New iPhone App from KidsHealth.org Helps Identify Childhood Infections

URL: http://www.kidshealth.org

KidsHealth.org, the largest provider of online and video content about children's health and development, announced the launch of its new iPhone app for parents called Is It Contagious? The easy-to-use app puts KidsHealth's trusted health information and advice at parents' fingertips. Featuring 85-plus infections and illnesses, the app answers the most common questions parents ask, starting with "Is It Contagious?"
 
Is It Contagious? helps parents identify and assess the contagiousness, symptoms, treatment, and prevention of the most common childhood conditions. The app includes multiple features, including an A-Z conditions library, information on how to treat symptoms, and an image gallery of photo-realistic illustrations of infections as they appear in children.
 
"KidsHealth has always provided the most up-to-date doctor-approved children's health information on the web," said Dr. Neil Izenberg, founder and chief executive of Nemours' KidsHealth.org. "Is It Contagious? is the next step toward expanding our reach with parents both online and off." Is It Contagious? can be downloaded for free in the iTunes App Store...read more

JustKidCostumes.com Launches Redesigned Kids Halloween Costumes Site

www.JustKidCostumes.com, the leading online destination for kids Halloween costumes has launched a totally redesigned website that provides a greatly updated look and feel to better deliver on their vision of providing the best selection of kids costumes at the best prices.

According to JustKidCostumes CEO Mike Weimar, “our new site has a really appealing look and feel that will appeal to kids, Mom’s and Grandparents alike. Unlike most of our competitors who focus on the adult costume market, our site is unique in its singular focus on kids costumes. This allows us to create a very kid-friendly site that you aren’t afraid to show to your kids. Our goal is to allow kids and parents to browse our site together and have fun looking at costumes, without fear of seeing something inappropriate. With competitors’ costume sites you can easily stumble on x-rated costumes. With JustKidCostumes.com you’re assured that your kids or grandkids won’t see anything you don’t want them to see.”

The new website features a new logo, new color themes, larger graphics and enhanced images, and an enhanced product view that makes it easier for customers to quickly find the right kids costumes for Halloween, school plays, dress-up days, or whatever else they may be looking for. The site also includes a new easy zoom feature, and a display of related accessories for each costume (magic wands, shoes, tiaras, swords, shields, and more)...see the site now

Help Kids Write Short Stories With Short-Stories-Help-Children.com

URL: http://www.short-stories-help-children.com
Short-Stories-Help-Children.com provides a welcome twist to parenting and enables kids to publish stories and solicit comments. Originally launched in December of 2006, the site aims to cut through much of the tedium of learning from the parenting professionals.

Short-Stories-Help-Children.com is a light-hearted, refreshing look into parenting for those moms and dads struggling with their first gradeschoolers. It deals with raising kids in today's complex world of marketing hype, peer pressure and behavioural issues.

The site provides commentary about educational methods, literacy in its various forms, learning disorders, distractions that hurt productivity, discipline and violence in schools to name a few. The site also invites parents to share their experiences. Basic concepts are clarified by the analogy of writing short stories to show parents how to focus a child's attention and efforts...

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