http://tampabayparent.com/blog Resources for parents and families in Tampa Bay, Florida Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:22:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The first game of the regular season was not a great one for the Buccaneers, but it gave the folks in New Orleans something to cheer about. After a hard fight the Buccaneers lost to the Saints 24-20. It was a close game and a former Buccaneer, Martin ... http://tampabayparent.com/blog/2008/09/07/the-buccaneers-fell-to-the-new-orleans-saints/ The Buccaneers have their season opener in New Orleans this Sunday. Earlier this week, Hurricane Gustav made it uncertain where the New Orleans Saints and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers would play this Sunday's game. Hurricane Gustav was not severely devastating in the Gulf region and ... http://tampabayparent.com/blog/2008/09/05/tampa-bay-buccaneers-take-on-the-new-orleans-saints-sunday-night/ Several cases in the news recently include teachers being arrested for being inappropriate with students. Many of the teachers exchanged text messages with the student victims. Most recently a male teacher was exchanging text messages with a 16 year-old student. The student also sent nude pictures ... http://tampabayparent.com/blog/2008/08/08/texting-between-teachers-and-students/ Brett Favre may be coming to play for Tampa Bay, but I still have mixed feelings. On one hand he has a good record, but on the other hand how long does he have left to play. 38 is by no means old for a man, and he ... http://tampabayparent.com/blog/2008/08/06/brett-favre-playing-for-tampa-bay-buccaneers/ A new study reported that to really lose weight a person needs to exercise 55 minutes a day 5 days out of the week. For many people that have been exercising for 30 minutes a few times a week and see no results this study's findings might now reveal ... http://tampabayparent.com/blog/2008/08/06/exercising-just-30-minutes-a-day-is-just-not-enough-to-cut-all-the-fat/ Employees showed up to several Bennigan's restaurant across the Tampa Bay area only to find out that their restaurant was shut-down. Not all Bennigans have closed –the one in Channelside is still operational. What really is sad is that these employees were not told that they were going ... http://tampabayparent.com/blog/2008/07/29/several-bennigan%e2%80%99s-restaurants-suddenly-close-across-tampa-bay-and-leave-many-employees-without-a-job/ I cannot be the only one that thinks that the Green Bay Packers should let Brett Favre go and play somewhere else if they do not want him. Green Bay has already found a new man that they love, why not let Brett Favre find another team to love. ... http://tampabayparent.com/blog/2008/07/29/shouldn%e2%80%99t-green-bay-let-brett-favre-go/ Over the years parents have taken a lot of creative liberties in naming their children. One New Zealand court felt that the parents of one young girl went too far when they named her "Talula Does the Hula From Hawaii." The child became a ward of the state ... http://tampabayparent.com/blog/2008/07/24/judge-intervenes-and-changes-name-of-little-girl/ Facing foreclosure has become a reality for many Tampa Bay area residents. The fact that homes sales did rise last month is no consolation to many home owners that facing the foreclosure of their homes. There are some steps that homeowners can take as they get behind ... http://tampabayparent.com/blog/2008/06/29/facing-foreclosure-government-links/ Florida's Everglades National Park recently received a $1 million donation from Toyota for its environmental education initiative. Along with the $1 million there will also be 5 cars donated by Toyota. The donation will benefit more than 10,000 students annually via a number of initiatives including day ... http://tampabayparent.com/blog/2008/06/17/japan-auto-maker-toyota-donates-1-million-and-5-hybrid-cars-to-florida%e2%80%99s-everglades-national-park/ The New York Times reported last week that many moms that have had a cesarean sections are now being denied private coverage or are being charged higher insurance premium by some insurance companies. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida, according to the article, is one insurance ... http://tampabayparent.com/blog/2008/06/02/cesarean-moms-not-only-pay-physically-but-also-financially/ Women who have expected to visit their obstetrician/gynecologist for care of their bodies are not feeling pressure to sign binding arbitration agreements or lose the care of a physician that they have been using for a while. Doctors requiring that their patients sign binding arbitrations are ... http://tampabayparent.com/blog/2008/05/31/when-medical-care-turns-into-legal-care/ Parents, 3rd grade FCAT scores are now available for viewing online. All parents should be receiving or already received the login id and password for the FCAT parent network so that they can view their child's scores online as they become available. In the area of ... http://tampabayparent.com/blog/2008/05/23/2008-3rd-grade-fcat-math-and-reading-scores-are-available-online/ Adoptions from Vietnam to the United States is in danger of being temporarily suspended because of investigations that shown misuse of the system. Large numbers of Americans apply for adoption of Vietnamese children each year, and because of this the waiting list has become huge. ... http://tampabayparent.com/blog/2008/04/25/adoptions-from-vietnam-to-the-united-states-may-temporarily-end-because-of-baby-selling/ A study recently released showed that women that ate high energy food were more likely to produce male children over female children. While the mechanism is not yet understood, it is known from in vitro fertilization research that higher levels of glucose, or sugar, encourage the growth and development ... http://tampabayparent.com/blog/2008/04/24/choose-what-you-eat-and-choose-your-baby%e2%80%99s-gender/