Parenting
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How to decipher financial aid offers from colleges
Apr 30, 2017 7:20 am - It's closing in on the end of April, and that means for this year's high school seniors planning to attend college next fall it is time to make their final decision by t...
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Parents-to-be: Child care is going to cost more than you think
Apr 23, 2017 7:00 am - Some expecting parents may forget to prepare for what will likely be their biggest expense when the baby arrives: child care. When asked how much they think it costs to ...
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Your health: Babies, toddlers who use touch screens sleep lessApr 22, 2017 7:30 am - Touch screen use affects baby's sleep Traditional screen time (television and games consoles) has been linked to sleep problems in children, but as portable touch s...
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Registration opens for Harper InZone summer campsApr 17, 2017 11:00 pm - For more than a decade, Harper College's InZone summer enrichment and sports camp has been filling summers with fun and learning. Kids ages 8 to 14 can launch a rocket, ...
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Nausea defines pregnancy for some women
Apr 08, 2017 7:30 am - It was during Jessica Beyer's second hospitalization for severe morning sickness that her doctor sat down next to her and said, “I'm with you, and we're going to get thr...
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What to eat when it seems that everything you eat just makes you sick
Apr 08, 2017 7:00 am - Nutritionist Miriam Erick has been helping women with severe morning sickness, or hyperemesis gravidarum (HG), figure out what kinds of foods to eat for decades. Her fou...
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Easter egg hunts sprouting across the suburbsMar 31, 2017 7:00 am - From flashlight hunts to pool hunts to special hunts just for dogs, Easter egg hunts are springing up all over the suburbs over the next two weeks. Here's where to find ...
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To pick out real news from fake, be skepticalMar 31, 2017 6:00 am - During the creepy-clown scare of October 2016, when rumors and social-media posts about threatening clowns shook schools across the country, kids in Danina Garcia-Fuller...
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Dig deeper before mocking 'crazy' pet parents
Mar 20, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - It's easy to jump directly to "crazy cat lady" or poke fun at "stay-at-home dog moms" when describing intense relationships between humans and their pets...
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Cushy parental leave policies don't tell America's story
Mar 19, 2017 7:00 am - Many companies have been noisily publicizing their cushy parental leave policies in recent years, telling the world they're bestowing workers with an increasingly genero...