<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Families.com </title><link>http://www.families.com</link><description>Most recent updates on Families.com</description><language>en-us</language><pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:46:44 +0000</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:46:44 +0000</lastBuildDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title>Helping Children Get Started With Scrapbooking</title><link>http://scrapbooking.families.com/blog/helping-children-get-started-with-scrapbooking</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:36:34 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://scrapbooking.families.com/blog/helping-children-get-started-with-scrapbooking</guid><description><![CDATA[Although scrapbooking is a hobby seen mostly with adults, many children and teenagers enjoy creating their own unique books.  I have always tried to set aside photographs that I want to keep but might not incorporate into a scrapbook, or I always made sure I had doubles on hand.]]></description></item><item><title>Questions To Ask Before Getting Your Infant's Blood Drawn</title><link>http://baby.families.com/blog/questions-to-ask-before-getting-your-infants-blood-drawn</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://baby.families.com/blog/questions-to-ask-before-getting-your-infants-blood-drawn</guid><description><![CDATA[From the time my daughter was about three months old, she's had blood in her stool. It's not every diaper and not even every week, but it consistently reappears. Her pediatrician and a G.I. specialist have almost entirely ruled out the possibility that it is anything to worry about.]]></description></item><item><title>PETA Takes on Ringling Bros. and Barnum &amp; Bailey Circus</title><link>http://green-living.families.com/blog/peta-takes-on-ringling-bros-and-barnum-amp-bailey-circus</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:20:41 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://green-living.families.com/blog/peta-takes-on-ringling-bros-and-barnum-amp-bailey-circus</guid><description><![CDATA[PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) has been after Ringling Bros.]]></description></item><item><title>Going a Little Crazy Over Birthdays</title><link>http://pre-school.families.com/blog/going-a-little-crazy-over-birthdays</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:30:29 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://pre-school.families.com/blog/going-a-little-crazy-over-birthdays</guid><description><![CDATA[I'm struggling a bit over here. You see, I am debating how much I want to participate in the birthday party circus. That's circus, literally. I am debating whether to take my daughter to Cirque Du Soleil for her birthday.

We tend to be fairly minimalist about birthdays around here.]]></description></item><item><title>Valentine Family Tree Project</title><link>http://genealogy.families.com/blog/valentine-family-tree-project</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:38:32 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://genealogy.families.com/blog/valentine-family-tree-project</guid><description><![CDATA[If you need a project to do with your kids this month, consider using the festive colors and hearts of the popular Valentine's Day themes as inspiration for a fun and colorful family tree.  Let's look at how to create a Valentine's family tree.]]></description></item><item><title>Meditation Techniques: Third Eye Meditation</title><link>http://yoga.families.com/blog/meditation-techniques-third-eye-meditation</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:29:21 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://yoga.families.com/blog/meditation-techniques-third-eye-meditation</guid><description><![CDATA[Third eye meditation utilizes the mystical concept of the third eye. The third eye is believed to be located on the forehead, near the center and between the two eyebrows. The third eye is the sixth of the seven chakras.]]></description></item><item><title>The Freezer and Passsionfruit</title><link>http://home.families.com/blog/the-freezer-and-passsionfruit</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:38:06 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://home.families.com/blog/the-freezer-and-passsionfruit</guid><description><![CDATA[I adore passionfruit. That is obvious by the number of passionfruit vines we have growing at our place. Currently our two black passionfruit, Nellie Kellie, have been so laden with fruit, Mick's going to need a stronger trellis for next year.]]></description></item><item><title>Jalapeno Meatballs</title><link>http://food.families.com/blog/jalapeno-meatballs</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:55:51 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://food.families.com/blog/jalapeno-meatballs</guid><description><![CDATA[Half the fun of cooking is being able to experiment. I'm a great one for taking a recipe or a family dish and finding a way to change or improve it, which is what I did recently.]]></description></item><item><title>10 Ways Parents Can Help Their Child's Education</title><link>http://education.families.com/blog/10-ways-parents-can-help-their-childs-education</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:31:46 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://education.families.com/blog/10-ways-parents-can-help-their-childs-education</guid><description><![CDATA[What can you do as a parent to help your child with their education? Here are ten suggestions.

1. 	The first and one of the most important is to read to them from the time they are born. Don't stop once they can read for themselves. There's still something great about being read to.]]></description></item><item><title>Intimacy and Imagination in Marriage</title><link>http://marriage.families.com/blog/intimacy-and-imagination-in-marriage</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:45:26 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://marriage.families.com/blog/intimacy-and-imagination-in-marriage</guid><description><![CDATA[When it comes to the letter I and marriage, probably the first one we think of after 'I love you' is Intimacy.

Intimacy

Mention intimacy and most people's minds will immediately go to the sexual act since it is the most intimate relationship.]]></description></item><item><title>Getting Fit With Video Games</title><link>http://fitness.families.com/blog/getting-fit-with-video-games</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:26:43 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://fitness.families.com/blog/getting-fit-with-video-games</guid><description><![CDATA[The newest concept in getting fit is with video games and it appears to be a success. The Nintendo company has managed to find a way to play games, have fun and get people up and moving all at the same time.]]></description></item><item><title>Using Props in Pictures</title><link>http://photography.families.com/blog/using-props-in-pictures</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:23:45 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://photography.families.com/blog/using-props-in-pictures</guid><description><![CDATA[Are you tired of the same old boring pictures?  Pictures are usually all about standing or sitting and then smiling.  Sure, we might use different settings and backgrounds to spruce up our pictures but what about using props?  Props can be fun and bring something unique and special to a picture.]]></description></item><item><title>Parents Play a Pivotal Role in Reducing Teen Pregnancy</title><link>http://pregnancy.families.com/blog/parents-play-a-pivotal-role-in-reducing-teen-pregnancy</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:30:30 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://pregnancy.families.com/blog/parents-play-a-pivotal-role-in-reducing-teen-pregnancy</guid><description><![CDATA[In the midst of a debate over the best way to lower teen pregnancy rates, whether it is through teaching abstinence or informing teens about the risks of sexually transmitted diseases and methods of birth control, the story of an eleven-year-old girl giving birth to a baby, to me screams, "neithe...]]></description></item><item><title>D23: An Insider's Disney</title><link>http://disney.families.com/blog/d23-an-insiders-disney</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://disney.families.com/blog/d23-an-insiders-disney</guid><description><![CDATA[Anyone who's here at families.com's Disney corner is probably a Disney fan.  Maybe we consider ourselves members in an unofficial fan club.  Well, now we can join an official one.


Last March Bob Iger unveiled D23, the official Disney fan club/community.]]></description></item><item><title>JJ Cole BundleMe: Not Just For Carseats</title><link>http://baby.families.com/blog/jj-cole-bundleme-not-just-for-carseats</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://baby.families.com/blog/jj-cole-bundleme-not-just-for-carseats</guid><description><![CDATA[A well-meaning friend gave us a JJ Cole Original BundleMe for Christmas. It's pink, it's thick, and it's adorable. Is it safe for a carseat? I'm not so sure. For this reason, we decided not to use it on our daughter's carseat.]]></description></item><item><title>Traveling Books or How the Digital can Suppress</title><link>http://education.families.com/blog/traveling-books-or-how-the-digital-can-suppress</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:46:41 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://education.families.com/blog/traveling-books-or-how-the-digital-can-suppress</guid><description><![CDATA[I'm so concerned with and interested in new technologies that I often ignore older ones to my peril. This semester I'm working on a number of projects surrounding the use/abuse of copyright law as applied to the arts.]]></description></item><item><title>The Gift of Self-Entertainment</title><link>http://fatherhood.families.com/blog/the-gift-of-self-entertainment</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:43:19 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://fatherhood.families.com/blog/the-gift-of-self-entertainment</guid><description><![CDATA[When I was younger I was sometimes bored. Somehow I imagine this happens to lots of kids but it certainly felt like it was only me who was afflicted at the time. Strangely, I credit many of my successes and talents to these periods of boredness.]]></description></item><item><title>The Food Plan: Organizing a Year of Sustainable Food</title><link>http://home.families.com/blog/the-food-plan-organizing-a-year-of-sustainable-food</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:53:56 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://home.families.com/blog/the-food-plan-organizing-a-year-of-sustainable-food</guid><description><![CDATA[I am known as something of an organizational nutcase. This is fine by me. I like being a resource person. When my daughter was a baby, I decided that we needed both a financial and a sustainable overhaul of our food sources.]]></description></item><item><title>How Much Sleep Should Your Preschooler Get?</title><link>http://pre-school.families.com/blog/how-much-sleep-should-your-preschooler-get</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:36:58 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://pre-school.families.com/blog/how-much-sleep-should-your-preschooler-get</guid><description><![CDATA[Recently, I read an article on sleep. In this article, researchers studied the brains of adults who had not slept well for a week. The adults thought that they were doing fine, and they thought that their judgment was not impaired.]]></description></item><item><title>Involving Children in Genealogy</title><link>http://genealogy.families.com/blog/involving-children-in-genealogy</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:26:07 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://genealogy.families.com/blog/involving-children-in-genealogy</guid><description><![CDATA[As we get older, we learn the importance of Genealogy.  As kids, maybe we didn't realize what Genealogy was all about.  We may not have appreciated knowing about our ancestors until we were older.]]></description></item></channel></rss>