Parenting
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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 ...
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Making mud into masterpiecesMay 16, 2013 1:00 am - One of my favorite things about warmer weather is being able to take the kids outside. One of my kids’ favorite things about warmer weather is being able to play outside...