Parenting
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How this single mom masterminded a $700K swing from debt to savingsOct 14, 2018 1:00 am - When Takiia Anderson graduated from Boston College Law School in 1999, she was a single mom with a 2-year-old child, nearly $100,000 in student loans and a new job as a ...
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How to fund college if you didn't save enoughOct 14, 2018 1:00 am - If college tuition bills are looming and you don't have nearly enough saved, you have plenty of company. But you also have options for making it more affordable. Four ou...
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Ensuring a successful school year for children with diabetesOct 13, 2018 7:00 am - The school year is a busy and sometimes stressful time for many families. It is especially stressful for the 176,500 people under the age of 20 who have type 1 diabetes,...
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Bullying-prevention activist uses tragedy to empower kidsOct 13, 2018 1:00 am - After two years of being bullied, Ty Field-Smalley faced his tormentor in the school gym. "Ty finally had enough. He retaliated," father Kirk Smalley recalled Saturday t...
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Add 'gender diversity' to list of things your kids need to know about, experts sayOct 10, 2018 5:30 am - Add gender diversity to the list of things to talk about with your children. And be prepared to do it much earlier than you might imagine. "Gender complexity and diversi...
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New recommendations after last year's deadly fluOct 07, 2018 7:30 am - Fall may have just arrived, but a warning has already been issued about the upcoming flu season. The American Academy of Pediatrics recently released flu vaccine recomme...
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Ironman parents: O'Donnell, Carfrae adapt to life with Izzy
Sep 30, 2018 7:00 am - LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) - Two of the world's most accomplished endurance athletes, three-time Ironman world champion Mirinda Carfrae and her husband, Tim O'Donnell, are rela...
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Consistency and routine are key to moving bedtime earlierSep 23, 2018 7:30 am - One of the biggest challenges of fall for many children - and parents - is moving bedtime to an earlier time, to allow for both the start of school and the shorter days....
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A mother's tale of her daughter's fight against cancer
Sep 23, 2018 7:30 am - You've had a bad feeling all summer, a nagging in your gut that something's wrong. She looks thinner, but she just turned 11 and kids that age get taller, thin out. Yet...
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New app is helping parents track their children