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How to Savor the Holiday Season at Home

Dec 10, 2020 11:39AM ● By Katy Clark

This year the holiday season may look different. Masks and social distancing have put a damper on the usual gatherings at schools and in our communities. But there’s no need to despair. After all, it is still the most wonderful time of the year!

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Pandemic Pounds

Nov 08, 2020 12:48PM ● By Brandy Centolanza

How to reset your kids' diet to keep them from overeating during COVID By Brandy CentolanzaVirtual learning, lack of sports and exercise and round-the-clock access to food and snacking while stuck...

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Adoption Awareness Month – Virginia Needs More Adoptive Parents

Nov 08, 2020 12:41PM ● By Amy Taylor

By Amy TaylorNovember is Adoption Awareness Month, with National Adoption Day being observed on November 21, 2020. According to the Annie E. Casey Foundation Kids Count Data Center, in 2016...

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12 Tips to Tame the Holiday Circus

Nov 08, 2020 12:24PM ● By Christa Hines

by Christa Melnyk Hines Are holiday traditions, parties, volunteer commitments and shopping turning you into a frenzied ringmaster of a runaway circus train? For your sanity and for your health,...

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Benefits of Making Healthy Snacks Visually Appealing to Kids

Nov 08, 2020 12:19PM ● By Sarah Lyons

By Sarah Lyons A healthy and well-balanced diet is important for kids to maintain healthy growth and development. Snack time is a great way to incorporate fruits and vegetables into a child’s...

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The Walking Dead Parent: 9 Ways To Promptly Pay Off Your Sleep Debts

Oct 27, 2020 01:47AM ● By Christina Katz

By Christina KatzDo you ever wish taking naps could be considered cool? Unfortunately our power-parent culture seems to have regulated naps to babies, to hospital patients and to the elderly....

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5 Factors for Strong Families

Oct 05, 2020 12:28PM ● By Lissa Carlson

Written by Lissa Carlson When hard times hit, what makes some families fare better than others? The good news is that the bad things that happen to a family don’t define them, and we can minimize...

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What Politics Can Teach Our Kids

Oct 05, 2020 11:22AM ● By Christa Hines

Written by Christa Melnyk Hines  From yelling newsroom pundits and vigorous dinner party debates to divisive Facebook exchanges, tis’ the season when there’s virtually no escape from politics....

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Meghan Hook: On Breast Cancer, Parenting and the Value of a Support System

Oct 05, 2020 09:56AM ● By Chris Jones

Interviewed by Chris JonesFredericksburg mother of two, Meghan Hook, was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2019. With no family history, it came as a complete shock. As we observe Breast Cancer...

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Nintendo Neck: Screen Time & Your Child's Spine

Sep 09, 2020 12:35AM ● By Rhiannon Ellis

By Rhiannon EllisLimiting screen time is an ongoing, modern-day battle for many parents, and COVID-19 restrictions have only exacerbated that struggle. Children are stuck at home with very limited...

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