Category: For Parents/Families

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What are the Worst Cities for Families?

I’m not typically someone who dwells on the negative perspective on things but this list caught my eye and sparked by curiosity. This is good information – even if it does deal with statistics and not what is the spirit of these cities. Reading the descriptions in each cities slide

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Health & Fitness

Get Your Kids Moving

Adults aren’t the only ones spending lots of time with their tushies in chairs – kids are too. In fact, young children are spending just as much of their time (more than 60 percent) sitting in high chairs, carriers, swings, car seats, etc. How can you fight the effects of

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Drowning in Silence

Click this link to a VERY interesting video. A Minneapolis-St. Paul television station, FOX 9 News partnered with Foss Swim Schools to do a test to see if parents near a pool would notice a child drowning. We have the wrong impression of what drowning is like. There is no

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Can Babies Wear Regular Diapers to Go Swimming?

When you’re getting ready to hit the pool with your not-yet-potty-trained little one, finding that you forgot to pack the swim diapers creates a dilemma. You might consider putting on a regular diaper and hoping for the best. But pools insist on swim diapers for both safety and sanitary reasons.

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Children Should Learn To Swim

Written by John Kirk Children will, no doubt, be around water and exposed to water situations many times during their lifetimes. Whether participating in water activities or merely being on the sidelines at swimming pools, lakes, beaches, water slides, water parks, park rides and the like put them close enough

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Crazy About Swimming!

They may have neoprene gloves and boots but not much else as they enter the water each Sunday. This would be the Coney Island Polar Bear Club members. But you wouldn’t confuse them with others out for a swim because I doubt if there are many others in the frigid

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Health & Fitness

8 Key Benefits of Swimming

There are plenty of reasons to swim but we’re noting eight that resonate with us. Swimming is low impact. You don’t create an impact with the ground when you swim. And this protects your joints from stress and strain. This is, in fact, one of the reasons that The Arthritis

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Swimming Lesson Accessories For Beginners

If you are just learning how to swim, it is not a necessity to have accessories, but they are helpful. Accessories, or equipment, can help to ease your fears or make you feel more comfortable, according to the American Red Cross’s Swimming and Water Safety Manual. Some basic accessories that

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Health & Fitness

Flu Fighting Foods

Yes, the foods that you eat affect performance. Did you also know that foods can also boost immunity and prevent illness? Intense physical activities and competition can stress the immune system too. And this makes athletes and dancers more susceptible to viral infections (like the common cold and flu). So

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