Parenting
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Check out the Space Race … in KansasApr 19, 2013 1:00 am - With a U.S. space artifact collection second only to the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum in D.C., and the largest collection of Russian space artifacts outsi...
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Find out the ‘Secrets of Happy Families’Apr 18, 2013 2:37 pm - Six o’clock, right on the nose. That’s when your family sat down for the evening meal when you were a kid, and nobody dared be late. Back then, Dad sat on one end of the...
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Mom and kid tasted, dietitian approvedApr 18, 2013 2:36 pm - As a mom with three little boys, I find myself in complete and utter survival mode. This means that my house is dirtier than I care to admit and I lean on packaged foods...
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Mom mentors: It pays to learn from moms of all agesApr 17, 2013 2:36 pm - Before I became a mother, I had all kinds of opinions and ideas as to how I would parent my own children someday, as well as the results I could expect. For example, I ...
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The key to a smooth test day is preparationApr 17, 2013 9:05 am - Don’t wait until the last minute and pull an all-nighter cramming for a test. Get a good night’s sleep. Eat a healthy breakfast. The standard advice for how to prepare f...
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Tips for coping with travel during sequestrationApr 05, 2013 1:00 am - There are enough challenges to traveling with kids. Families don’t need sequestration — the across-the-board budget cuts — to complicate things. But it has. And that can...
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Programs help families get healthy togetherMar 25, 2013 6:08 am - Families struggling with weight issues and obesity typically don’t have the advanced degrees it takes to understand the chemical complexities of food and nutrition, but ...
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Trooper’s boot camp helps parents get their mojo backMar 24, 2013 6:32 am - During her first workout with the Train Like a Trooper Boot Camp, Chris Bower cried. The 46-year-old Island Lake mom knew she’d “let herself go,” ballooning to 300 pound...
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Running program empowers girls — body and mindMar 23, 2013 5:00 am - With its “in like a lion, out like a lamb” reputation, March doesn't seem like the best month to start a running program. But in only 12 to 14 weeks there'll be the seas...
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Do you know when to take your child to the ER?Mar 22, 2013 5:00 am - Debbie Steward of Carol Stream knows a thing or two about sticks and stones and broken bones. The mother of four is an expert at handling scrapes, scratches, cuts and br...