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Eye on Education: Vision Therapy and Success in the Classroom

Sarah Mortensen
31 Jul, 2019

With a new school year just around the corner, families are going through the checklist to get ready for school: shopping for new backpacks, shoes, and even new glasses to match the threads! What I recently discovered is that some eye doctors are trained to evaluate children’s vision beyond an eye glasses prescription. “August is… Read More

Kids in the Kitchen: Part One of a Three-part Series on Cooking with Kids

Perry Perkins
31 Jul, 2019

I’ll let you in on a little secret, but only if you promise to tell everybody . . . The number one way to overcome Picky Eater Syndrome (and the parental guilt that often accompanies it) is to teach children how to cook. Kids are far more likely to try something new if they prepared… Read More

Care, Compassion and Grit: Kids Benefit from Raising Animals

Vivian Mattila Walikainen
31 Jul, 2019

Baaing, mooing, and chirping sounds fill the animal barns at the Clark County Fair. Fans whir as dust swirls and sweat drips down happy faces. These faces belong to youngsters who have worked long and hard to prepare their animals for the Fair, and who have benefitted deeply from caring for animals. Siblings Walter (10),… Read More

Renaissance Dad: Softening the Back-to-School Blow

Perry Perkins
31 Jul, 2019

Let’s face it: no one enjoys coming back from vacation. It’s no different for our kids. Expecting a child to transition from the hedonistic joys of summer vacation to the regimented disciple of school is like asking a newlywed to come home from their honeymoon to three kids, two dogs, and a broken water-heater. In… Read More

Pet Microchipping: Turning Lost into Found

Nomi Berger
30 Jul, 2019

Millions of pets go missing each year. Unfortunately, very few of them are ever reunited with their owners. Many of them become and remain strays. Others are taken to pounds or shelters, where they are all too often, euthanized. The luckier ones are saved by rescue organizations and ultimately placed in adoptive homes. But it… Read More

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