Parenting
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Nutrition apps for kidsMay 15, 2014 5:45 am - Nutrition is an important component of your child's growth and development. Helping your child make healthy choices will increase the chances of your child becoming a he...
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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...