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Thank heavens for our teenage babysitter. This summer we hired a neighbor, a young teenager, to spend time with the kids. We thought this would be a big advantage for the kids. We figure with instructions from us, this teenager can keep the kids off line and away from the TV all summer. And guess [...]

It’s time to schedule those school physicals! Some of your kids may already have them for fall sports. If not you need to start scheduling. Dr.s offices become very crowded and backed up this time of year due to the high back to school demand.  It can take up to a month or longer to [...]

Summer is in full swing. The sun is blazing and the kids are playing. Have you ever wondered as they are out overheating their bodies, how much knowledge their baking minds are retaining from the previous school year? How do you help them minimize their educational losses?
One way you can assist them in keeping their [...]

Teenagers are notorious for sleeping until noon, laying around until 5pm, eating supper, then heading back to bed just to do it all over the next day. Summer seems to be slept away by most kids. Experts used to discredit any thinking that condoned such behavior, but now have changed their tune and decided that [...]

Water play has always been a fun, cool outdoor activity during the steamy summer months. Playing with water is refreshing and takes the unbearableness out of hot, humid miserable days. Water is cheap and most of the time readily available. Sometimes too available. Kids will swim and play in almost any large gathering of water. [...]