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Apple of Your Eye

It’s apple-picking season. Head out to a local farm to stock up. We found a few farms and orchards in our area that you can explore with your family. Baugher’s Orchards & Farm Market 1015 Baugher Road, Westminster At Baugher’s, apple pickers can hop on a wagon for a scenic …

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Help! My Child Is a Picky Eater

“Ewww!” “That looks nasty!” “I don’t want it!” If you’ve ever heard your child say these phrases in response to a meal you’ve prepared, then you’re not alone. Help is here. A Stanford Infant Growth Study revealed upward of 22% of children ages 3 to 11 were classified as picky …

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‘Zeke’s New Glasses’

When I found out my spirited 4-year-old son Zeke needed glasses at a routine doctor’s appointment, I immediately started my campaign to hype him up about how cool glasses are and how much fun it will be to pick out frames. He was not convinced. We borrowed every children’s book …

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Soothing Separation Anxiety for Your Pandemic Pets

Whenever Adam Lopuch would leave his house to pick up food, drive the baby to day care or mow the lawn, his Labrador retriever, Bella, would go nuts. She’d bark nonstop. She’d jump on the windowsill, sometimes scratching off the paint. She’d pant. After Lopuch and his wife, Abbie, got …

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