Parenting
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Grit: The key ingredient to your kids' success?Mar 13, 2015 6:00 am - When parents and educators launched the “self-esteem” movement in the 1980s, lavishly praising kids and handing out trophies to all, they expected everyone would try har...
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Learn about the disgusting, the curious, the entertainingMar 11, 2015 6:00 am - Take a good look at your hand. It's an ... um, handy thing to have. It can scratch, grab, twist and pluck. You can gently hold an egg with it or it can grab, and swing y...
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Hoffman Estates girl part of Scholastic News Kids Press CorpsMar 11, 2015 6:00 am - As early as preschool, Ysabelle Buenavista wrote down her thoughts and ideas wherever she could. “She would write stuff on the wall,” her dad, Raymond, a business analy...
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Learn about summer vacation opportunities at camp expoMar 10, 2015 11:00 pm - Looking for a fun, educational and inspiring place for your kids to spend parts of their summer vacation? Come check out the Daily Herald Summer Camp Expo on Saturday at...
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STAR NET shines bright for parents seeking answersFeb 25, 2015 12:00 am - If there is one thing I have come to realize over the last few years, it is that parents of a child with special needs can be their child's best advocates. An informed p...
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Duck! At Toy Fair 2015, everything from drones to snowballsFeb 17, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW YORK - With 13,000 international buyers and the equivalent of seven football fields full of exhibitor booths, Toy Fair 2015 looks and sounds like the best-behaved ch...
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Curtailing children's curiosity with cursingFeb 08, 2015 12:01 am - "Hey, Dad! Wanna hear all the 'swears' I know?" "Dad, you know I'd never use words like *&%#@ and #@&*%!" "Dad, guess what I heard on the TV?" We were having dinner with...
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Book offers info on establishing family valuesFeb 02, 2015 10:00 pm - "The Opposite of Spoiled: Raising Kids Who Are Grounded, Generous, and Smart About Money" (Harper), by Ron Lieber Money can be a touchy subject for peopl...
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Introduce kids to international customsFeb 02, 2015 5:01 am - Give the kids permission to play with their food. Lots of Ann Arbor restaurants reflect the cultures of their cuisine so on this vacation you can show that American tabl...
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Explore Ann Arbor, on campus and offFeb 02, 2015 5:00 am - Chances are you would consider a long weekend visit to Ann Arbor, Michigan, because it's easy to get around in this university town filled with family-friendly experienc...