Spiders!

Although I find many interesting sites by researching tech related terms, I’ve found just as many – maybe more – while researching things related to my kids. I’m not talking about kids’ TV shows or games but everything from health to law to psychology.

A few days ago I noticed that my 12 year old son had a spot on his cheek that could have been the first sign of adolescent acne. Something about it, though, made me think otherwise. It just seemed too big and too red to be a first pimple.

When in doubt, I turn to the internet. In this case, I did some research on this type of skin eruption which led to talk of irritants and bites and eventually spiders. That part of the search led to a very nice page detailing venomous spiders. (The eruption on my son’s cheek turned out to be a spider bite.)

The Spider Identification page has excellent graphics of each spider featured. Even more, the site offers free spider identification and First Aid charts to keep on hand for emergencies. I just love a site that provides great information as well as a freebie. Don’t you?