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Internet Safety

I know another “be careful on the Internet” article. The Internet is somewhat like Las Vegas, it has beauty, glitz, shiny lights, fabulous shows and as long as you stay on the main drag in the well known places you are safe. If you wander off onto side streets, just like in any major city, you may find things you really didn’t want to see. You can caution older kids and revoke Internet privileges if they ignore your cautions. Pre-school and primary grade children are an entirely different situation. Older kids may wander into nefarious activity intentionally; the younger ones generally get into questionable areas quite unintentionally. This isn’t a new problem, an article in the NY Times six years ago pointed out that kids searching for something like Disney and misspelling it, ended up in places they shouldn’t have been. I point this out because these very young children seem quite adept on the computer. There are a wealth of sites that have mentally challenging g...

Emergency Night Light

I am a believer in night lights. Perhaps innate clumsiness feeds that belief but when the kids were little and I jumped up at the slightest nighttime provocation, it was reassuring to be able to see the nefarious hot wheels prior to stepping on them rather than pulling the impalement out of my foot after the fact. This has led to a long line of plug in nightlights. One of my periodic, paranoid Christmas stocking stuffers is the nightlight that plugs in but doesn’t turn on unless you lose power. Loss of power in the burbs occurs more often than you think. Usually a tree or branch coming down on the line. Anyway my last one died and I found this one on Amazon. Surprisingly enough it is about half the cost of my last one and has a significant warranty. Interestingly enough it is only $8.99 at http://www.buyzillion.com/ and you check out through Amazon. It appears that a $25 order will get free shipping. Technical Details 3-in-1 (3-way) emergency power failure light provides safety, secur...

Smoke Detectors, Don’t Procrastinate!

Get off your duff and check your smoke detectors. If they are part of an overall alarm system, take the time to alert your alarm company and test them. Death overall kind of sucks but death by fire strikes me as too gruesome to even think about. So to avoid being a statistic check your smoke detectors. If you need new ones Consumer Search rates the First Alert Ultimate Series Battery-Powered Smoke Alarm #SA302CN at the best all-around smoke detector. Excerpt from Consumer Search at www.consumersearch.com “In reviews, experts consistently point to the First Alert Dual Sensor as the best smoke detector. It runs on a replaceable 9-volt battery and features a combination ionization and photoelectric sensor that is by far the most accurate and effective detection method available. The SA302CN has extra features that many detectors do not, such as remote-controlled alarm silence and test, Intelligent Sensing, which differentiates non-threatening conditions (i.e. kitchen smoke) from real emer...