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| As I was surfing the news sites today I came across an article about kids television viewing habits. Kids today are seeing things on TV I didn’t get to see until I turned 18 and could pay for... | |
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| Most every kid I know spent much of their toddler years snacking on Cheerios - after all, they were easy to pick up, almost impossible to choke on, and they were not very messy (and easy to sweep... | |
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| Do you allow your underage child to sip from your alcoholic beverage? Do you buy her wine coolers for an “innocent” get together at your house? Or how about beer for him to take back to... | |
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| I am so excited because next quarter my son will be taking Home Ec in middle school. Hopefully he will learn some kitchen basics, because he avoids it like the plague at home. My daughter, on the... | |
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| We got snow yesterday and the kids were really hoping for a snow day or at least a delay today, but no such luck! By late afternoon the snow had turned to rain and it didn’t even drop to... | |
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| Each generation has their own language. My parents said things like “groovy” and “far out.” My generation said things like “cool beans” and “don’t have... | |
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| Everyone likes to win and in youth sports there is a tremendous amount of pressure to win from parents, coaches, and the kids themselves. One thing I have learned in more than 20 years of coaching... | |
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| Back in November, LeapFrog announced a fun contest called Learning Moments. The contest required you to capture and share a video or photo of your child demonstrating a learning moment, and you could... | |
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| If your kids are on MySpace there is some good news. Today MySpace announced they are participating in a task force designed to increase safety on social networking sites. The task force created a... | |
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| My daughter had a sleepover birthday party to go to last night. We went to the store yesterday morning to buy her friend a gift. As we were strolling the aisles of the store I said, “Do you... | |
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