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How Baby Car Seats Work – What You Should Know About Ensuring Safety

I think our parents still marvel at all that we have to offer our children; between technology and zillions of brand names, we have choices to give that they’d never dreamed of giving us. I always shake my head when I hear the stories of how babies used to be transported in the back seat in their little bassinets or “Moses” baskets, just resting on the vehicle seat without any restraints. Or how the babies could easily be comforted by the mother while driving because, after all, they weren’t belted in anywhere. It’s not that our parents, grandparents, and prior generations were opposed to safety; it simply didn’t exist in the form it does now. The first baby car seat to be invented was nothing more than a sack attached to the back seat with some strings. This is hardly comparable to the hundreds of options that parents of today can choose from. [ View Article ] [ Reprints ]

How Baby Safety Works – Protecting Your Bundle of Joy

Congratulations! You now have a happy and healthy new baby boy or girl to bring home. Hopefully the labor and the birth were not too long or arduous, and the initial physical effort is over. So now the mental effort begins; to keep your new arrival safe and sound in the home environment. [ View Article ] [ Reprints ]

How Car Seats Work – The Only Way to Ride

Safety seats are easily the most important car safety feature to be invented in the last hundred years. Not only are they important to keep your baby safe in the event of an accident, but they are so important that it is now the law to have your baby in a proper safety devise. If you don’t, you’re not only risking heavy fines, you’re risking your child’s life! [ View Article ] [ Reprints ]

How a Promise Ring Works – A Symbol of a Promise

What’s all this fuss about promise rings? Are they something new or have they been around for a while? What do they mean and why is my teenager wearing one? If you’ve ever wondered what the rage is all about, then you’ve come to the right place! [ View Article ] [ Reprints ]

How Snowflakes Work

I awoke one morning, looked outside and found snowflakes falling on the ground [ View Article ] [ Reprints ]

How Strollers Work – Making Sense of it All!

Okay, so everybody knows how a baby stroller works. It’s got handles, and you push it, right? Toss in a baby, and you’ve got a party. [ View Article ] [ Reprints ]

How Weddings Work – A Brief Guide to the Big Day

Weddings are about many things: Romance certainly, with the (hopefully long lasting) union of man and woman in either sacred or secular happy matrimony. A sense of occasion therefore cannot help but be strongly involved in the drama of the day, however humble the surroundings may be. It is also about the coming together of two families, the making of new friends, the sweet sadness of parents who see the final evidence that their little girl or boy is that no longer, and of course, the free drinks at the reception. [ View Article ] [ Reprints ]

How Wedding Invitations Work – Bringing it all Together

If you have ever been involved in a wedding, chances are you’ve probably had a hand in the decorating, organizing, or any of the million little things it takes to make a wedding go off perfectly. [ View Article ] [ Reprints ]

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