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Goodwill’s GoodGuides Program Recruiting for School-Based Mentoring

Aug 02, 2016 11:18AM

Goodwill Industries of Southern Arizona’s GoodGuides youth mentoring program seeks to partner supportive adults with at-risk youth, to help ...

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Growing Up Empowered: Helping Kids Step into Their Best Selves

Jul 29, 2016 10:30AM ● By Judith Fertig

We build confidence in our children by encouraging their unique strengths, fostering their dreams, allowing healthy risks and engaging them in community service.

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Delayed Kindergarten Reduces Attention Deficit: Reason to Push Back Starting School

Jul 29, 2016 08:50AM

Danish children that start kindergarten at age 6 instead of 5 are far less likely to be inattentive or hyperactive five years later.

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Prenatal Sun Exposure Lowers Asthma Risk: Increased Vitamin D Reduces Likelihood

Jul 29, 2016 08:50AM

Perhaps because of the natural vitamin D supplied by sunlight, researchers found that children are less likely to have asthma if their mothers lived in a sunny location during the second trimester of pregnancy.

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Young Adult Insomnia Linked to Chronic Pain: Lack of Sleep Early On Leads to Complications Later in Life

Jul 29, 2016 08:50AM

About two in five Dutch adults between the ages of 19 and 22 that reported problems sleeping had chronic pain three years later.

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LOL TTYL: Hope for a New Generation

Jul 29, 2016 08:50AM

Despite their bad press, youngsters born between 1980 and 2000 are just as ambitious and tenacious as their parents and grandparents, new data shows.

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Yay for Play: Ways to Spark a Child’s Creativity

Jul 29, 2016 08:50AM ● By April Thompson

Creativity can be not only nurtured, but taught. When children engage in imaginary play and exploration, they build thinking skills, patience and resiliency.

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Free Movies and Popcorn at The Loft Cinema

Jun 30, 2016 11:27PM

The Loft Cinema will host its tenth annual Loft Kids Fest

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Why is My Child Always Hunched Over?

Jun 30, 2016 11:12PM

Many parents say, “My child is always hunched over and it drives me crazy.”

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Mom’s Kitchen Counter Cooking School: Kids That Learn to Cook Grow Up Eating Healthier

Jun 30, 2016 08:57AM ● By Jen Haugen

Cooking is a skill passed along from mother to child, which is why it’s important to spend time in the kitchen teaching our children how to measure, pour and stir.

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ADHD Meds Weaken Kids’ Bones: Prescription Medicine Linked to Osteopenia

Jun 30, 2016 08:13AM

In a recent study, at least 25 percent of children between 8 and 17 taking such ADHD meds as Ritalin and Focalin were found to have osteopenia, early bone loss.

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Dad Matters: How to be the Father Kids Need

May 31, 2016 08:09AM ● By Armin Brott

When a dad is highly involved, the kids turn out to be smarter, more motivated and successful plus less likely to get into trouble.

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Glamour and Boudoir Photography at Artistic Images Studio

May 01, 2016 08:43PM

Eric Smith, owner of Artistic Images Studio, is offering discounted Glamour and Boudoir photography shoots

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Seniors, Teens and Tykes: Enriching Programs Unite the Generations

Apr 29, 2016 09:02AM ● By Linda Sechrist

Booming numbers of both seniors and youngsters offer new opportunities for the two generations to learn from each other.

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Magnesium Improves Childbirth for Mother and Newborn: Reduces Fevers and Complications

Apr 29, 2016 08:02AM

Women given magnesium sulfate during childbirth suffered only half the number of fevers compared to a control group and their newborns had fewer complications.

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