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What's the Point

(Our Rebellious Teens)Great Grandparent's Point - That's the way it was, back then. We did the best we knew how. Grandparent's Point - You had it so much better than we did. I wasn't even aloud to date, without my mother present.P...

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Jammin' with Your Kids The Wonderful World of Music

Does music need to be “dumbed-down” for kids? The answer became quite clear to me and my husband as we observed how our own child responded to complex melodies and varied musical styles in the first months of her life. When I embarked on the reco...

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Summertime bugs and creepy crawlies.

Well it is almost that time again. Time to get out the garden tools and start planning your next great garden project. It is also that time of year for all those pesky bugs and crawly critters too! You don't have to go on a picnic to discover an...

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Easter Scrapbooking Ideas

Easter is a great time to capture family photographs forscrapbooking. Even if you don't scrapbook, planning your picturetaking ahead of time ensures you won't miss any of these greatfamily memories. No family traditions? Then this is a grea...

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Build A Better Mousetrap, And People Will Buy It

This is an old saying that many of us have grown up hearing since we were children, but the problem is improving on an invention that has been around for years. This is especially true for simple inventions like the common pet identification tag, or ...

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The story of the 12 animals zodiac in China

The story of the 12 animals zodiac in ChinaOne day, Tian Di (The God Above) wanted to manage all animals on earth. He took out 12 chairs and told the cat to tell 11 other animals to go to the sky palace. When the cat told the ox about it, the rat ove...

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Developing Community Activities

Developing Community Activities by: Debbie Long The basic goal to promoting and maintaining a healthy, safe community is co-operation. People that you already know are likely to co-operate with you. You need to develop positive, respectful relat...

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Creative Ways to Interest Younger Kids in Traditional Toys

K.A.G.O.Y. (“kids are getting older, younger”) is an acronym that popped up in the toy industry literature about 6 years ago. KAGOY is the allure, to younger kids, of toys meant for older kids, for example, 6 year old girls abandoning baby dolls ...

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Is Your Child Capable of Composing Music? Maybe the next Mozart?

Is Your Child Capable of Composing Music? Maybe the next Mozart? by: Duane Shinn We’ve all heard of them. Child prodigies who begin composing music at some ridiculously young age. For instance, history reports that Mozart was writing minuets b...

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Improving Senior Life With Medical Alert For Seniors

Senior Citizens are in a time of their lives when they should be able to enjoy the freedom to live independently and go places when they desire. Unfortunately, sometimes their freedom is restricted by health concerns caused by their aging bodies. Med...

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