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10 Reasons Why Nursery Rhymes Will Make Your Kid Smart

10 Reasons Why Nursery Rhymes Will Make Your Kid Smart

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On May 24, 1830, Sarah J. Hale wrote the Mary Had a Little Lamb—one of our most timeless nursery rhymes. Hale was a writer and editor of Godey’s Ladies Journal, a popular women’s magazine of the era. After her husband’s death, and…
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12 Reasons Why the Boys Clubs are So Great

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From humble beginnings in Hartford CT in 1860, the Boys and Girls Club of America has grown to be the largest national organization dedicated to helping young men and women. Since it’s founding, BGCA has opened branches in every state, Puerto…
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20 Things to Discuss with Your Kids About Birth Control

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On May 9, 1960, the birth control pill was approved by the Food and Drug Administration. The pill was made by Chicago based company G.D. Searle Company and was commissioned by birth control pioneer Margaret Sanger. Both Sanger and pill development…
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8 Weird Things to Do With Jelly Beans

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UPDATED August 1st, 2016 Jelly Beans have been around since the Civil War. They were the first candy to be sold by weight rather than piece and each year, there are about 16 billion sold for Easter alone. Former President Ronald Reagan…
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12 Ways to Help Your Kids Live Stress-Free

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April 16 is National Stress Awareness Day and the entire month of April is Stress Awareness Month. Stress Awareness Day began in 1992 as an effort to raise awareness of the harm that stress can do. It was an initiative by the Health Resource…
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How to Teach Your Child to Live a Disciplined Life

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It’s been said that the only things we really learn are the things we learn for ourselves. That’s because only when we learn it for ourselves does it become intrinsic to us. We just naturally do it, without having to be coaxed or disciplined.…
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Improving Children's Literacy Through Folklore

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I have a special connection with Haiti, as I've written before on Mamiverse. I also have a soft spot for anyone who supports literacy. That´s why when I heard about a new non-profit organization to help children in Haiti read in English or…
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Why College Students Should Also Run a Business

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These days, it seems American families are spending more for college while college students are getting less value in return, a trend research validates, says entrepreneur Matt Stewart.“The average cost for an in-state public college is…
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President Obama Introduces Television Premiere of "Cosmos"

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On Sunday, President Barack Obama introduced the Fox television broadcast of Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey. President Obama screened Cosmos at the White House Student Film Festival, where he spoke about how NASA had reported it discovered 700…