Sending Kids to Camp for the First Time
Spending that first summer at camp is a big step for any child. It’s also a big milestone for mom and dad. Sending kids to camp takes considerable thou
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Effortlessly expert
When I was a child, I believed my father was fluent in Spanish. His ability to count from one to ten without pause was all the evidence I needed. It wasn’t until middle school that I realized his romance language skills are basically nonexistent. By then, a number of other paternal fantasies had also been…
The Measles Vaccination
Dayton Children’s urges parents to make sure their children are current on their vaccinations, on the heels of a measles outbreak linked to a California amusement park. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) now say more than 120 people have come down with the measles so far this year. Most of them were…
Afternoon Tea with your American Girl Doll!
Join the Jr. Red Shoe Society for their 1st Annual Afternoon Tea with your American Girl Doll event. They are inviting Moms, Daughters, Grandmas, and Friends to share an afternoon together of laughter, delicious treats, and a fashion show, all to benefit the Ronald McDonald House of Dayton. Registration: Register by April 12 –Event Date:…
Camp Guide
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Rainy Day Activites
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Photo Overflow
Gone are the days of forgetting your camera to take pictures – as long as you have your phone, you have a camera. While smartphones make snapping shots of your family easier than ever, most people aren’t sure what to do with all those pictures. If your smartphone contains photos from the past few months…
Affordable Camp
The camp experience offers priceless benefits to the children who participate: instilling in them the kind of interpersonal, social and service skills that lead them to become healthy, well-adjusted adults. But in a time when funds may be tight, finding the means to send your child to camp can seem like a difficult task. You…
Ask the Teacher
My daughter has several friends whose parents have hired tutors. Some concepts seem tough for my child at school, but I have never thought of hiring a tutor. Should I? Every student should have some experience mastering tough concepts. Learning should be hard much of the time – it requires some struggle and even frustration…
Footnotes: thoughts from the margin of a mom’s life
My parents recently came down with serious colds. I found myself at the grocery store late in the evening buying them a round of feel-better-soon foods: a roasted chicken, orange juice, whole fruit, Gatorade and a quart of soup. As I filled the cart, I started thinking about how often my mother had taken care…