From rich pecan pies to piles of Christmas cookies, the holiday season is filled with temptations to load up on foods that aren’t good for your health. Which foods are truly worth avoiding, and which ones aren’t all that bad? What should you keep in mind when facing the holiday buffet? Here’s a look at […]
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Whether you’re trying to bring together your daughter’s soccer team or your son’s boy scouts troupe, team-building activities are a great way to teach your kids how to work with others and have fun. There are many ways to create that bond between kids and help them develop trust amongst their peers: competitions, cooperative puzzle
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Here are some tips for making the most of his initiation into the world of dads. Make a big deal out of it. Dedicated fatherhood is something to be celebrated, especially in a world where so many children live without a male presence in their lives. It is sad that such an essential role in
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Your food, music, and venue are planned and set. Now you remember that year after year, all the kids end up inside watching TV or playing video games when they should be outside enjoying the summer nights. Well, what do you expect them to do with the patch of grass you provide them with? Pick
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Author Antonio Sacre details his personal struggle with this in “Food Fight” from his book My Name is Cool. He recalls that when he was picked on by an older student for speaking Spanish, he was so embarrassed that he went home and told his father he never wanted to speak Spanish again. His cross-cultural
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The day after Thanksgiving the children at our house busy themselves, making elaborate cookie and candy houses for the little Fee’ family that will come from the North Pole to visit until Christmas. Now the main job of this family is to check up on the children and report back to Santa that they have
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“I’m running away,” Emily said. Mom and Dad weren’t home. Sarah, being the oldest, was in charge, and Emily didn’t want to take a bath. So she decided to run away and David was going with her. David was about 4 years old and seemed to have enlisted out of obedience rather than a true
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The Country Club display was more reliable but harder to view. Although the location and date are fuzzy in my memory, I remember watching one of these displays from the backseat of my mom’s minivan when I was thirteen. Curled in the seat with my face pressed against the window to watch the crackling colors
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Your children’s game controllers are squeezed tightly in their hands, their bodies swaying to keep up with their fictional character’s movements, and their eyes getting more blood-shot by the minute. No one is blaming you, here. You have a busy life, and watching your kids every second of every day does not exactly fit into
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Dr. Raymond J. Huntington, co-founder of Huntington Learning Center and an expert in ACT and SAT test preparation, offers the following calendar to keep parents and students on a steady course to college admissions. October Sophomores, juniors and seniors should attend college fairs Seniors should ensure they have character recommendations lined up Seniors who
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