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Healthy Families

Sex or Weight: Which Would You Rather Talk to Your Kids About?

Barbara Mendez, RPh, MS | Posted 04.29.2013 | Parents
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Barbara Mendez, RPh, MS

Healthy eating habits start in childhood, where parents have the most control over food choices. It is important to take advantage of this opportunity so that your children don't grow up with a taste preference for salty, fatty and sugary foods.

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Recipe for a Healthy Family (and Delicious Sangria)

Intent | Posted 02.14.2013 | Healthy Living
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Intent

We spoke with the Duers, an all-American family of five living in New York, on how they stay connected, sane, and healthy while juggling family and work responsibilities.

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Eat Dirt: Why the Conventional Wisdom About Food Is All Washed Up

Jennifer Tyler Lee | Posted 09.16.2012 | Home
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Jennifer Tyler Lee

Researchers have long argued that a little dirt in our diets can improve our health -- strengthening our immune system and reducing allergies. The mighty microorganisms found in backyards across America may be the least expensive and most universally accessible way to keep our bodies healthy.

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Is There Too Much Parenting?

Peter Block | Posted 11.23.2011 | Parents
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Peter Block

We want to open a conversation about parenting. Not about what is good or bad parenting, but rather about the idea that today's obsession about parenting has gone too far.

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It Takes A Movement: The Next Steps

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
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Jim Wallis

Neither the left nor the right has the answers to our most pressing problems, though each will continue to say that it does. So we have to focus on the spiritual and moral values that bring us together.

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6 Steps to Build a Healthy Family

LIVESTRONG.COM | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
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LIVESTRONG.COM

Media portrayals of families often mislead, either indicating that every family is problem-ridden and highly dysfunctional or that a healthy family is an idyllic myth. Neither portrayal is accurate.

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Schwarzenegger's Budget Battle II: Another Bad Sequel

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Joseph A. Palermo

With the sequel to last February's budget battle ready for release it's only a matter of days before "those who have too little" get a beating once again from the richest ruling interests in the state.

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Peaceful Revolution: Healthcare Coverage for Kids, Lifesavers for Families

Anita Sarah Jackson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Anita Sarah Jackson

The federal government has given our states an opportunity to cover uninsured kids and bring badly-needed federal funds into our states. Our state leaders must take advantage of this chance.

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