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Hello, ignoble.experiment@arconati.us, and thank you for making room in your inbox for Parent Hacks. Got a hack you'd like to share? Send it to hacks@parenthacks.com along with your name and Web address (if you'd like us to link back to you). If you've got a Twitter user name, tell us that, too, so we can say hi. Too much email? Follow Parent Hacks on Twitter, or "like" Parent Hacks on Facebook! Amazon this weekend only: Great $5 magazine subscriptions I'm always watching Amazon for good deals, and $5 magazine subscriptions are one of my favorites. Five to ten minutes with a good mag perks me up on days when I don't have a longer snatch of time to relax. Today and tomorrow, Amazon's put a bunch of good ones on sale, including Popular Science, Science Illustrated, Parenting (both the Early Years and School Years versions), Working Mother, and several hobby-related titles. On Amazon: $5 Magazines Prices good until 3/6/11.   Visit Parent Hacks to read the responses to this post or leave your own! Parent Hacks Weekend Catchup: highlights from the week of 2/28/11 A look back at the last week at Parent Hacks: Reduce hair combing drama with distraction: Strategies for keeping your kid's mind busy during the daily brushing. Reading is fun (and crunchy!) with letter-shaped cookies: How Amy turned snack time into learning time. Review and giveaway: Curly Girl: The Handbook: I loved this care-for-your-curls handbook and was excited to give three copies away on Friday. 175 people (!) left their #1 curly haircare tips in the comments; I'll round them up so they're easier to read. Safely trim your toddler's bangs with nose hair scissors: Home haircuts without fear of bloodshed. Stop fighting long hair battles with your kids: cut it: Long live the bob...as long as it works for the haircut-ee. Appreciate the comments recalling childhood hair trauma at the hands of well-meaning parents. Contain hair styling supplies in a tackle box: This hack started as a comment but was so good I had to "promote" to the front page. Homemade "sock keeper" holds stray socks while they wait for their mates: Cute, quick, problem-solving DIY project. Lots more ideas in the comments including "who cares if their socks don't match?" Review and giveaway: Let's Panic About Babies!: Another fantastic giveaway, and this one's still going on! You have till Monday to enter for a chance at a copy of Let's Panic or a most-excellent gift basket. But you still might run out and buy the book this weekend (it's that funny). Simple budgeting: tips and tools: The suggestion to dramatically pare down spending categories struck a chord with me, making the whole project feel so much more doable. How do you teach helpfulness while promoting responsibility? Talk amongst yourselves: In which I highjack Parent Hacks to get a conversation going about my own parenting dilemma. (From the sounds of it, I'm not alone on this one.) I'd LOVE to hear your comments! Plus: A great one-day Amazon deal on Earth's Best organic infant formula. (Did you miss it? Subscribe to the feed, or follow on Twitter or Facebook for up-to-the-minute updates.) Twitter and Facebook highlights: Interesting thread on Facebook, kicked off by the nose hair trimmer hack, suggesting letting little kids cut their own hair. Really? Hm. I pointed to Love That Max's campaign to engage Twitterers about their casual but hurtful use of the word "retard." Fun social media moment in which a reply to a tweet led me to a blog which led me to another blog which inspired me to rethink our family budget process (see Simple budgeting: tips and tools). Thanks for another lively week at Parent Hacks. Have a great weekend! Are you finding the Weekend Catchup posts helpful? One reader likes them so much he asked to subscribe to a feed of only the catchup posts. Would anyone else be interested in that feature? It's not available now but if enough people want it I will look into whether it's possible. Leave a comment here to let me know.   Visit Parent Hacks to read the responses to this post or leave your own! More Recent Articles Curly Girl winners! Amazon today only: Earth's Best Organic Infant Formula 29% off Simple budgeting: tips and tools How do you teach helpfulness while promoting responsibility? Talk amongst yourselves. Review and giveaway: Let's Panic About Babies!

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