Someone Else’s Kids

It’s funny that parents are always quick to recognize and diagnose crankiness in little kids because of a lack of sleep. For some reason, we as adults never seem to recognize that lack of sleep causes the same symptoms in ourselves. That uneasiness from lack of proper rest leads to more and […]

Welcome to the new Parenting Resources category at Someone Else’s Kids.
This separate category has been long overdue as the regular parenting and raising kids category has grown so tremendously. Having this special place to write about resources for parents will make it much easier for those parents who are looking for goods, services, or […]

I am creating yet another new category for the blog today.
Before I talk more about that, though, I want to share with readers that I can’t believe it’s been two and half years of maintaining this blog since I wrote the first entry. It amazes me that when you start off writing a blog, […]

The height of the summer vacation season is upon us and that means it’s time to start thinking about car rental opportunities.
There are four main reasons why you might want to rent a car during a vacation. The first is the most obvious. You would rent a car at an airport […]

Do you use the Internet and data access features of your cell phone? (Do you even know if your cell phone has such features?)
You can check your e-mail, sign into IM, and check local movie times. Some sites have special configurations and URL for people surfing on devices other than PC’s. Of […]

I’ve written before about ZenniOptical.com, the company that sells prescription eyeglasses online at a major discount - for only 8 dollars! My conclusion was that at that price, it is definitely worth it to check them out and order a few pair, even if you initially only use them as a back up to […]

As a follow up to my last entry about Parents, Kids, and the Internet, I want to comment on an article with a great (but ridiculously long) title: Parents, Get a Clue: What Teens are Really Doing Online Plus: Tips on How to Talk to Your Teen about Internet Safety (and a Guide to […]

Parents, Kids, and the Internet
When are parents going to wake up and get a handle on what their kids are doing on the Internet?
Every single day, there is some article in the news about some kid, somewhere getting into trouble online? Parents, what are you doing to make sure that kid in the news […]