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5 Reasons to Decrease Your Children’s TV Time in 2014

Posted on by February 9, 2014

You’ve made your own New Years resolutions, but you might want to set some for your children as well. The television is an enticing entertainment option for young ones, but too much television time has the potential to cause issues in several areas. And know that you’re not alone in your struggle of figuring out the balance new documentbetween television time and peeling your kids away from the TV. The American Academy of Pediatrics found that the average child spends a total of seven hours per … Read more ...

Ruffling a Few Feathers About The Lack of School Funding

Posted on by January 23, 2014

We all believe that children are our future. We all feel like education is important. And yet our schools are terribly underfunded.

Image by Stock Monkeys.

Image by Stock Monkeys.

I’m not in the business of getting into a back-and-forth about school funding formulas, Common Core standards, tax breaks for corporations, school bonds, bickering legislators and all that jazz. All worthy issues, but, just not gonna get into it here.

All I know is that when we were in suburban Chicago, Logan’s kindergarten class had 18 students and four … Read more ...

Wordless Wednesday: Views of the London Eye

Posted on by January 22, 2014

The London Eye is a huge Ferris wheel along the River Thames in London. We took a ride on it while visiting this great city over the holidays.

The structure is 443 feet tall and the wheel has a diameter of 394 feet.

Standing underneath the structure that is 443 feet tall and the wheel has a diameter of 394 feet.

 

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While I’m far from being any kind of photographer, I have found that I’m often intrigued by lines, patterns and curves and how they intersect. The London Eye gave me many opportunities to watch these three characteristics dance.… Read more ...

Achieving Martin Luther King’s Dream: Are you doing your part?

Posted on by January 20, 2014

Today is Martin Luther King Day, when we look back on a courageous man and the movement for equality. Has King’s dream been realized? No, it hasn’t.

Interlocking fingers with my son.

Me and my son.

Yes, we have a black president, and as monumental as that is, it doesn’t mean we’ve achieved his dream. We are much, much closer than we’ve ever been, but still not there. Not when we’ve got a justice system that unfairly metes out “justice” from racial profiling in arrests to sentencing laws that are … Read more ...

4 Health Resolutions Moms should Make (and Keep) in 2014

Posted on by January 20, 2014

A mom faces distinctive challenges when it comes to health. Often, the decisions she makes for herself, she ends up making for the whole family. If mom cuts back on salt intake, for example, then so does everyone who eats the foods she cooks. With a new year already in full swing, consider some health conscious choices you can make to keep the whole family safe and happy in 2014.

It’s a New Attitude

Mental health often is overlooked in the “I want to get … Read more ...