Toys

Content by Mitch Osborne

There are so many toys out there these days. It seems every other commercial on Direct tv is for a toy of some sort. 99% of toys today do all the playing for the kid. Have you noticed how all the toys these days light up, make sounds, talk, and basically entertain the child. All the kid has to do is sit down and watch the toy play by itself! And what’s worse, the manufacturers often want to claim that these toys are “educational” because they sing the alphabet or something. Kids need to explore toys, and be creative. Classic toys, like blocks, balls, even rocks and sticks, provide children with true “education” and problem solving skills. A child learns about gravity from a ball, about weight from bean bags, about math and patterns from blocks, etc. You don’t have to spend a lot of money on toys. In fact, the box is more educational for the kids then the actual toy. They create with the box, turning it into a house or something.

Trying to make some healthy lifestyle changes for good

Guest post written by Robin Gordon

One thing that I've wondered about when it comes to my friends who are in really fantastic shape is how they stay motivated. One thing that I've found is that they work exercise and good eating into their lifestyles, no matter what. A lot of my friends wake up an hour earlier to go for a run so they can get on with their days without worrying about getting in a run later in the day. I just may start using that technique.

Well, I'm going to try and apply other suggestions from my friends for my lifestyle, but I'm also going to look up some tips from professional sources too. While I was looking up some of those tips online, I ran across the site http://hearingaids.miracle-ear.com and after I thought it over a little bit I decided to go and get a hearing test to see if I should include hearing aids in my new healthy lifestyle.

That's just one lifestyle change that I have for this year, though. I'm going to have to start eating healthier too.