As a parent, Halloween is scary for reasons other than ghosts and goblins. The safety of your child on a day that invites real creeps and monsters is your main concern.

From haunted hayrides to costume parties to trick-or-treating, keep in mind the following safety tips:

Hayride Safety

Whether for scaring visitors or picking pumpkins, hayrides are a favorite Fall festivity. Just be aware of the possible dangers.

• Make sure your children understand and follow the rules. That likely includes no standing while the hayride is moving.

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Despite insisting they’re committed to stopping the spread of fake news, major social media platforms facilitated the spread of substantial misinformation in the wake of the Las Vegas mass shooting, as was widely reported in the mainstream media.

It’s unfortunate that the ever-growing numbers of people who rely on these social sites as a main news source are more likely to encounter fake news and share it with their friends and family.

Otherwise, you might be looking at it sitting for a while – even in a hot real estate market. This could prevent you from jumping on the home of your dreams, or otherwise delaying the start of a new chapter in your life.

Here are our top ten tips for getting your home to sell quickly:

From a never-ending email controversy to “locker room talk”, both of the current presidential candidates (like many politicians before them) have had to apologize for wrongful actions.

What determines how the public will forgive them is how effective the apology is. Some political apologies fail or even exacerbate the original misdeed through insincerity, while others manage to strike a note of sincerity and help voters move on from the controversy.

That’s what political apologies really all come down to: As anthropologist John Silk of UCLA said, “an apology is a way of returning a relationship to where it was before it was damaged.” Political figures put in the hot seat from making mistakes have an immense amount of pressure to admit fault and repair their relationship with voters.

The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends the following screen time guidelines, and I’ll explain why:

“Children and teens should engage with entertainment media for no more than one or two hours per day, and that should be high-quality content.”

“Television and other entertainment media should be avoided for infants and children under age 2.”