Parenting
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Local libraries encourage reading on your summer travelsMay 17, 2013 9:12 am - Whether you’re on a plane or taking a road trip this summer, don’t be surprised to see the person traveling next to you buried in a book. Within the next few weeks, chil...
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Like it or not, kids live in electronic age; be readyMay 17, 2013 7:36 am - Our youngest daughter is 7 years old and recently got her very first iPod touch. She is ecstatic, and I already don’t know what she is doing on it. We have it set up so...
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Plenty of suburban summer hockey camp options for young athletesMay 17, 2013 7:16 am - Young suburban athletes won’t be hurting for choices if they want to keep their hockey skills honed over the summer. Former National Hockey League players, as wells...
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Brain food: How to ‘trick’ kids into eating healthyMay 17, 2013 5:00 am - When Christine Palumbo served food to her kids, she conveniently forgot to mention that it was healthy. She simply told them how delicious it would be — even before they...
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Tips for camping with little onesMay 16, 2013 7:00 pm - Why wouldn’t kids love to camp? There’s mud. And bugs. And marshmallows. But there’s also fire. Which can make it a less-than-relaxing experience for parents of little o...
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Sensory Garden Playground to be tailored to kids with autismMay 16, 2013 6:29 pm - Spring brings out the kid in all of us. After hibernating all winter and enduring those seemingly endless April showers, warmer weather and the welcoming site of May flo...
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Plenty of fun for the entire family in Madison, Wis.May 16, 2013 6:00 pm - Madison is a lot of things: hipster town, college town and Wisconsin’s capital city. It also happens to be a great place to take the kids. Here are some of the best spot...
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American Pickers star inspires kids to see treasure, not trashMay 16, 2013 2:37 pm - It was just about the coolest thing you’d ever seen. Most people might’ve described the old bottle as garbage. True, it was dirty and half-sticking out of the ground. Ye...
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You know the ABCs, but what about D?May 16, 2013 11:36 am - Since it’s finally starting to be warm and sunny in Chicago, I thought that this month is a good month to talk about our sunshine vitamin, vitamin D — nicknamed this bec...
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Move over Mom: Inspriation from across the pondMay 16, 2013 8:23 am - For my birthday in January I got a cookbook from our friends in London. My mom has been penpals with Ange for over 20 years and she has two kids, Joe and Isabel, around ...