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Mind + body, February 2011
What women really love Hot tip for men this Valentine’s Day: If you really want to set her heart all aflutter, ditch the lingerie and give her plane tickets instead! A British Heart Foundation survey asked women over 50 what gifts really make them happy. Scoring way above that lace teddy (5 percent
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Date night: Places to go and things to do for Valentine's Day
Ahhh, Valentine's Day... Every year many of us scramble for dinner reservations at 'that one restaurant', or stress over finding a special activity that will make the day more memorable and romantic -- it can be a downright rat race! Reservations a month in advance, long waits, getting together thos
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Mind + body, January 2011
Weight not, want not Think you’re overweight? A new study finds that about 1 of every 6 American women of normal weight thinks she’s actually overweight — and nearly 1 in 4 overweight women believes her weight is normal. The University of Texas study looked at more than 2,000 women. Of those, 52 pe
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Now what? Paying for college in a tight economy
Planning for college started early for Tori Purnell and her husband, John. They opened a mutual fund when their daughter, Nicolette, was not yet 2. But you know what they say about “best-laid plans.” “We were anticipating we would have enough when she was old enough for college,” Purnell, who liv
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'War changes people': How families cope; why you should care
Scroll down for a list of resources + ways you can support local military families. Is someone going to kill my daddy?” Melissa Seligman’s 6-year-old daughter, Amelia, asked her not long ago. “Would you marry another daddy?” Amelia’s daddy is David Seligman, a 32-year-old serviceman who was statio
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Book Review: The Family Dinner
Writer Kathleen Miller met with movie producer Laurie David ("An Inconvenient Truth") during her recent visit to Seattle to promote her new cookbook/family lifestyle book The Family Dinner: Great Ways to Connect to Your Kids, One Meal at a Time. What would it mean to your family if by doing one thi
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Leaving baby behind
When Seattle-based mommy blogger Mandy Morrison of Harper’s Happenings signed up for the BlogHer conference in New York City, she immediately felt a pang of guilt about leaving her 20-month-old daughter behind. “I felt guilty because the trip was for me,” Morrison says. “I felt then like it was
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Helping caregivers nurture early relationships
When a baby is born, adults rally around to help the infant reach those important developmental milestones: rolling over, sitting up, holding a toy, crawling, standing, walking, talking. Experts know these physical achievements are essential to an infant’s progress. Experts and educators also reali
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