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How to navigate winter with kids at home

— January 23, 2023

Parents of school-aged children are especially stressed this time of year – balancing a winter break, the holidays, the cold weather and shorter days. Advocate Children’s Hospital…

Family time at holidays is not always merry
— November 22, 2022

Do you dread the holidays because… You are you an adult who is single and your family and friends wish you were happily coupled? Are you a parent of an adult child wishing you had…
CREATIVE FAMILY FUN: Make apple-head puppets for fall fun
— September 29, 2022

If you find a few soft, bruised apples hiding behind the pickle and mayo jars in the back of your refrigerator, or discover some cast-offs at your local orchard or farmer’s market,…
CREATIVE FAMILY FUN: Use video chat to keep in touch with grandkids
— August 25, 2022

“It was a dark and stormy night” could have been an apt beginning to an exciting tale told by Nancy Liddy to her two grandsons in Madison, Wisconsin, via Skype recently. “A summer…
CREATIVE FAMILY FUN: Have your child blow a bubble card
— August 4, 2022

If your young kids and grandkids like blowing bubbles, they’ll love this activity. When the colored bubbles dry on construction paper, they will become the eye-catching background…

DIVAS ON A DIME: Simple tricks make acorn squash a treat
— October 13, 2022

It’s autumn, and acorn squash are in season, delicious, versatile, frugal and fabulous! Some people find preparing squash daunting. I get it — the rind is hard to cut through and…
CREATIVE FAMILY FUN: Saying ‘thank you’ to summer
— September 8, 2022

Say, “Thank you.” Those two important words are so embedded in us as children that we continue to pass the gesture of politesse to the next generation as part of the social drill….
CREATIVE FAMILY FUN: Old-fashioned fun making butter
— August 18, 2022

As technology advances at a rapid rate, many of the traditional ways of doing things may be unknown to kids born in the 21st century. Why not take a break from our high-speed, techie…