Parenting & Family

• RDU Observation Park offers close-ups of planes

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  Discovered January 7, 2009 at 9:15 am

  If you have kids or never lost that childhood fascination with airplanes, then you should head over to the RDU Observation Park on a nice day. The Cary News has a feature story on the hidden park.

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• It’s January; we’re hungry.

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  Discovered January 6, 2009 at 9:17 am

  Local “freezer food” video reviewer Gregory Ng eats all the food I never get to have. If I buy it, my three sons and husband eat it before I get any. I love his reviews, especially in January when the gyms are full of hungry, resolute (for a while) people.

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• Worst Christmas Gift Ever?

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  Discovered December 19, 2008 at 3:01 pm

  I tried and tried to come up with something worse and couldn’t. Really, I tried. Your turn.

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• Do kids know how to call 911 on a cell phone?

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  Discovered December 19, 2008 at 2:45 pm

  Raleigh mom Iliana brings up a scary point in her guest post on Deep South Moms Blog. She suggests that small children may not realize that dialing 911 on a cell phone isn’t enough to get help. They also need to be taught to hit the talk button.

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• Polish up your crystal ball

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  Discovered December 16, 2008 at 10:45 am

  Everybody’s doing it. The News & Observer posted a recap of Pew and Elon College’s “Future of the Internet III” and included a bit about Triangle blogger Jeff Cohen, who is living the predictions…

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• Were you addicted to drugs when you were a child?

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  Discovered December 8, 2008 at 7:29 am

  As a youngster, I was guilty of sneaking an extra Flintstone vitamin or two because they tasted just like candy. I also used to sneak sips of the pink, bubble-gum flavored antibiotic that mom would keep in the fridge when I was sick. It was tasty. Glad to know I’m not the only kid who [...]

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• For Men: How to stay out of the doghouse during the holidays.

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  Discovered December 6, 2008 at 3:46 pm

  Here’s an interesting blog post from Bay Boomer, it says do everything to make your mate happy to avoid a few choice words with double meaning this holiday season. Men I understand about keeping the peace but hold your ground & you still should hear I love you at the end of the [...]

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• A dance to celebrate riding a bike for the first time

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  Discovered December 3, 2008 at 11:12 am

  Remember how exciting it was to ride your bike without training wheels for the first time? Well, it’s something that NBC17 anchor Donald Jones’ son recently experienced. Donald tells me that after it happened, his son’s entire demeanor changed. The day after he learned to ride two wheels, Donald’s son did this dance:

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• Here’s what happens when you take young children shopping on Black Friday

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  Discovered November 30, 2008 at 12:45 pm

  When you’re a kid, there’s nothing worse than your parents waking you up early for school, chores, or a family outing. Durham blogger Jeff Cohen’s kids faced a 6 a.m. wake up call on Black Friday. What’s more is Jeff captured their bleary-eyed shoe shopping adventure on video. Watch his three short clips for a [...]

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• What do you do when a sex offender moves into your neighborhood?

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  Discovered November 26, 2008 at 10:29 am

  When Bonnie Rochman checked her e-mail the other day, she was greeted by a message from her homeowners’ association. Apparently a sex offender had recently moved into their zipcode. The Raleigh mom did a little digging and found you can get free alerts about incoming sex offenders from http://www.ncfindoffender.gov/

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