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Rexanne's Web Review 
Web Sites & Insights 

Issue #58 - June 1, 2002 

Brought to You By: Rexanne.com

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Welcome All Newcomers! 

We have dads and grads this month. Somehow, dads always get a raw deal. They must share their month with the grads. I suspect they couldn't care less. Dads are such good sports. ;-) 

We have a really terrific dad & mom team as sponsors for this issue. Get a free copy of Bully Free Tips just by visiting their web site. Let them know you found them through Rexanne's Web Review. Our sponsors and advertisers need to know their promotions are working! 

And for our grads out there ... congratulations! Go tackle that world just waiting for your brilliance. One of the best presents I can think of offering our grads is MY favorite ezine, InstaMom. Not only does InstaMom have great short & sweet content for dorm rats, it provides invaluable tips, tricks, information and great easy recipes. Subscribe yourself and your nest-jumpers free by clicking here: Subscribe-Instamom

Happy Father's Day to our best guys. You are so appreciated and truly respected. Know this, even if we roll our eyes at you some days. ;-) Help Dad have the perfect Father's Day ... visit my Father's Day site 
for everything dad: ecards, graphics, gift ideas, recipes and other wonderful Father's Day sites online:
Rexanne's Father's Day

It's also the end of the school year for many kids. Remember your children's teachers with my teacher tribute pages here: I Am a Teacher - A Tribute to Female Teachers or I Am a Teacher - A Tribute to Male Teachers

If you know your child's teacher's email address, send the appropriate page link. If you would like a text version of the poem, send me an email request here: Teacher Document Request  Please specify female or male. I'll be happy to send you a WORD document of this poem that you can print, complete with background and graphics. 

Thanks to all who sent in great puppy care and pee pee removal tips. ;-) Want to fall in love with our new little guy, too? Here's Frankie's page: Frankie - the wonderful wiener dog!

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Reader's Comments:

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Last month a reader sent in a tip about the head lice remedy, Lindane. Sandy had this to say about it:

"I FLIPPED when I saw someone saying to use Lindane for lice. That stuff has KILLED and HURT children. It's a pesticide, a POISON! I battled for months with lice and the ONLY thing that worked is "Not Nice to Lice." There is no poison in it. It's totally safe. I found this site: Safe To Use - Click on lice. Lindane should be banned."

Wow ... thank you Sandy. Parents, please be very careful. There are plenty of poisons we routinely administer to our children that should also be banned but aren't. We need to question everything, even when doctors and pediatricians assume it's safe. They are only telling you what they have been told by the drug companies. Grrrrr ... this is one of my major battles. I will write about it soon, I promise. It's just so controversial. Yeah, I know ... since when have I ever cowered in the face of controversy before? ;-) 

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Claudia wrote:

"Thank you for the Mother's Day quotes. They were so inspirational and I used them to make a special card for my husband's mother."

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Rexanna (nice name!) wrote about the teacher tribute pages:

"The teacher's loved your teacher pages. I forwarded them to the whole list here at Bremen Schools. Day brighteners all over. Teachers do need to be reminded that the work they do is appreciated."

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OK, here's the scoop:

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Quote of the Day: You know, fathers just have a way of putting everything together. - Erika Cosby 

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Parenting & Family Topic of the Month:  Dad Quotes

I received so many emails from readers who loved the Mother's Day quotes from last month that I had to do the same for dads this month. 

My article honoring dads from last year can be read here: The Importance of Fathers

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1) "One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters." - English Proverb 

2) "I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection." - Sigmund Freud 

3) "It is a wise father that knows his own child." - William Shakespeare 

4) "My father used to play with my brother and me in the yard. Mother would come out and say, 'You're tearing up the grass.' 'We're not raising grass,' Dad would reply. 'We're raising boys.' - Harmon Killebrew

5) "To be a successful father ... there's one absolute rule: when you have a kid, don't look at it for the first two years." - Ernest Hemingway 

6) "If the new American father feels bewildered and even defeated, let him take comfort from the fact that whatever he does in any fathering situation has a fifty percent chance of being right." - Bill Cosby 

7) "My father didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it." - Clarence Budington Kelland

8) "It doesn't matter who my father was; it matters who I remember he was." - Anne Sexton 

9) "A truly rich man is one whose children run into his arms when his hands are empty." - Unknown

10) "Any man can be a father but it takes someone special to be a dad." - Unknown 

11) "It is much easier to become a father than to be one." - Kent Nerburn

12) "A man's children and his garden both reflect the amount of weeding done during the growing season." - Unknown 

13) "The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother." - Henry Ward Beecher 

14) "A father is a man who expects his children to be as good as he meant to be." - Carol Coats 

15) "Sometimes the poorest man leaves his children the richest inheritance." - Ruth E. Renkel

16) "Small boys become big men through the influence of big men who care about small boys." - Unknown

17) "The father who does not teach his son his duties is equally guilty with the son who neglects them." - Confucius 

18) "A father is a banker provided by nature." - French Proverb 

19) "Fathers, like mothers, are not born. Men grow into fathers and fathering is a very important stage in their development." - David Gottesman 

20) "Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him father!" - Lydia M. Child 

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Know of a good parenting or family site your fellow readers might enjoy? Please send it for possible publication in an upcoming issue: Parenting Site

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Food & Cooking Site of the Month:  The Real Man's Cookbook

From our Food & Cooking Editor, Martha Jones, AKA Queen Can-ivore:

The Real Man's Cookbook site is a must-see for all. Author W.J. Rayment offers real easy, real good recipes and more, with humor to boot. After finding Bill, I wrote to congratulate him on his enlightened philosophies. Part of his reply makes it obvious why he's my kind of guy: 

"You are dead on correct about cans, etc. My favorite ingredient is Campbell's mushroom soup. You can put it on darn near anything, stick it in the oven for two or three hours and come out with a passable meal."

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Queen Can-ivore is also known as The Real Martha. Find her at: The Real Martha  - real easy recipes for real busy, real people. Not for fans of the UnReal Martha.

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Bon Appetit!

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Kid's Site of the Month:  Father's Day for Kids

On this page, kids will find plenty of Father's Day crafts, activities, online games, books and fun sites to help them make Father's Day a special one for dad. Print out and color a card for Dad or create a special certificate honoring him. Parents and educators will find a plethora of crafts for kids to make for their fathers this year, too. 

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Tip or Trick of the Month:  Birthday Guests by Numbers & Poison Control Number

It seems appropriate that a dad sent in the best tip this month. Thanks, Stanley, for this great piece of advice and kind words about my birthday site (Birthdays by Rexanne):

"Your birthday site has to be the best resource online! Since I'm the party planner in our family (I know it's strange!), I've found everything I need to get my kid's parties going in the right direction plus things I never thought about on your bday pages. 

I have a tip for fellow Web Review readers: Limit the number of guests to the birthday child's age. If your child will be five, have five guests, etc. It really helps keep things under control and our sons look forward to having more guests each year." 

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This is the toll free poison control number. Write it down, stick it on the fridge and add it to the baby sitter's list: Poison Control - 1-800-222-1222

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Have a tip or trick your fellow readers would enjoy or could use? Please send it here for possible publication in one of the next issues: Tips 

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This Month's Time Waster:  MiniPutt
Because life is supposed to be fun!

Here's one that kept me mesmerized and will make the guys happy. I found this little gem through Boogie Jack's Internet Tutor newsletter which you can sign up for here: Boogie Jack's

MiniPutt is miniature golf at it's finest. Eighteen holes of a well-manicured miniature golf course you can play while sitting in that chair. Learning to control the golf club is a little tricky, but once you've mastered the essentials, you'll enjoy hours of mindlessness while trying to beat your last high score. Do pass this one on to the men as an additional Father's Day treat. ;-)

Feed the kids first ...

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Featured Site of the Month:  Handy Man USA 

Might want to pass this site on to whoever does the fixin' uppin' in your home. Handyman USA has every conceivable fixit for anything that needs repair or maintenance around the house. Save tons of money on 
repair bills by visiting their section on appliances (an easy adjustment might be all the old machine needs) or figure out how to fix that errant toilet yourself and save on huge plumber bills. 

A great part of Handyman USA is the Hints & Tips index, where you'll be privy to a collection of quick remedies for anything from attics to wallpapering. Wow ... you could build your own house from this site!

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