Cherry Tree Moms

We’re having a sale to celebrate Labor Day Weekend! All of the books in the Our Town, USA series are on sale for a special price of only $0.99. The titles, which include The Money Tree and The Lemonade Stand are great ways to teach your little ones about the value of good, old fashioned, hard work, and are a perfect message companion for the Labor Day Weekend. 

So, curl up on a picnic blanket on a sunny afternoon with the Our Town, USA stories and your little ones for a great, educational, Labor Day Weekend!

Sunscreen today comes in so many varieties and with so many different features, it can cause a lot of confusion! If you don’t know what you’re looking for in a sunscreen, here are some tips that can help you pick the best products to keep you kids safe in the summer sun!

The best sunscreen will contain ingredients that protect for UVA (both UV-A 1 and UV-A 2) and UV-B. Zinc Oxide is an ingredient that blocks all of them. 

• SPF is the Sun Protection Factor: a measure of a sunscreen’s ability to prevent UV-B rays from damaging the skin. In theory, if it takes 10 minutes for your skin to redden without any protection, SPF 15 will prevent you from reddening 15x longer: about 2 and a half hours.
• SPF 50 will filter out 98% of UV-B rays, but you need something that will also block UV-A.
• Broad Spectrum Sunscreen blocks both UV-A and UV-B, when rated at SPF 15 or above. Anything not labeled “Broad Spectrum” will only prevent against sunburn, and not against sun damage that can lead to skin cancer.
• Zinc Oxide is a powdered mineral that is commonly included in sunscreen. It sits on top of the skin, scattering and absorbing both UV-A and UV-B, and also is not absorbed by the skin (non-nano particles >30nm). Zinc Oxide has a tendency to not rub in/remain white on the skin, so many people prefer to use products with Clear Zinc Oxide, which will rub in, and does not remain white on the skin.

So, next time you are in the sunscreen aisle at the drugstore, make sure to pick a product labeled Broad Spectrum, between SPF 30 and 50. Extra bonus if the product also contains Clear Zinc Oxide for added protection!

For this week only, all of The Eagles Family stories will be on sale for over 30% off! Download all your favorite stories about the Eagles for iPad, Android, or Kindle Fire for the special price of $1.99!

The European Union is seeking to make it more difficult for children to lie about their age online. An ‘electronic authentication system’ has been proposed in order to verify the age of internet users.

“On Wednesday, the European Commission released a new action plan for protecting kids online, a “pan-European framework for electronic authentication.” Simply put, it’s a system that could prove people’s ages online, specifically targeted at teens and younger children.”

http://mashable.com/2012/05/04/europe-protect-children/

Rick and Erika Jones have been on a small local adoption agency’s waiting list for more than two years. Unlike larger adoption agencies, their Berkeley-based organization doesn’t have the financial means to extensively market their clients. Nor do Rick and Erika have the money to go through a larger adoption agency.

To what lengths would you go to secure an adoption?

1. Play Together.
2. Connect Individually.
3. Set Clear Standards and Expectations.
4. Model Healthy Conflict Resolution Skills.
5. Teach Healthy Conflict Resolution Skills.

(from Todd Cartmell’s book, Keep the Siblings, Lose the Rivalry) 

@PottyintheUSA is on SALE for a limited time only.

Get ready for the Fourth of July with Potty in the USA! On Sale for a limited time only for only $1.99. Download from your iPad, Kindle, or Android device.