(Prudent Press Agency) --- Leah Koenig, PCI Certified Parent Coach® & Child & Family therapist and the Orange Blossom Society announce the presentation of a five week Love and Logic® class: "Early Childhood Parenting Made Fun!®" for birth to age six.

The class will be presented at the Orange Blossom Society’s facility in Redmond Washington starting Thursday September 16th for five consecutive Thursdays from 12:00pm to 2:00pm. The cost is $75 for an individual and $130 for a couple. Enrichment classes for children ages 18m to six years old are available for an additional $15 per class.

(Prudent Press Agency) --- Palmetto Childproofing Inc, in conjunction with the Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association (JPMA), announces that September is Baby Safety Month. This year marks the 27th anniversary of the month long campaign which serves to raise awareness of keeping babies safe both inside and outside the home.

“Babies possess an innate curiosity about the world around them,” says Mike Bost, Vice President of Palmetto Childproofing Inc. “Unfortunately, this can expose them to many household hazards.”

(Prudent Press Agency) --- KidZerts has created the first wear-moldable arch support insoles for children. These innovative children’s insoles slowly mold to the unique contours of the bottom of each foot. KidZerts insoles were designed by a team that includes a podiatrist, a pedorthist and specialists in the manufacturing of insoles, who recognized that most children’s insoles lack features that are imperative for kids’ foot health and development.

Since most shoe companies consider a thin, flat layer of foam suitable as an insert for children’s shoes, KidZerts recognized the need for important features to stabilize and comfort their growing feet, including an arch support, a stabilizing heel cup and cushioning.

(Prudent Press Agency) --- More so than other types of crimes, those involving the alleged exploitation of children have the potential to ruin lives and reputations. These cases are often tried in the court of public opinion far sooner than they are taken before a judge and jury. Although the burden of proof lies with the State or Government, by the time the trial starts, the Defendant often feels he actually bears the burden of proving his own innocence.

A Difficult Task for Prosecutors and Defense Attorneys Alike
Evidence of pornography or obscenity possession or distribution is often found on Internet file-sharing or social networking sites, as well as, desktop PC's or laptops and even on portable file storage devices like flash drives or SD cards. Determining the source of this information is often difficult, particularly when an investigation begins solely based on information found online through network specialists tracing the activity back to a certain computer address or user. By the time that is done, the content could have been erased from the computer. Computer forensics experts are often brought in to recover the data and perform further analysis.

(Prudent Press Agency) --- In just one year the Magical Rainbow Board Game has entered into two prestigious game award programs and it has picked up two prestigious game awards. The Magical Rainbow Board Game has received the coveted title of “Game of the Year” from the highly respected national parenting magazine, Creative Child.

“The Magical Rainbow is a special kind of board game because it can be used as both a game and a play set” comments Frank Crossen, President Crossen Creations. “The game by itself is a lot of fun and features a colorful 3 dimensional game board, along with magnetic play pieces and a magnetic leprechaun figurine. But if children don’t have anyone to play the game with they can use the magnetic play pieces with the game board as their own imaginary land. Imagination is such a wonderful trait and the Magical Rainbow board game helps bring out the imagination in every child.”

(Prudent Press Agency) --- The International Bullying Prevention Association (IBPA) has announced its lineup of keynote speakers for its 7th Annual Conference in Seattle this November. The speakers are:

Jacqueline F. Beauchere, J.D.: Director, Communications & Marketing – Trustworthy Computing for Microsoft Corp., which is responsible for strategic communications to worldwide consumer and government audiences on Microsoft’s work in computer security, privacy, and online safety. Jacqueline previously was Director, Trustworthy Computing Strategy, where she managed communications pertaining to the Trustworthy Computing (TwC) effort.

(Prudent Press Agency) --- This summer, parents of young children are not only searching for summer camps and fun activities, but also for fun ways to prepare their kids for the increasingly competitive private school and the gifted program 2011 enrollment, according to the Brain Academy. Many parents of preschool children have already learned that the gifted and private school admissions tests, such as OLSAT, BSRA, and ERB (which is an IQ test such as SB5 or WPPSI-III) require the utmost attention to details, rapid and accurate visual scanning, critical thinking, sharp memory retention and retrieval. Preschool children don’t always have evenly developed cognitive abilities, and some of these skills may not be superior, which is required to score high on the admissions tests. How can a very bright child, who is clearly learning and acquiring knowledge at much faster pace than his peers, but may get frazzled or distracted easily, score better than 97 percent to 99 percent of his peers on these admissions tests?

“We have been getting an increasing number of calls from the parents who, first of all, want to accurately assess their children’s attention, memory, organization, processing, thinking and other cognitive skills, and then start preparing them for the OLSAT, BSRA, ERB and other admissions tests,” says Dr. Danov, a neuropsychologist and founder of the Brain Academy, a New York-based hub for cognitive testing, brain training, test preparation, and academic tutoring.

(Prudent Press Agency) --- Willow Bend Learning Center announces their Fourth Annual Parent Information Night and Open House to be held on August 19th, 2010, from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm.

The evening will start with a presentation on the curricular methods employed, followed by a demonstration of some of the teaching aids used in the classrooms. This is a great opportunity for parents to find out about the Montessori classroom, Whole Languages methods, curricular plans for the coming school year, special activities planned for the children throughout the year, what parents can expect from the teachers, what ground rules must be followed, and other important information. Parents will get to tour the school and meet the teachers. This is also an excellent forum to meet other families. Questions, concerns, complaints, and compliments can be brought up at this time.

(Prudent Press Agency) --- The announcement stopped parents in their tracks: stroller-maker Maclaren announced it was recalling every single umbrella-type stroller it has sold in the United States. The British company announced the recall of an estimated one million strollers because of a danger that young children will have their fingers amputated by the folding mechanism.


The source of the problem is a side hinge into which very young children can stick their fingers. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission told parents to immediately stop using the umbrella strollers. The strollers have caused at least a dozen reported fingertip amputations. The November recall is the second-largest stroller recall of the decade. In 2005, Graco Children's Products recalled 1.5 million strollers. The recall applies to all umbrella-type Maclaren strollers sold in the U.S. since they were introduced here 10 years ago. The recalled models are the Volo, Quest Sport, Quest Mod, Triumph, Techno XT, Techno XLR, Twin Techno, Twin Triumph and Easy Traveller. The strollers are all manufactured in China, said Maclaren.

(Prudent Press Agency) --- Authorities are still investigating the disappearance of Venus Stewart, a 32-year-old mother of two who police believe was abducted from her parents' home in Colon Township, Michigan, on April 26. The South Bend Times identified Ms. Stewart's estranged husband, Doug Stewart of Newport News, Virginia, as the only person of interest in the case.


Prior to Ms. Stewart's abduction, she and Mr. Stewart were in the midst of a divorce and a custody dispute over their two daughters. The week before she disappeared, Schwartz Law Firm represented Ms. Stewart at the St. Joseph County District Court, where she sought and was granted temporary custody of both children. Mr. Stewart accused Ms. Stewart of fabricating claims that he sexually abused one of the minor children. However, Child Protective Services substantiated the claims of abuse. In the weeks since the disappearance, the court has rejected Mr. Stewart's request for custody of the girls and denied him visitation rights. At a hearing on June 17th, he was arraigned on an abuse/neglect petition based on the allegations of sexual abuse that Ms. Stewart made before her disappearance.

(Prudent Press Agency) --- The National Trust has opened a competition that will see the winner go on a money-can't-buy experience with a National Trust Ranger. To enter the competition, contestants simply need to send in details of their experiences of going wild outdoors at one of the National Trust's summer events.


Competition judges are looking for great photos taken in nature, poetical musings on bugs and beasties, stories about wildlife adventures, doodles inspired by the great outdoors. In short, anything that shows the entrant is a wild child. Entries received will be put into an online gallery which will allow visitors to vote on popular entries. Entries can be e-mailed or sent in the post to the National Trust. Anything mailed will be scanned and, like e-mail entries, uploaded to the gallery after moderation.

(Prudent Press Agency) --- Landon Medical , the leading manufacturer of Pulse Oximeters introduces the LM-500 Pediatric Fingertip Pulse Oximeter: the first Pediatric Pulse Oximeter specially manufactured for monitoring the health problems of children.


The LM-500 Pediatric Pulse Oximeter (available from PulseOximetersDIRECT.com) measures SpO2 (percentage of oxygen saturation in the blood) and pulse rate of children with accuracy and ease. The LM-500 offers a special design and chipset technology specifically manufactured for a kid's finger. It uses a customized pediatric oximetry sensor adjusted for children's skin to ensure accurate readings. Small and compact, it provides complete oximetry solutions while still able to fit in your pocket. "It is of the greatest importance to parents to be able to monitor their children's health conditions including asthma or heart arrhythmia wherever they go," said Dr. Shiv Khanna of the Lavale Clinic based in Cumberland, MD. "The Landon Medical LM-500 Pulse Oximeter is the perfect tool for parents to monitor their children on the go as they simply measure the child's SpO2 and pulse rate and subsequently share the results with for professional diagnosis and treatement."

(Prudent Press Agency) --- Children are like a reservoir of enormous amount of energy and it is only seldom that we see them doing nothing at all. Such unstable little human beings need to be constantly occupied with something or the other to keep them away from boredom. And what better tool could come to the rescue of such a scenario other than toys. Toys play a very pivotal role in a child’s life. Childhood without toys is unimaginable. Now if you are in a situation where you need to wait for hours or even for a few minutes to meet someone important like a doctor, pediatrician, dentists, therapists and so on and if you are accompanied by your lovely little angels you need to make sure that they remain angels throughout the span of the time of the waiting period and not turn into impatient and unstable little devils.


Waiting room toys are designed to keep your little ones entertained when you are waiting for a scheduled appointment in the lobby or the waiting room. With an innumerous number of choices in the category of pediatric waiting area playsets, lobby toys, waiting room toys, reception toys, doctor office toys, playcubes, play panels and play centers you have no need to worry about your little one being restless during the waiting period. Waiting room toys must be carefully selected as per the interests of a general age group and care should be taken that they are in vogue for children of the current generation.

(Prudent Press Agency) --- Juvenile products manufacturer Combi USA launches the Yurikago Swing with unique remote control feature.


Recognizing that safety, comfort and convenience are all important to parents, Combi has designed a swing that can operate with a remote control. The Yurikago (in Japanese means “to cradle”) can be operated with either the main unit or the remote control. The remote can operate on/off power, speed, timer, music and volume. There are 6 speeds, 9 sounds/songs, 10, 20 and 30 minute timer settings and a removable toy bar. Four C-size batteries provide power for up to 50 hours of use.

(Prudent Press Agency) --- If your child is in the pre school stage this only means one thing- you are done with the terrible 2's and 3's. Now, comes a new world for parenting, the pre school age. This is now a whole new different ball game. This is the time when your precious ones are starting to explore.

Pre school ranges from ages 4- 6 years of age, this is what they call the exploratory or the questioning age. Questioning age because your pre school never stops asking the "why" questions- so parents start reviewing you general knowledge if you don't want to sound foolish in front of your kid. Preschoolers normally centers around on gaining control over the environment and want to know what their environment is, how it works, how it feels and how they can be a part of it. So, if you see your kid is mangling his toys into pieces this is the reason. This is the age where having gangs begins because your baby is learning the foundation of social development.

Be sure to take advantage of this phase because this is the teachable phase. At this age the pre school kid is like an empty vessel waiting to be filled- up with useful information. During play time, pre schoolers understand the concept of sharing, they like to build and create things and play is simple and imaginative, that is why pre school age is also called "The creative stage". Preschoolers play loosely organized group where membership changes readily, as do rules. There are suitable toys for certain age. Right toys for the right age develop the kids' logical skill. Suitable toys for pre schools are dress-up clothes; dolls; doll house; small trucks; animals; puppets. Painting sets, coloring books, paste, and cutout sets illustrated books to further support their creativity. Puzzles with large pieces and more shapes to enhance the intellect of your pre school and tricycle, swing, slide, other playground equipment since they are in the pre- gang age and also going to field trips in the museum and parks is also helpful since they love to explore. One very beneficial thing a parent should do is to provide opportunities for play and social activity to develop child's initiative or purpose.