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San Diego Zoo’s Super Addictive (Educational) Tiger Trail Game

Do your kids love to swipe your phone to play games? Next time they reach for your gadget, download “Tiger Trail,” the latest iOS app from The San Diego Zoo Safari Park and RED Interactive.The game introduces the exotic world of the Sumatran tiger – a critically endangered species facing various threats in their natural environment, the most serious of which is poaching. Players have to guide their tiger around traps while also collecting food …

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Effects of Heavy Backpacks on Children

If you have a child who goes to school, try wearing his backpack around one day. You could be shocked to discover the heavy load your child has to carry around five days a week. The heavier the backpack, the more damage it can do to your child. Typically, kids load backpacks too much, making them too heavy to be safe, according to studies conducted by members of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at San Diego.

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Four Money Traps Every Mom Should Know

The last thing I expected as I headed up the freeway from San Diego to Los Angeles was a money trap. Traffic? Yes. Frustration and delays? Naturally. But a money trap? Never. Halfway there I had a choice: jump on a wide-open toll road or sit in a sea of traffic only to arrive at my appointment sweaty and swearing. It was an easy but costly decision: my $6.50 toll quickly turned into a …

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Popular Baby Monitors Recalled After Two Deaths

It’s every mom’s worst nightmare – the monitor you rely on to keep your baby safe turns out to pose a dangerous strangulation hazard to little ones.Angelcare Monitors Inc. has voluntarily recalled 600,000 baby monitors after two infants died of strangulation caused by the cord attached to the monitors sensor pad.In one case, a 13-month-old girl died in San Diego in November 2011; in the other case, an 8-month-old girl …