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Tinley Park In Illinois Best Place to Raise Family

Sharalyn Hartwell — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:02:08 -0600

Tinley Park, Il., tops BusinessWeek’s 2010 Best Places to Raise Your Kids List. Arcadia, Calif., San Marcos, Texas and Beaverton, Ore., also make the list.

Top 50 cities to raise a family in the U.S.

Sharalyn Hartwell — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:55:56 -0600

BusinessWeek just released its annual Best Places to Raise Your Kids list. Each year the publication works with OnBoard Informatics, a provider of real estate analysis, to determine the winner and two runners up in each of the 50 states. Selection is based on a number of criteria, the most weight given to affordability, safety and school test scores.

Free Thanksgiving Math Worksheets and Kids' Printables are Seasonal Hits

Donna Diegel — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:44:20 -0600

Looking for free educational Thanksgiving crafts for kids? Thanksgiving math activities, printable mathsheets and coloring pages will keep kids busy over the long holiday weekend. Here's a list of some of the best printable Thanksgiving math based worksheets available. Perfect for homeschoolers, teachers and kids!

Free Thanksgiving Coloring Pages are Popular Kids' Crafts

Donna Diegel — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:04:58 -0600

Thanksgiving crafts are being downloaded and printed in anticipation of the holiday. Free Thanksgiving pictures, turkey coloring pages, pilgrims and cornucopias are popular this season. Christmas coloring pages can be printed off as well as Hanukkah activity pages.

Top 10 Halloween Candies for Kids to Trick or Treat

Donna Diegel — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:40:03 -0500

Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, Snickers, Airheads or Blow Pops. Here's a list of the Best Halloween Candy for kids and adults. Which houses give Hershey Bars, Reese's PB Cups or Kit Kats? Hershey's National Survey Results tell all.

13th Annual Brunch with Santa at Roof Terrace Restaurant

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:17:05 -0500

Santa will be stopping by the Kennedy Center's Roof Terrace Restaurant on the three Sundays before his yearly Christmas Eve journey.

Kids Capture Space Photos From Homemade Weather Balloon

Heather Archuletta — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:01:01 -0500

Four students sent a weather balloon into Earth’s stratosphere, successfully taking atmospheric readings and amazing photographs from 20 miles up.

Fluoride Lowers Kids' Self Esteem

nyscof — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:15:22 -0500

Fluoride-Induced Spots on Teeth Harm Kids’ Self-Esteem, says Dental Journal

Parental intervention boosts education of kids at high risk of failure

harminka — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 13:01:38 -0600

An eight-week-long intervention program aimed at parents from low socioeconomic backgrounds reaped significant educational benefits in their preschool-aged children, a University of Oregon research fellow reported today at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Students Start A School for Overweight Teens

fwvraleigh — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 11:41:11 -0600

Residential weight loss program begins a new semester on East and West Coasts

New Year Toy - Sales, Recalls, and Returns

AndersonAnalytics — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 12:42:30 -0600

Parents’ uneasiness about Chinese lead recalls may have affected week before Christmas sales --- But many US consumers still unaware about where toys are made.

Kids' pediatric bicycle-related injuries are major public health concern

harminka — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 10:56:58 -0500

A new study conducted by researchers at the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children’s Hospital concludes that bicycle-related injuries among children and adolescents in the U.S. may be a more significant public health concern than previously estimated.