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Child Development
Can Video Games Count as Exercise?

Not long ago, playing video games provided good exercise for kids’ thumbs -- and not much else. Now, a new generation of more active video games, like Dance Dance Revolution (DDR) and Wii Sports, is changing that. Whether it’s using the latest in virtual-reality technology to mimic fast-paced dance sequences or simulate sports moves like swinging a racket or throwing a punch, these games have caught the attention of adults, who may not have been interested in running around a fantasy video-game world -- or may have done so only to humor their kids.  
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Family Fun
The Best Web Sites for Planning Your Summer Road Trip

if you’re like millions of other Americans, this summer you and your family are likely to buckle up the kids in the back seat, strap luggage to the roof and set out for a vacation driving the nation's roadways. And if you do, there is one thing as certain as your kids getting antsy here and there: The trip will be more expensive this year than it was last year. (read more...)
Food & Entertaining
Crunchy Yogurt Breakfast Bowl

Add ground flaxseed, crunchy cereal and plain, unflavored yogurt (plain contains more calcium and protein than flavored yogurt), and you’ll start your day with a powerful punch of protein, fiber and omega-3s (from the flaxseed). All you need to round out this breakfast-in-a-bowl is some fresh fruit or a glass of 100% fruit juice. Make sure the flaxseed is ground; you won’t absorb the nutrients from whole seeds. (read more...)
For the Home
Create a Safe and Organized Kitchen

A kitchen is much more than just a kitchen -- in most homes, it's the hub of family life. Leah Norcross, an interior designer for Revisions, a custom design company in West Stockbridge, Massachusetts, helps families make their kitchens as functional as possible. Here, she offers tips on making your kitchen more organized and safe.

Take stock "What I suggest to clients," says Norcross, "is to think of how you live and move around in your kitchen. Take a week and really pay attention to what you typically do." If you are always getting on your tip toes to reach key items, you are constantly moving things to get what you need, or the like, it's time to reorganize.

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Health
Strange Fruit

Lately I’ve been comparing apples and oranges, only to come to a troubling conclusion: boring! This wouldn’t be a problem if the USDA’s ubiquitous “5 A Day” fruit and vegetable recommendation didn’t entail two servings of fruit a day. Thus, I decided that if I was going to make the grade, I’d have to look beyond the usual suspects. Turns out there are more choices than I could possibly carry home. (read more...)
Just for Mom
Indulge in an Overnight Delight

So you really need a getaway but you can't afford a vacation? Terrible week at work, but the kids have a birthday party on Sunday, and you can't take the whole weekend off? Consider a local escape -- one night at a nice hotel in town can be a great way to rejuvenate without excessive time or expense.

Find a place in town that fits your budget. Have the kids stay over with friends, or pay a babysitter to spend the night. Pack a small bag with toiletries for the night, and you're off. Twenty minutes later you're laying in a king-sized bed, watching movies and ordering room service.

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Motivation & Inspiration
Learn How to Keep Your Resolutions

It’s a New Year and a fresh beginning. We clink our glasses in a toast, play sentimental music and kiss our loved ones holding on to them tightly. Consequently, we make all kinds of outrageous promises in the heat of the moment. We resolve to lose an exorbitant amount of weight, exercise daily like body builders, climb the highest rung on the ladder at work, do volunteer work, get more involved in our children’s schools and act more considerately to the in-laws. Yeah right! (read more...)
Parenting
Strengthening Father-Child Bonds

The bond between mother and child gets a lot of attention, but what about the bonds between fathers and their children? Research out of Pennsylvania State University and the University of California has shown that father-child interactions are central to everything from a child's ability to regulate emotionally to the capacity to maintain strong, fulfilling social relationships later in life. Here, with the help of Steven Richfield, PhD, child psychologist and author of The Parent Coach: A New Approach to Parenting in Today's Society (Sopris West), we provide quick, simple ways for dads to boost their bonds with their sons and daughters. (read more...)
Pregnancy & Baby
Need a Break? Meditate!

Meditation is a powerful way to relieve stress. It's calming because it connects us to the emotions we're cut off from during our daily routines, according to Sharon Salzberg, a teacher at the Insight Meditation Center in Barre, Mass. Skeptical? You don't need to fill a room with candles and New Age-y music to do it. And ten minutes a day is enough time to reap the rewards. (read more...)
Work & Money
Learn To Be a Smart Online Investor

Everyone's heard stories about people who gave up their day jobs to spend more time investing in the stock market. Shanna Rendon, of Grand Junction, Colo., is one of those daredevils. A few years ago, Rendon left her job as a cancer cell researcher and began managing her family's investments full time. And all she needed was the Internet and the family computer.

"All the investing I do is online," says Rendon, who also teaches classes for Better Investing (better-investing.org), a nonprofit community that helps people manage their investments.

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