentssupportnetwork.com/p2p A blog for parents by a parent Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:09:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I love gadgets. My wife hates them. Well, let me correct that. She hates them for the short period of time between the moment I buy them until the moment she begins using them and eventually claims ownership over them.   Case in point: My DVR.   I remember how much I was looking ... Here is an advice from two different studies: If you want your marriage to last, don’t shack up, make sure that the man is over 25 years old when he marries, but not more than 9 years older than the woman and than both of you agree whether you want ... I remember watching an episode of the Cosby Show where Cliff complains about the poor quality of his annual Father's Day gifts. To show his kids how bad the gifts he had received trough the years were, he decides to wear them all at once (from a tie that lights ... It has been over a month since my last entry in the blog. The whole family went on vacation. We visited Costa Rica during spring break. This is the second time the kids went there, and they loved it. I posted a review of the hotel we stayed at my other ... I subscribe to this mailing list, where reporters send out request to interview experts in certain field for their publications. Today I received this request and I thought I would share it with everyone who might have a bright child. OC Family and Inland Empire Family's annual list of Shining Students ... I am generally the one who cooks at home. I must add that I enjoy it a lot, especially because I like to be creative and I always add a twist on old family recipes to produce a new flavor on old dishes that had never been tasted before by ... Researchers from Pittsburgh University conducted a study among 711 teenagers about their sex lives and music listening habits. They found those who regularly listened to music with explicit and aggressive sexual phrases were twice as likely to be having sex.   The results were published by the American Journal of Preventative Medicine. ... I see a lot of parents pushing their teenager sons and daughters to start driving as soon as they can obtain their driver’s learning permit. Whether it is for convenience or for necessity, many parents wants their children to hit the road as soon as possible, but at what price? The ... A new version of Google maps will allow parents to track the whereabouts of their kids if they are carrying a cell phone. If the phone has GPS, Google will use the GPS signal to provide a very precise location of where the child is located. If the phone does ... This one is funny