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From the editor
When I had my first child I turned to the experts. I bought books, read magazines, watched parenting shows and picked up every brochure available.
Real Parents with real kids!
Ever wonder how other parents deal with bawling babies, angry adolescents, tantrum throwing teens? Now you can find out. Or maybe you have some wisedom you would like to share, here is the place to do it.
Keeping sports in perspective
You've probably seen that loud-mouth father who yells from the stands when his son drops a pop fly. Or that pushy mother who badgers the coach to make sure her aspiring gymnast moves ahead of another girl.
What to do when your kid sticks something where it doesn't belong
From the moment they discover it's on their face, toddlers and small children are constantly putting things up their noses. It starts with fingers (after all, it is a perfect fit!), but at some point they'll graduate to putting objects up their noses as well-just to see what happens. From garden peas to bubble gum, coins to Legos, one minute it's there, and the next minute, you have a toddler making strange sniffing noises while you shamefully wonder what waded into the gene pool while your back was turned.
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The mission of the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Augusta is to lift children and families to a better tomorrow. The cornerstone of the Charity is the Ronald McDonald House, a 10-bedroom Victorian at 10th and Greene, which provides temporary, affordable housing and comfort for the out-of-town families of seriously ill or injured children receiving treatment at Augusta medical facilities. More information
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Send us your picks
Tell us the places in the Augusta area that deserve to be noticed for their unique contribution to family life. You'll not only be helping out your favorites, you might give the rest of us a few ideas.
Keep the kids entertained with the newspaper
Are you one of those parents who's still trying to find activities for the kids this summer? Well let The Augusta Chronicle1s Newspaper in Education Department offer some summertime tips.
Story time
Kids age 8 and older, if you are looking for a great book this summer then you should read Bunnicula Strikes Again! As Bunnicula the ferocious vegetable sucking bunny tries to find his long lost mother, Chester the creepy cat tries to stop him dead in his tiny tracks with garlicÜthe only way to kill a vampire rabbit. But in the end Buunnicula and Chester become best buddies.
An idea that's tie-dye for!
The 70s may be all the rage now, but you have to wonder just how far nostalgia can go when it becomes an event for a kid's summertime backyard party.
Calendar
Got an event coming up? We'll be glad to post it in the Family Chronicles.
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Take back that Spatula!
It's 5:45. You stagger through the front door with a toddler attached to one leg. The dog leaps excitedly at your feet, anxious for a walk. The phone is ringing; the kids are hungry. You1d rather have a root canal than walk into the kitchen and contemplate what to fix for dinner, but the kids are beginning to recognize the days of the week by the night1s take-out boxes. When all you have to work with are frozen blocks of ice-meat, a bunch of mismatched cans, and less than two hours to fit in dinner, homework, and baths before bedtime, the only way to pull it off is to cook smart.
Put a little tomato in your life!
The average American eats 80 pounds of tomatoes per year. That's 320 pounds per family of four! Half of that is consumed by way of ketchup, but that is still a whole lot of tomatoes we Americans are eating annually. We eat more tomatoes than any other fruit or vegetable.
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