Doucette and Roberts Win Prize Packages in ArcaMax Publishing Parenting Tips Promotion
Parents Lynne Doucette and Teresa Roberts are the first two winners of ArcaMax PublishingÂ’s (www. arcamax. com) parenting tips contest drawing and will receive prizes that include family games, walkie talkies and desktop calculators. There are two drawings remaining in the contest (Sept. 8 and 15), which offers parents the opportunity to have their Back to School tips published (http://www. arcamax. com/cgi-bin/news/channel/1044#tips).
Newport News, VA (PRWEB) September 9, 2005
Parents Lynne Doucette and Teresa Roberts are the first two winners of ArcaMax PublishingÂ’s (www. arcamax. com) parenting tips contest drawing and will receive prizes that include family games, walkie talkies and desktop calculators. There are two drawings remaining in the contest (Sept. 8 and 15), which offers parents the opportunity to have their Back to School tips published (http://www. arcamax. com/cgi-bin/news/channel/1044#tips (http://www. arcamax. com/cgi-bin/news/channel/1044#tips)).
DoucetteÂ’s tip encouraged waking children with a song while Roberts shared advice on how to effectively communicate with children.
“I used to wake my kids up with the song ‘Good Morning’ from the movie ‘Singing in the Rain.’ Mind you, my adult children cringe every time they hear the song now, but when they were kids, they loved it.” Doucette wrote in her tip, which was published on the ArcaMax Publishing Web site and in the 24,000-reader Parents ezine. “Singing is not only a pleasant wake up call, but songs can become a part of your family tradition.”
Doucette, who resides in Oshawa, Ontario was the drawing winner for a Survivor board game, walkie-talkie set, and desktop calculator. Roberts, who resides Richmond, Virginia, won the drawing for a Type Cast trivia game, a travel edition Urban Myth trivia game, and a desktop calculator.
RobertsÂ’s tip suggested parents should not raise their voices at younger children.
“When my husband and I needed our daughter to listen, we whispered instead of raising our voices and it worked great!”
Beginning in mid-August, readers have been encouraged to submit their parenting tips to ArcaMax Publishing for the chance to win one of four prize packages and the opportunity to be published on the Web site. Other tips that have already been published include packing healthy snacks and lunches, meeting your childrenÂ’s teachers, and transitioning from playtime to homework time.
“We are very impressed with not just the quantity of responses, but also the quality of the tips we’ve received,” said ArcaMax CEO Scott Wolf. “We are thrilled to have such a useful archive on our site.”
Although not all submissions will be published, every reader who submits an entry is entered into the prize drawings for their participation. There are still two prize drawings (http://www. arcamax. com/cgi-bin/news/page/1044/promo#prize (http://www. arcamax. com/cgi-bin/news/page/1044/promo#prize)) left for the opportunity to win a prize package. The remaining prize drawing dates are September 8 and September 15, 2005.
“The prizes are definitely fun, but we think the biggest appeal about the Back-to School promotion is the opportunity for parents to share tips with each other,” said Hugh Spain, ArcaMax Publishing Managing Editor. “I think readers will find it is pretty cool that they can show their family and friends something they wrote on the Internet.”
Visit ArcaMax PublishingÂ’s contest page (http://www. arcamax. com/cgi-bin/news/page/1044/promo (http://www. arcamax. com/cgi-bin/news/page/1044/promo)) for complete rules and more information on how to get published.
ArcaMax Publishing is home to the Parents ezine and 24 other family friendly newsletters. Visit the subscribe page (http://www. arcamax. com/cgi-bin/reg (http://www. arcamax. com/cgi-bin/reg)) to view a complete list of free ArcaMax ezines.
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