Tag: children
group name: fivemoms
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July 19, 2007 08:57 AM EDT --
You know the commercials. A bespectacled and jumper-clad man travels all over with his cell phone, repeatedly asking: “Can you hear me now?” The answer is always yes. The same can’t be . . . more
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June 12, 2008 10:50 AM EDT --
Are you ever worried that when you talk with your kids about drug abuse, they may not understand your concern?
I came across this letter printed in Maine's Capital Times. I thought it was really . . . more
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August 29, 2007 09:39 AM EDT --
As we move into cough and flu season, this is the opportune time for you and your family to take stock of your medicine cabinet and keep tabs on it all season long.
Safeguarding your medicine cabinet . . . more
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July 26, 2007 04:57 PM EDT --
States are becoming increasingly aware that cough medicine abuse is a problem. A recent Associated Pressarticle highlighted the situation in Wyoming, after an informal state department of health survey . . . more
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August 14, 2007 10:01 AM EDT --
The Five Moms are asking other moms around the country to take a pledge to find out more about cough medicine, talk to their kids, safeguard their medicine cabinets, and tell everyone they know. Click . . . more
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July 25, 2007 09:17 AM EDT --
With both a movie and the final book coming out within two weeks of each other, the Harry Potter craze seems to have taken over my town.
The great thing about the movies and the books are that . . . more
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March 03, 2008 05:13 PM EST --
Changing the look of your kid's living space can be a good thing for their psyche, and even better, for your relationship with them. Read about some home décor tips for your teen and think . . . more
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November 29, 2007 09:34 AM EST --
Thanksgiving is a recent memory and we’re all gearing up for the mad rush of the holiday season. This time of year is more than just about holiday shopping, however. It also is a time of traditions. . . . more
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August 27, 2007 01:13 PM EDT --
The summer is winding down and kids are heading back to school! I’ll be starting a new teaching job this year, and I’m looking forward to telling my students all about my involvement in the . . . more
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July 02, 2007 09:45 AM EDT --
And, I’m not talking about the 4th of July…….
As kids reach middle school and high school, they want increasing amounts of independence: to go out with friends alone, go on sleepovers, . . . more
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August 01, 2007 11:47 AM EDT --
The Five Moms Campaign has come up with some fun stickers, t-shirts, door hangars, and postcards that you can print out to show your support for the Five Moms Campaign!
All you have to do is go . . . more
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September 17, 2007 11:37 AM EDT --
A few days ago, I was sent a great link that I want to share. About.com has a page with several articles that offer advice on how to keep your kids away from drugs. We all have our own ways of keeping . . . more
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May 08, 2007 09:21 AM EDT --
As a nurse practitioner in a high school, I deal with injuries and sickness every day. But sprains and headaches are much easier for parents to deal with than drug abuse. It's especially difficult . . . more
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June 13, 2007 09:42 AM EDT --
The Baltimore Times, one of the highest-circulation African-American newspapers on the eastern seaboard, interviewed me for an article on cough medicine abuse and the Five Moms campaign. Here is an excerpt . . . more
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August 06, 2007 04:51 PM EDT --
Over the past week we have had an outpouring of help from female bloggers all over the country. They are spreading the word about cough medicine abuse by writing on their blogs and telling everyone they . . . more
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August 21, 2007 12:02 PM EDT --
As our kids spend more and more time online, we parents have to become savvy to what kinds of information and resources are available to them, both good and bad.
Fracas, a blogger out of Canada, writes . . . more
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August 28, 2007 09:30 AM EDT --
The Washington Times ran an editorial last week about teen abuse of over-the-counter and prescription medicines and they hit the nail right on the head:
Many teens are mistaken about the risks of abusing . . . more
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September 04, 2007 03:11 PM EDT --
Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna recently wrote a guest commentary on the growing trend of teenage prescription and over-the-counter medicines in the Daily Herald.
Recent data on drug trends . . . more
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September 05, 2007 03:55 PM EDT --
Linda Suydam, the president of the Consumer Healthcare Products Association, recently wrote a letter to the editor in the Washington Times in response to another great article on cough medicine abuse. . . . more
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September 10, 2007 02:01 PM EDT --
If not, you can tell them.
Now that your child is back in school and surrounded by friends and studies, it’s time to make sure their teachers know what is going on, too!
To protect your child . . . more
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