Parenting
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Edible Explorations: Corn starch science experiment gives way to chocolate pieApr 23, 2015 6:00 am - Henry's addicted to YouTube. And I'm not sure it's entirely a bad thing. Sure he watches some inane stuff - like parody music videos (I admit some are pretty darn clever...
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Lake County mom helps others celebrate joy of parentingApr 23, 2015 1:00 am - When book reports go undone, gym shoes get strewed across just-mopped floors and cereal fights ensue between siblings, it's easy to forget about the everyday joys of par...
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Special Olympics athlete headed to World GamesApr 21, 2015 11:00 pm - Participation in sports can motivate, inspire and teach. For one young man it has been all that and more. Now it is opening a door to a dream he didn't even know he had....
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Medinah mom copes with son's heroin death by saving othersApr 20, 2015 1:00 am - Editor's note: Heroin has taken hold in the suburbs, and turning a blind eye to it isn't acceptable anymore. In an occasional series, the Daily Herald examines the h...
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Google's YouTube Kids Ads are deceptive, consumer groups sayApr 10, 2015 7:10 am - Google Inc.'s YouTube Kids app violates safeguards for children by deceptively blending advertising and programming, according to consumer groups that are asking U.S. re...
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Budget-friendly fun: Laura Ingalls Wilder Day, Touch-a-Tractor and moreApr 06, 2015 11:00 pm - Laura's life Take a closer look at the pioneer life of "Little House on the Prairie" author Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867-1957) during Laura Ingalls Wilder Day at Blac...
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Moms are working later into pregnancies, going back to work earlierApr 05, 2015 7:30 am - WASHINGTON - Last week the Supreme Court handed down a 6-3 ruling making it easier for pregnant women to take employers who discriminate against them to court. As the Pe...
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Canada has found a way to get dads to do more houseworkApr 04, 2015 7:30 am - We've long known the importance of giving women the chance to spend some few weeks - or months - away from work and with their newborns. It turns out that giving new dad...
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Families facing illness find support via InternetApr 02, 2015 6:00 am - The emotional, physical, financial and often isolating toll of caring for children facing overwhelming medical challenges can be staggering. Yet for three local famili...
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Keep the sofa ma, but have you joined Facebook?Mar 28, 2015 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - A seismic shift of stuff is underway in homes all over America. Members of the generation that once embraced sex, drugs and rock-and-roll are trying to offl...