Category: Parenting FYI

#science Elmo and Surgeon General team-up to discuss importance of vaccinations

A short time ago, the team at Sesame Street teamed up with the Surgeon General, Vivek Murthy, to discuss the importance of vaccinations. While many folks may be on the anti-vaxx bandwagon, it just doesn’t make logical sense. I would also argue that if you believe Jenny McCarthy, you should believe Elmo as well because of wholesome logic. If you want… Read more →

Preparing the kids for a blizzard

If you live in the Northeast, chances are, you are prepping for an epic storm that will drop a shit-ton of snow onto our properties. The words epic, crippling and life-threatening have been buoyed around to describe this storm. With the way that they are hyping this, I am guessing that Godzilla is going to be dropping a People’s Elbow or… Read more →

Amber Alerts coming to Facebook

Earlier this week, Facebook announced that they would be partnering with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children to post Amber Alerts to users’ Facebook newsfeeds. While the social networking behemoth has done past work on getting Amber Alerts out there, this one is a really great move. On one hand, it allows users to see verified alerts in… Read more →