Parenting
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Helping freshmen succeed: Tips from college advisers
Sep 23, 2017 7:30 am - As students settle in to their new lives as college students, I know how hard it is for parents to become college parents. As both a professor and faculty adviser to inc...
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Build healthy dental habits with your kidsSep 21, 2017 11:00 pm - Fall is a great time to begin or re-establish good dental habits with your children. The state of Illinois requires that all children (public, private, and parochial) in...
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To fidget spin or not to fidget spin?Sep 17, 2017 7:30 am - Some light up. Some play music. All spin in a mesmerizing way. But do fidget spinners - the kid craze of 2017 - have health benefits, or are they a health hazard? Some r...
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Exercise & autism: Learning to surf helped save my son
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Understanding how a child's brain works at different ages can help parents cope
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Do fat babies become fat kids?Sep 10, 2017 7:20 am - If you were a larger than average baby at birth, chances are your mom reminds you - perhaps on your birthday - of the difficulty she suffered during your delivery. Simi...
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Constable: How Elk Grove Village company finds success with 'old' modelsSep 09, 2017 1:00 am - The story of how model-maker Revell became a major player in the merchandising of this December's “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” movie begins a long time ago (72 years ago) ...
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Why your child needs a flu shotSep 03, 2017 7:40 am - Last flu season, more than 100 children in the U.S. died of the flu, and thousands more were hospitalized for severe illness. More than half - 54 percent - of the child...
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Constable: This 'empty-nester' more of a 'nest 40-percent full' guyAug 29, 2017 5:30 am - Now that all three of our sons are in college, people ask how my wife and I are doing as "empty-nesters." That moniker doesn't seem right. Our nest isn't empty. My wife ...
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Trying to conceive? Think about what you're eating