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10 Nov Just How Important is Breakfast?
Is breakfast really the most important meal of the day? Or is simply eating when you are actually hungry the way to go, even if that occurs later in the morning? Is it ok to skip breakfast altogether? This story by Leigh Weingus, writing for...
29 Oct 10 Healthy (Mostly) Halloween Treats That Won’t Turn Kids Off
The precursor to the BIG holiday trifecta is just around the corner: Halloween. Celebrated each year on October 31, the origins of Halloween, like the origins of Christmas, began as a pagan ritual, specifically with the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, when people would light...
15 Mar Shrink Rap: Kids with Money
We all know challenges arise from being strapped financially and trying to raise children. We may not be as familiar, however, with issues that surface around children of affluence. Children brought up in wealthy households sometimes feel isolated and different and are often treated as...
26 Aug Doers: Lily Sullivan, Just for Laughs
What’s funny? Blowing raspberries at every little thing that weighs heavy on us: elections, global warming, the guest list for our upcoming party. Sometimes humor is so arch a person could drive a double decker bus through it. What’s funny can also be wildly slapstick or wildly...
18 Jul Shrink Rap: Dr. Paul, How To Talk To Your Kids Today
Editor’s Note: Dr. Paul Hokemeyer is a part-time local, who lives and works in Manhattan, Malibu and Telluride. He is a nationally recognized expert on Eastern philosophies, relationships, and emotional healing. A Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, he holds a PhD in psychology, as well as a doctorate...
13 Sep Summer Sunday: Climbing Ajax for the First Time (With Kids Hiking!)
The day started with a trip to Clark’s candy aisle at 7 o’clock in the morning. “Pick out anything you’d like,” I said to my girls, ages 6 and 9. Siri and Quincy looked at me like I was crazy. Or at best like some...
30 Oct Halloween for Kids: ‘70s Versus Today
BOO! Did I scare you? Not likely. But this article by Jacqueline Wilson in the Huff Post just might. If not exactly scare you, it should at least make you long for the good old days when trick or treating did not require politically correct, non-GMO...
21 Sep Fall Sunday: Backpacking With Kids in the Weminuche
When you have kids, you give up a few things. Sleep. Money. Time. You accept the trade-off: deprivation for family. Andy and I were down with all of that. But one thing we weren’t okay with giving up was backpacking. Backpacking was our foundation. We’d...