Friday, April 24, 2009

PRIVACY POLICY

Here are a few lines of policy regarding the privacy of the visitors of this blog.
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What is a cookie?

A “cookie” is a small text file containing a string of alphanumeric characters. There are two types of cookies: a persistent cookie and a session cookie. A persistent cookie gets entered by your Web browser into the cookie folder on your computer’s hard drive. A persistent cookie remains in that cookie folder, which is maintained and governed by your Web browser, after you close your browser program. A session cookie is temporary and disappears after you close your browser. DoubleClick’s ad-serving and paid search listing (“DART Search”) products utilize the same cookie: the DART cookie. The DART cookie is a persistent cookie and consists of the name of the domain that set the cookie (“ad.doubleclick.net”), the lifetime of the cookie, and a “value.” DoubleClick’s DART technology generates a unique series of characters for the “value” portion of the cookie.

What is the DoubleClick DART cookie?

The DoubleClick DART cookie is used by Google in the ads served on publisher websites displaying AdSense for content ads. When users visit an AdSense publisher's website and either view or click on an ad, a cookie may be dropped on that end user's browser. The data gathered from these cookies will be used to help AdSense publishers better serve and manage the ads on their site(s) and across the web.

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If you have a DoubleClick cookie in your Cookies folder, it is most likely a DART cookie. The DoubleClick DART cookie helps marketers learn how well their Internet advertising campaigns or paid search listings perform. Many marketers and Internet websites use DoubleClick’s DART technology to deliver and serve their advertisements or manage their paid search listings. DoubleClick’s DART products set or recognize a unique, persistent cookie when an ad is displayed or a paid listing is selected. The information that the DART cookie helps to give marketers includes the number of unique users their advertisements were displayed to, how many users clicked on their Internet ads or paid listings, and which ads or paid listings they clicked on.

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* If you are using Internet Explorer 6.0, go to the Tools menu, then to Internet Options, then to the Privacy tab. This version of Internet Explorer is the first to use P3P to distinguish between types of cookies. P3P uses standardized privacy statements made by the cookie issuer to manage your acceptance of cookies. Under the “Privacy” tab, click on the “Advanced” button. Select “Override automatic cookie handling” and choose whether you want to accept, block or be prompted for “First-party” and “Third-party Cookies.” If you want to block all cookies coming from DoubleClick’s doubleclick.net domain, go to the “Web Sites” section under the “Privacy” tab and click the “Edit” button. In the “Address of Web site” field, enter “doubleclick.net,” select “Block,” click OK (menu will disappear); click OK again and you will be back to the browser.

* If you are using Netscape 6.0+, go to “Edit” in the menu bar, click on “Preferences,” click on “Advanced,” and select the “Cookies” field. Now check either the box that says, “Warn me before accepting a cookie” or “Disable cookies.” Click on “OK.” Now go to your “Start” button, click on “Find,” click on “Files and Folders,” type “cookies.txt” into the search box that appears, and click “Find Now.” When the search results appear, drag all files listed, into the “Recycle Bin.” Now shut down and restart your Netscape. Depending on your earlier choice you will either be prompted by new cookie sets or no cookies will be set or received.

* If you are using Mozilla or Safari, please go to their websites to find out how to disable cookies in those programs.

Thursday, April 23, 2009

DEPRESSION IN CHILDREN IS TOO BAD

Sometimes it happens that some children suddenly refuse to go to school any more. In such situation, the parents are bewildered and find no way what to do. They try everything-pleas, threats, even beatings- but they don't help to the situation. Although depression among children is not as common as it is among adults, it is by no means unusual. There are a number of reasons why a child may become depressed. The most common is the stress in the family due to factors such as quarrels, child abuse or alcoholism. Another reason is genetic. While some of the indicators of depression, like sadness, excessive irritability and diminished self-esteem, are the same for adults and children, not all are.

Moreover, while the symptoms given below are commonly exhibited by children who are depressed, it's important not to jump to too hasty conclusions. Such behavior doesn't always indicate depression. You should seek psychiatric help only if the symptoms haven't been prompted by any obvious reasons, and if they don't disappear even after you talk things over with your child in a supportive, loving way. The most common signs of childhood depression are:

Clinging behavior: The death of a close relative, starting school, the birth of a sibling-are are some of the obvious reasons a child may feel insecure. However, if a child inexplicably starts clinging to you and expresses fears of separation, there may be something wrong.
No inclination to play: Depressed children often say they're bored, and stop playing with their friends.
Anti-social behavior: Lying, playing truant and stealing, could be signs of depression if the child has rarely misbehaved in such ways before.
Constantly putting oneself down: While depressed adults who feel worthless tend not to talk about it, many depressed children keep repeating how "bad" they are.
Bed wetting: Once children attain bladder control, they rarely lose it. So if they resume wetting beds, depression may be the cause.
Frequent nightmares: Practically all children get frightening dreams once in a while. But if your child gets frequent nightmares, he could be depressed.
Doing badly at school: Sodden school phobia can be a sign of depression. So can a marked decline in a child's scholastic performance.

Most cases of childhood cases can be successfully treated if detected early. So if you suspect that your child is depressed, seek professional help quickly. In any case, never brush aside a child's feelings as unimportant. Children deserve just as much respect as adults.

Nowadays children are highly sensitive and discerning. Wise parents should know well how to deal with anger and tackle other problems of growing children.

Saturday, February 14, 2009

ANGER MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES FOR CHILDREN

Anger is another form of emotion or feeling experienced by children and adults alike. It ranges from rage to the milder forms of resentment. It’s needed with parents to know anger management techniques for children. The children use outbursts of anger for attracting attention to obtaining a desired goal. Interference with feelings or activities of the children may arouse a form of behavior as anger-usually aggressive in nature- expressed by screams, kicks, stamps, sulks, or cries.

The temper tantrum represents a display of emotional behavior for the purpose of gaining favour. In an aggressive child, it takes the form of striking, tearing, kicking, and holding the breath. Unless the child is helped with anger management skills to gain emotional control he is likely to continue the tantrum technique perhaps throughout the entire life. If a child “throws a tantrum” before learned to talk, the parents should understand that the child is actually suffering and needs their help.

As a child learns to vocalize and to use language he begins to express anger in less aggressively physical ways, but he may continue his acts of disobedience and physical resistance. When a little girl is very angry she is likely to say to her mother” I don’t like you.” To avoid such critical situation, a good knowledge of anger management techniques of children plays a main role for compromise.

Causes of anger problems:
It is usually caused by infusion of frustration or major depressive disorder.
Infant: Physical restraint like tight clothing
Child: Toilet training and food taking compulsion.

Tips to dealing with anger management:
There is no need for separate anger management program. To think of anger control by anger medication is foolish.
1. Needless commands or derogatory remarks that arouse anger should not be dangled before the child. Such words are felt by children as ill treating of their endevours to achieving the goal. It may lead to depression anxiety anger and delusion which are not good for health.
2. Denying for everything should be avoided by the parents. Instead, alternatives may be given. It’s quite natural that the children may have anxiety of knowing about and owning new things for them to enjoy. In such occasions, the parents should not deny totally but satisfy them with substitutes.
3. Preventing or minimizing the provocations is one of the best ways to deal with anger. Some behaviors may be annoying to the parents as destructive to their welfare. Such behaviors alone can’t be accounted for preventing and irritating every activity of the children.
4. Talking with them about their feelings is another of the best of anger management tools to teach the children about how to control their feelings. It would be compromising and consoling to the children if the parents share with their feelings good or bad. The child should be given appropriate anger management help to express their anger in appropriate words as let out technique.
5. The parents should be a model of anger management for kids in controlling and keeping off unnecessary situations to arouse anger as a main concern. Molding the children positively onto their way of expectation is an art to execute by being an example to follow.

It’s safe to bring up your children as blossoming buds and with desirable habits and you as parents should know the anger management techniques of your children and related matters.

HOW to TAKE CARE of NEWBORNS

Caring for Newborn:
Giving birth to a child is sometimes really amazing, and it is safe when the baby is in its mother’s womb. From the instant the baby emerges from the cocoon, you need to pay special care, and there is plenty of it in newborn baby care about how to take care of newborn baby. Know well what will be the newborn baby needs, except for the love that you offer, and there is plenty of it. You need a little knowledge to taking care of baby connected with food, sleep and baby skin care. It’s sometimes excruciating that you can’t handle it to your wishes since the skin, eyes, bottom and other features are so delicate. There are some common problems with skin conditions like baby gerbils, baby acne, cradle caps and heat rash with sunburn common with newborns of any country.

Skin care: Skin care is the foremost factor in spite of its adaptability to the new environment. Skin is so red, that it offers irritation and infection to every touch, so it’s best to wash cloths with special detergents. Baby skin loses moisture quickly, and sensitive that it needs time to absorb and retain moisture to its need. So, keeping your child with cold or warm perfume baths daily is not suggestive, may be on alternative days suiting other conditions. It’s something so gentle, that it needs to care and treat with new born baby care. It’s best for protecting the baby from bacterial infection by using homemade baby wipes and diaper to cleaning your little ones.

Umbilical cord: Until and after the falling off, the area around it should be kept clean with hygienic soft cotton with alcohol application.

Head care: Head is so delicate with soft hair to keep clean, so use of only baby skin care natural shampoo perhaps the same product. The pulpy scalp is a protected area against rough handling when padding anything around it.

Heat rash and sunburn: Skin learns to accommodate with new surrounding, so no much fear about needed. Whatsoever, keeping off the baby from direct sunlight for a long time should be avoided as a measure of infant care against heat effects. Protecting the baby appropriately perhaps with cheap baby clothing suiting to the weather is wise of the mother.

Baby acne and cradle caps: Baby acne may have its effect for the first two or three months, but no need to treat unless infected. It is protected with homely and regular baby baths with natural care therapy. Cradle caps are another one of the same nature which may be easily handled with soft brush to clean using some herbal moisturizer. It’s best to use natural baby products avoiding synthetic products like talcum powder complimented by organic skin care treatments to avoid dry skin.

Itzbeen baby care Timer: Use of an innovative product called Itzbeen baby care Timer which is available onto the market designed to help the parents to take care of infants. You can have warning alarms set for feeding, waking and diaper changing. It is of light weight & easy to carry everywhere.

External support and advice: Connected with newborn baby care-how to take care of newborn baby There are expert advice service centers caring for baby with latest information and parent to parent support, Day care centers and departmental stores selling hygienic products and other baby gadgets like feeding accessories, bottle warmers, breast pumps and car sheets. You can use these services wisely to care taking of your baby.