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Is Media Overload Ruining Your Kids? (Infographic)

When I was in elementary school, we didn't have a television. When we visited friends or family who did, cartoons and the Nickelodeon channel seemed like magic to me. I couldn't look away. I'd often z…

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The Internet, the Writer, and the Video Artist

Often times, people focus on the negative aspects of using the internet. Although it's true that obsessive use of the internet can be unhealthy, internet use in moderation can have some remarkable ben…

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The Horror! Discovering Your Child’s Porn Stash

A few years ago, when I was a new parent, a seasoned fellow parent told me about when he first discovered his son’s particular interest in pornography. At that time, his son was 14 and was left home a…

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Care2, But With More Cats

Have you ever visited Care2 Healthy Living and thought, "Well, this is great, but there aren't enough cats"? If so, then the Internet is here to help you. Meowbify is a website that allows you to m…

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The Icy Waters Of Online Dating

By: Melanie Bates I’m exhausted. And I’ve only been dating online for about three months after taking a three and a half year hiatus from the opposite sex. The rules have changed, ladies. …

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The Antidote for an Overly-Teched Brain

By Thomas Carson Mark The Cassandras among us have warned for some time that Internet addiction—obsessive texting, tweeting, posting, surfing, along with a compulsion to be always connected—threate…

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New Site Helps Web Foodies Manage Recipes

By Sarah Shultz for DietsInReview.com As cooks increasingly turn to the web to find and store recipes, recipe organization websites and apps promise to help. The problem is that they're just about …

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Groupon Healthcare: Bargain or Bad Idea?

By Anne-Marie Botek, AgingCare.com Would you consider using an online coupon site—like Groupon or LivingSocial—to pay for medical care for you or an elderly loved one? It may seem like an odd qu…

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Children of the Porn: Will Hiding From Pornography Actually Work?

In an Oakland, California elementary school classroom last month, two second graders got into a whole heap of trouble. Trouble for second graders usually means not sitting still, disregarding the dire…

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Yellow Pages Finally Launches Easy Opt-Out Site

For years, eco-conscious consumers have been begging for an easy way to tell the phone companies to stop delivering phone books to their homes and offices, and it's finally here! Just days ago, the…

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