There are a lot of bed design considerations to consider. A lot of them can be found at Bedzine, another blog I contribute regularly to. Ranging from beds to kids bed furniture, you are bound to get good ideas from myself and the other authors over there.

In all, do not overlook the need of most kids as far as bedroom requirements are concerned. They may be active and playful, but at some point, they will want to rest well once they start to get tired.

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While a parent will love their children no matter when they were born (or in what order they were born, for that matter) scientists looking into birth order and what that may mean for children have come across some interesting insights.

It does seem that birth order does play a part in personality in children, and adults. If your child is the middle, the youngest, or even the oldest it can lay a part in how their personality forms and grows.

While the recent developments do make sense, science is quick to point out that there are reasons behind them. While a firstborn may receive more attention at first, there are many factors that do have a hand in both personality and birth order.

Positives: Only-borns are the mega-movers of the world. They are task-orientated; tend to be extremely well organised, highly conscientious and dependable. They are keen on facts, ideas and details and feel extremely comfortable with responsibility.

Negatives: The negative characteristics of only-borns can be tough to handle. They are often unforgiving, very demanding, hate to admit they’re wrong and usually don’t accept criticism well. To others, they seem very sensitive and indeed, their feelings are easily hurt.

Read more: How your birth order shapes your personality

While it does seem more like something that should be more at home next to the astrology readings than a scientific study, there does seem to be legitimate reasons behind birth order and personality.

The study covers everything from only-children (quoted above) to twins, and while it does make sense, what do you think? Does it follow your children, and you expectations? Is your lastborn a comedian, and your first to serious on themselves? Sound off in the comments!

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It’s true that we all handle our emotions differently, the backlash faced by this mom over Twitter is astounding.  While many of her detractors have let up, others won’t.  They blame her for the death of her son, who had fallen into a pool he had drowned.

The other day I wrote about a family who was trying to make something good out of a horrible tragedy. 

Due to what this mom is going through right now, I’m not writing out the handle.  Obviously, if one is inclined it’s easy enough to find anyway. The blogosphere is taking the story and running with it, for better or worse.  While many are taking the side of the mother in question, others are being outright ruthless.

Many people have a support network online, and it can be the only place some can turn with their problems.  While this case is an extreme one, it shows that both social reaction and technology doesn’t seem to be running at the same pace. 

While many bloggers may turn to their audience with problems and concerns, not everyone finds that an appropriate place to vent.  While many are simply writing about a bad day at work, or maybe forgetting some mundane thing at the store, this case features a real mom with very real pain. 

It’s obvious that not everyone was receptive.  Perhaps in part due to the initial tweet that had made the accident sound as if she was writing it before doing anything, or maybe people are just cruel.

What is your view?  Should this woman have ‘expected’ this type of backlash?  Or are some just taking this to extremes?

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In the spirit of the holiday there are a ton of websites that are trying to tickle the funny bone. From the permanent kittens over at howstuffworks.com to the usually out of the world (and this years doesn’t disappoint)  pranks buy google, April Fools day can really get your laughing.

It’s all in good fun, and most are designed so they are just ridiculous enough to get a good reaction.    Today is after all, the day of the fool, the day of good hearted humor and pranks.  The Internet gets in on the game every year, so browsing around you are sure to find some.

Some of the other light hearted pranks are done by Google there’s a list from Computer World at the link of what they’ve found so far.  They seem to have a mass service-wide integration with CADIE including a fantastic ‘Red-eye’ feature on Picasa, that doesn’t really do what you would expect.  You can see the sample here.

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Not again. In another case of food and food products tainted with salmonella, and amid a few reported instances of sickness related to the pistachio products.  

From Reuters:

The recalled nuts were shipped on or after Sept. 1, 2008 by Setton Pistachio of Terra Bella Inc.

Because the pistachios were used as ingredients in a variety of foods, the FDA said the recall is likely to impact many products. It also said the investigation at Setton was ongoing and may lead to additional pistachio product recalls.

Adding another products to the ‘do not ingest list’ all products containing Pistachios and the nuts themselves.

So, avoid all pistachio products, keep checking labels.  

At the very best, at least they have started the recall before too many fell ill.  Although, there has been reported and related cases of salmonella poisoning, but at this point there are no reported deaths. 

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