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08 Apr 09 An Instruction Set For Family Fun

instructablesDIY projects can be a great way to spend time with your kids and having a good set of instructions to work from can really help.  And there is no better place to find piles of fantastic DIY guides than at Instructables.  So we here at Dadmins were very excited to hear that Make has partnered with Instructables to release The Best of InstructablesVolume 1 in print form, because DIY doesn’t always happen around a computer.  but it gets even better than that.  The whole set of howtos from the book are all online and linked together so you know exatly what is in the book before you buy it! Content online for free! The sky is falling.
Seriously, this is some good stuff.  Buy a copy and go build something (and some memories) with your kids. (more…)

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06 Jan 09 A Good Console Gaming Guideline for Parents

While there is often heated debate over how old children should be before their first video game and what type of games should be allowed, almost no parent thinks that carte blanche and completely unsupervised gaming is a good idea.  Along those lines PC Mag has posted a very practical article detailing some good general console guidelines as well as console specific steps to activate parental controls.
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