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My Grandpa

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My Grandpa Written & Illustrated by Marta Altés Abrams • 2013 • 32 pages Hardcover ($15.95) ISBN: 978-1-4197-0588-5 Ages 4-8 This tender and “beary” sweet story about a young bear cub and his grandpa quickly alludes to an…
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How to Find Summer Childcare

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With summer break around the corner or already here, many parents face the dilemma of making childcare arrangements. There are no school schedules to work around, fewer extracurricular activities, no homework that you have to help facilitate—just…
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Are We Overcommitting Our Kids?

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It is 7:15pm and Angelo, age 10, is sitting at the dinner table. He is not eating dinner, though; he is still doing his homework. Angelo wakes up at 6 am, eats breakfast, gets ready for school, finishes his homework from the day before, and…
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Why Some Couples Choose to Be Child-Free

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You know that couple down the street from you, they go on daily runs together, travel frequently and are always out working in their yard? Maybe you’ve felt bad for them, because they don’t have any kids to fill up their home and play…
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10 Home Remedies for Kids

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UPDATED August 1st, 2016 A lot of the items you have around the house—whether it’s foods from the fridge, the duct tape in your kitchen cabinet, or the air conditioner in the family room—can help ease a variety of your kids’ ailments,…
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Facing the Unthinkable: National Missing Children's Day

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Adam Walsh. That was the name of the boy who woke me up to the reality of children being abducted and killed. Adam Walsh was abducted from a Sears store in Hollywood, Florida on July 27, 1981. He was just six years old. Two years before Adam…
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10 Tips to Help Kids Cope with Disaster

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We can’t shield our children from every disaster that gets reported on the news. Tragedies like 9/11, the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting, and the recent deadly tornado in Oklahoma are all too frequent, and our children will hear about them—and…
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Diego Rivera: An Artist for the People

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Diego Rivera: An Artist for the People By Susan Goldman Rubin Abrams Books  • 2013 • 56 pages Hardcover ($21.95) ISBN: 978-0-8109-8411-0 Ages 8-12 Diego Rivera’s legacy lives on to this day through his extensive collection of…
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Mom-Tested Tips for Surviving Summer Vacation

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For some families, summertime is something they eagerly look forward to because it means family vacations and field trips to all those places they don’t get to visit during the school year. But for others, summer vacation brings with it…