Parenting
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Book shows kids how to drive, dig and haulMay 15, 2014 5:30 am - Daddy calls you his back-seat driver. That's because you sit in the back in your car seat, and you keep an eye out for anything you might like to drive someday. Or haul....
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Head to the Quad Cities for an affordable family vacationMay 15, 2014 5:30 am - The Quad Cities of Davenport and Bettendorf, Iowa, and Rock Island and Moline/East Moline, Illinois, tend to get a bad rap in the Chicago area. But the four towns on eit...
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Move over Mom: Potatoes plus pulled pork a filling treatMay 15, 2014 1:00 am - Some people have called me a couch potato because I like to sit around playing video games, but being a potato isn't such a bad thing. Potatoes are loaded with vitamin C...
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Obama plans conference on youth sports concussionsMay 15, 2014 1:00 am - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama, who has said he would “have to think long and hard” before letting a son play football because of the risk of head injuries, is plan...
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Benefits of creating art goes beyond expressionMay 14, 2014 1:01 am - If you walk into Audrey Olsen's house, you'll find masterpieces in every room. There are decorative flower arrangements on the table, festive hot plate tiles hanging in ...
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Father passes along joy of learning ... somehowMay 14, 2014 1:01 am - You hear the stories all the time, that education in the United States is slipping, that we are falling behind other developed countries in the world in the education of...
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Oh baby, it's time for these birds to flyMay 14, 2014 1:01 am - We've all heard the parenting analogy of the mama bird pushing her baby birds out of the nest. The baby birds won't leave on their own - they don't even know they can fl...
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Illinois Senate committee OKs ban on crib bumpersMay 13, 2014 1:01 am - SPRINGFIELD - An Illinois Senate committee has approved a ban on selling crib bumpers. The (Springfield) State Journal-Register reported that the committee cited an Amer...
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Perfect Mother's Day gift? How about a breast-milk bankMay 10, 2014 11:00 pm - The suburbs have plenty of reasons to celebrate breast-feeding this Mother's Day. The suburbs are home to a mom who donated more than 127 gallons of her breast milk to s...
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'Mom's point of view' benefits women returning to workMay 08, 2014 5:30 am - With parenthood come decisions. What to name the baby. How to take care of his or her needs. Which values to instill as the child ages. And what to do about work. For m...