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PPLD’s favorite kids cookbooks
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save This time of year can be hectic for families. Getting back into the school routine without letting other things slide is hard. Sometimes cooking and eating healthy are sacrificed to the clock. One way to…
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PPLD’s favorite kids cookbooks
This time of year can be hectic for families. Getting back into the school routine without letting other things slide is hard. Sometimes cooking and eating healthy are sacrificed to the clock. One way to help keep this from happening is to get your child involved in food preparation. Here are three cookbooks that are…
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Indoor herb gardening can yield home remedies
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save What if you could soothe a sore throat or a headache with the snip of a scissors? Plant some herbs indoors now, before fall sets in, and you could have a winter’s worth of folksy…
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Decor dreams take flight when dollhouse decorating
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In a kids’ entertainment world of expensive game systems and disposable plastic toys, there is an alternative: Make something. Play with it. The do-it-yourself trend, which embraces projects in electronics, engineering and crafts, dovetails nicely…
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Chill out this summer with homemade slushies
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Slushies have taken on a surprisingly critical role in my family’s summer. And it’s my 7-year-old’s fault. The summer camp he attended sold them at the camp store. I resisted at first, telling him he didn’t…
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OPINION: The skies aren’t always friendly to nursing moms
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save When Martin Madrid got his seat assignments on a Delta Air Lines flight from Minneapolis to Orlando, Fla., he spotted a problem: Even though the airline knew that he and his wife were flying with…
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Chill out this summer with homemade slushies
Slushies have taken on a surprisingly critical role in my family’s summer. And it’s my 7-year-old’s fault. The summer camp he attended sold them at the camp store. I resisted at first, telling him he didn’t need the sugar and neon chemicals used to concoct the icy blends. But like all spineless parents, enough nagging and…
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Indoor herb gardening can yield home remedies
What if you could soothe a sore throat or a headache with the snip of a scissors? Plant some herbs indoors now, before fall sets in, and you could have a winter’s worth of folksy remedies. Many medicinal plants, especially herbs, grow well indoors, says Amy Jeanroy, who runs a greenhouse business near her Ravenna,…
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OPINION: The skies aren’t always friendly to nursing moms
When Martin Madrid got his seat assignments on a Delta Air Lines flight from Minneapolis to Orlando, Fla., he spotted a problem: Even though the airline knew that he and his wife were flying with a 4-year-old and an infant — you have to tell the airline your group’s birth dates when you book tickets…
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Decor dreams take flight when dollhouse decorating
In a kids’ entertainment world of expensive game systems and disposable plastic toys, there is an alternative: Make something. Play with it. The do-it-yourself trend, which embraces projects in electronics, engineering and crafts, dovetails nicely with the perennially popular, mainly girl-driven activity of decorating. An abundance of room-decorating games appears online; Girlsgogames.com has at least…