New MyParenTime.com-Sponsored Contest Area

All of our contests have been moved to a new section -- including past contests. You'll find them listed on the page below from now on.

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New Section: Pre-Movie Reviews!

Have you ever wondered whether that G or PG movie is appropriate for your children to see? Why wait for the review after the movie has come out? Thanks to a good friend, we will be providing you with some special reviews of movies before they hit the theaters!

Our first 2 pre-movie reviews are in (Bolt & Twilight), which come out November 21, 2008.

Click here to read them.

Contest: Win a Paula Deen Cookbook!

This Organize.com-sponsored contest is open to legal residents of the 50 United States and District of Columbia (excluding Puerto Rico), age 18 or older at time of entry or by December 31, 2008. Limit one (1) online entry per eligible person, per day. There will be six (6) Grand Prize winners. Winners will receive one 'Christmas with Paula Deen' book. Each prize has an approximate retail value of $23.00.

Deadline: December 31, 2008. Click here to enter!

Article: Lock Down Your Laptop

Laptops make it easy to access your data from any location. But they can also put your information at risk of getting lost or stolen. Check out these tips for securing your laptop -- and protecting your data if it does go missing.

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Article: A Visit to the Art Museum

Most people don't think of taking young children to an art museum. Children like to be active, so how could they possibly enjoy standing around and looking at paintings? With a shift in thinking and some advance planning, parents can find lots of excitement for their kids within the walls of an art museum.

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Article: How to Keep Children Safer While Shopping & Traveling During the Holidays

The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) wants to remind parents not to let their guard down or be distracted while traveling or attending public celebrations during this 2008 holiday season. NCMEC today issued child safety tips for parents to keep children safer while shopping and traveling.

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Jon McLauglin's "OK Now" CD Giveaway is Almost Over

This contest ends today, so if you haven't entered yet, head over to the following page and submit your entry for Jon's CD!

Jon McLauglin's "OK Now" CD Giveaway

Review: Lil' Chillers Cups

When we received the request to review these 12 oz. Lil' Chillers Cups, we didn't know what to expect. We wondered what was so special about this cup. Well, when we received a Lil' Chillers cup, we were pleasantly surprised.

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Article: November Moments for Mom

"Jack, what should I write this month’s column about?" I yelled to my Wii-playing ten-year-old in the next room. "What do you mean?" he asked as he walked into my office, oblivious to the fact that I’ve been writing a column for about eight years.

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Article: 6 Ways to Cultivate a Thankful Heart

With Thanksgiving quickly approaching, you may find yourself spending more and more time thinking about the things in your life that you are thankful for. The importance of your health, your family and your friends suddenly seem magnified as the holiday season tends to prompt people to consider if they’ve been taking these precious gems for granted.

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DVD Review: VeggieTales - The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything

Choosing to do the right thing is always best, as the swashbuckling stars of The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie learn on their high-seas adventure.

Click here to read this movie review!

Article: Diabetes Questions & Answers

November is National Diabetes Month.

The following article questions & answers are excerpted from the book, "What to Expect When You Have Diabetes," by The American Diabetes Association.

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2 New Articles - Tweens & Teenagers

1. The Ipod: by Bruce J. Gevirtzman

He strolled into the room and quietly laid his books on a desk. Class would begin in about three minutes; soon the teacher would be droning on about something utterly irrelevant to his life. Read more...

Read our review of Bruce's book, An Intimate Understanding of America's Teenagers.


2. Talking with Your Tween About Cyberbullying & Online Safety: by the NetSmartz® Workshop at the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children®

If your child is being cyberbullied, who is the first person that he or she might turn to for help? You? A friend? A brother or sister? A teacher or a coach? Read more...

2 New Reviews - Children's Books

Two new book reviews have been posted to MyParenTime.com -- hope you enjoy!

"What's Under the Bed?" -- Many children struggle with the feeling that something evil lurkes beneath their beds...especially at bedtime. It's certainly scary to think that a huge scary monster lives under there! Read more.

"Jack in the Box" -- When we think of the Jack in the Box toy, we have memories of a fun toy that you wind up and get surprised when it finally pops out of the box. There's no secret there...Read more.

MyParenTime.com-Sponsored Contests!

Our Harry Potter Giveaway may be over, but we're not done with giveaways yet! Head over to our Contest page and enter for a chance to win some great prizes! You'd better hurry if your kids like VeggieTales -- that contest ends tonight!

Secondhand Tobacco Smoke & Children: The Danger of Exposure

If you need any reason to stop smoking around your children other than the fact that you love them, we hope that this month's main article will help convince you. You as an adult make the decision to smoke, but your children do not make the decision to inhale it.

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Do you smoke, and if so do you make the conscious decision to not smoke around your kids, or anyone else's?

Upgraded Website Searches

MyParenTime.com, PrintableChecklists.com, JupiterParents.com & StopSexOffenders.com were updated with Google's new custom search engine. Now you don't have to leave any of our websites in order to conduct a search.

We hope this makes things a little easier. :)

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