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New Study Says School Lunches Harboring Harmful Bacteria

8/30/11 7:00am by Gina Carroll
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Eating a Safe Sandwich

School lunches are the bane of my existence. My middle schooler and I are always in a constant tug of war over whether or not he should buy lunch at school (ick, I say) or make his own at home (yuck, he says). And once I have wrangled him into making his lunch at home, we argue about what is acceptable for packing. Needless to say, I end up with the task of making the lunch because doing the right thing nutritionally for lunch every day is hard.   Read more >

Should Your Kids Walk to School This Year?

8/28/11 11:00am by JennaHatfield
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Walking to School

Growing up, I lived in the middle of nowhere and walking to school wasn’t an option. We now live less than a mile from my son’s elementary school. I’ve been toying with walking on these still warm summer days, but I’m dealing with a back injury that has been slow to heal. And, you know, walking involves leaving earlier which means being more organized in the morning. I’m new to this as my son is in Kindergarten, so we’re still finding our groove. But having read that walking to school ups activity levels in children -- whereas riding to school drops activity levels -- I’m almost convinced to leave the house earlier.  Read more >

If Only We Could Bottle Them Up

8/23/11 8:00am by Julie Samrick
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The new school year marks parenting milestones for many of us. Some may be preparing for a quieter house once their teen heads off to college, while others may still be in the thick of it all. There are the transitions to middle school, high school and in our house we have a kindergartener. But what is momentous to me about beginning this particular school year is that my 3-year-old -- my youngest, my baby -- will start preschool. Even though she’ll only go a total of 6 hours a week, it will be the first time in nearly a decade that I won’t have at least one of my children home with me at all times.  Read more >

Beat the Back-to-School Shopping Blues!

8/14/11 9:52am by Vinobaby
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It's that time of year again: school open house invitations are arriving in mailboxes, the smell of freshly sharpened pencils fills the air, and the newspaper is littered with back-to-school shopping ads.  Even though I live for the thrill of a great bargain, I will not be hitting the stores.  Except for a few notebooks and dry-erase markers, I will not be doing any back-to-school shopping. I finished my kiddo's clothes shopping months ago. Image Source: The Children's Place  Read more >