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Will That Avocado Make My Kid Smart? Feeding Kids Fats as Brain Food
Fat: A bad word, right? We've been trained from an early age to avoid fat, concerned that it will make us overweight, lead to heart disease or create other health problems. Even the word "fat" makes some people panic or recoil. But all living creatures need fats. They are necessary for good health
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Really scary! How to Handle All That Halloween Candy
Every Halloween, your children drag home huge bags of candy, and you wonder: How much should I let them eat? What should I do with the rest? And how can I protect their teeth? Joel Berg, Ph.D., chairman of the University of Washington’s Department of Pediatric Dentistry, says kids should only eat c
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10 Tasty and Healthy Back-to-School Breakfast Ideas
Crustless QuichesAn all-in-one breakfast packed with protein, these crustless quiches found over at The Domestic Mama blog couldn’t be friendlier for those rushed and crazy mornings before school. After you make your first batch of eggy goodness (super-easy prep in a muffin tin), you can save any le
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The Cutest Olympians Ever: 16 Reader Photos of Kids Doing Sports They Love
AWWWW. We asked and our readers responded with sweet and inspiring pictures of kids doing the sports they love. After watching the Olympics and seeing the dedication it takes to become a competitive athlete, it's fun to see where a passion for sports all begins—in childhood! Here Aiden, from Redmond
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Family bike-riding basics
Updated June, 2012 Karen Axon can’t wait for the arrival of warmer weather and sunnier days so her family can resume their favorite summer pastime: bike riding.On summer days, Axon, her husband, Troy, and their two boys frequently escape from their Bothell home for a riding adventure to the beach o
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Sidelined By Summer Sports: Injuries That Keep Kids Benched
After a tournament soccer game last summer, tween Eric Blair’s foot hurt so much he couldn’t walk back to the car. Mom Michelle Blair rushed him to an urgent care facility near their home in Portland, Ore., where he was diagnosed with Sever’s disease, an inflammation of the heel growth plate. “The
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Keeping Kids Safe: When Coaches Prey On Young Kids
Shin guards, shoulder pads and batting helmets protect young athletes from injuries. But there’s nothing kids can wear to protect them from predators in the coaching ranks. The recent scandal at Penn State University is a sad reminder of an ugly truth. Fields, courts and pools filled with children
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Two Local Mothers Whose Babies Nearly Died of Whooping Cough Share Their Stories
Heidi Bruch of Seattle and Michelle Razore of Clyde Hill became friends in college. Though the two remained in touch following graduation, primarily through Facebook, they would never have imagined that what would reunite them years later would be the traumatic shared experience of almost losing a b
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