Parenting
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How you talk to your baby now can impact their social skills later
Aug 09, 2015 7:00 am - Think you have your hands full making sure your baby is fed and clean and gets enough sleep? Here's another thing for the list: developing your child's social skills by ...
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Third of all teens who meet strangers online are meeting them in person, too
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What you need to know about what parents leave behindAug 02, 2015 11:00 pm - Dealing with the myriad bits and pieces of a lifetime, left behind when your parent(s) die, is a massive chore that must usually be accomplished at a time when people ar...
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Your health: Beet juice may help lower blood pressureAug 02, 2015 7:00 am - Beet juice may help lower blood pressure Naturally occurring nitrates in beets may help fight high blood pressure, British researchers say. People with hypertension...
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Want to get the kids outside? Take a swing at backyard gamesAug 02, 2015 5:00 am - I was going to write about Major League Baseball, but I'm tired of writing about adult games. I want to write about kids' games. I don't mean the games kids play during ...
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5 things a nanny learned about parenting after she had her own babyJul 31, 2015 5:45 am - Childcare has been my profession and my passion since I was a teenager. Over my years as a nanny and baby nurse in the United States and Britain, I've cared for dozens o...
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Lawn mowers present hazards for kidsJul 28, 2015 7:00 am - I was going to go cut the grass, but it started raining, so I decided to share some tips about lawn mower safety instead. For many of us, lawn care is an unavoidable tas...
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Early clue to why some children may have reading woes
Jul 28, 2015 5:45 am - WASHINGTON — New research suggests it may be possible to predict which preschoolers will struggle to read — and it has to do with how the brain deciphers speech when it'...
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Glenbard District 87 parents: Here's your summer reading listJul 27, 2015 1:00 am - Students have their summer reading and so should parents. Some great books to check out are by authors that will be part of this year's Glenbard Parent Series programs, ...
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Off to college? This book will guide youJul 24, 2015 6:00 am - Thirteen long, interesting years. Imagine: More than 115 months of your life spent with your hiney under a school desk. That's a lot, but now you've graduated (or will ...