Parenting
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How to manage your child's asthma
Jan 25, 2016 4:00 am - There are so many tricky things about keeping kids with asthma healthy that it's hard to know where to start. At their worst, asthma attacks can mean a sudden trip to th...
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Arlington Heights library's fairy tale exhibit aims at hands-on learningJan 21, 2016 9:00 am - Children and their families who attended Saturday's opening of the Fairy Tale and Fantasy Gala at the Arlington Heights Memorial Library couldn't wait to explore each of...
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Naperville speaker shares how to teach kids positive online behaviorsJan 21, 2016 12:00 am - Raising kids who are bound to grow up online might seem foreign to parents whose early years came before the advent of Twitter, Snapchat, laptops and Internet access on ...
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New book urges parents to reorder life for the sake of kids
Jan 20, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK - Dr. Leonard Sax has been a family physician and psychologist for 27 years, conducting workshops around the world for parents, teachers, social workers, counse...
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Where does your suburb rank in best places in Illinois to raise a family?Jan 13, 2016 12:00 am - Morton, Illinois ranks #1, East St. Louis is dead last and many suburbs made the top 25, in Wallet Hub's annual rankings of best Illinois towns in which to raise a famil...
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Elmhurst Academy chef teaches kids to eat — and love — veggiesJan 07, 2016 5:00 am - In cooking, Chef Sigy Rafalovitz lives by these rules: Use fresh vegetables. And the simpler, the better. With this philosophy, she gets children to eat their vegetable...
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Hoverboards crash holiday fun
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EXCHANGE: 'Helicopter parenting' prompting talk at colleges
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Take a hike at these six top spots in the suburbsJan 01, 2016 4:30 am - Flatlanders, beware: There are actually plenty of great hiking spots in the suburbs. The northern Illinois landscape is far from flat and boring - if you know where to l...
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Explore the great outdoors in suburbiaJan 01, 2016 4:30 am - You don't have to travel far to sleep under the stars and experience the wonders of the wilderness - suburban forest preserves and nearby state parks offer plenty of pla...