How to Avoid Being Taken Hostage

I am always in the market for news I can use.  I emailed this link to myself a while ago, planning to put it out on the blog.  Better late than never, so they say.

It can't hurt to read 6 Ways to Avoid Being Taken Hostage when you have some down time.

This is something that I'd like to discuss with my kids, but how do you explain something like this to 5 and 6 year olds?  I want my kids to be careful but I don't want them to be terrified.  After a suggestion from a family member, I started asking the kids where I should turn when we drove to our usual places.  They still don't know the names of roads, but at least it's a start!

Fewer Yearly Screenings?

I often wonder if I really need my yearly women's health exam.  I dread that appointment like the plague.  I don't know why.  Seems like I would be used to it, after all these years on birth control and having two kids.  But, I still dread it.

Imagine my surprise (and delight) when I came across an article called Older Americans Over-Screened for Colon Cancer telling me that people are getting screened too often for a lot of things.  If I live to be 65 I can forgo the dreaded yearly checkup!  Hooray!

I'm pretty sure my doctor will recommend yearly checkups, but doesn't one every three years sound much better than one a year?  I'll have to have a discussion with the doc at my next appointment.