Parenting
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Apps for when it's time for kids to tell timeApr 24, 2015 6:00 am - Telling time is a part of everyday life, but introducing and teaching this important skill to your child can be difficult. Below are three fun and engaging iPad apps tha...
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Paving the way for those pearly whitesApr 23, 2015 6:00 am - What happens when it's time for your child to head to the dentist and the sights and sounds overwhelm them before entering the office? Are there ways to calm, soothe, an...
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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...