- Things a Man Should Know: About Fatherhood
Good a funny list of things that a father should know. Though some of the points are written tongue-in-cheek, I feel most of the pointers are really useful. Here are some of the tips that I adhere to: “15. Avoid walkers, not only because they can be dangerous around stairs but because they don’t require a child to balance and thus retard his walking progress.”, “25. Let them take reasonable risks: A few scrapes in the long run are nothing compared with the scars left by hovering parents. Or tics.”, “58. It’s never too early to begin reading to children.”, and “66. The harder they play, the earlier they sleep.”
(via Digg)
- Study Takes Rare Look At How Materialism Develops In The Young
This is a summary of a paper that would be published in a forthcoming in the Journal of Consumer Research. Their findings showed that “children with lower self-esteem valued possessions significantly more than children with higher self-esteem.“
(via reddit: what’s new online)
- Teaching Your Children How to Save
Think it’s important to teach children about the importance of saving from an early age. And it’s also crucial that the parents set an example for the children. But it’s always easier said than done.
(via Weary Parent: Parenting Tweens and Teens)
- Quintura for Kids
This is a child-, school- and library-friendly search engine, which uses a cloud-like environment for doing web searches. However, do note that the search engine doesn’t guarantee that all search returns would not contain inappropriate material. However, it should be generally quite safe as the back end of the search engine is powered by Yahoo! Kids.
(via Lifehacker)
- Housework cuts breast cancer risk
Hmmm … interesting research done. Housework can reduce breast cancer risk “_by 30% among the pre-menopausal women and 20% among the post-menopausal women_”. Must tell my wife do more housework. 
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