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Clean listening

Have you ever really stopped and listened to lyrics like those in Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines” or Jason Derulo’s...

Joyful noise

John D’earth was about 4 when his father—“a great listener, but not a musician”—taught him an important lesson about...

Mentor shift

Most kids use their Wii remotes to race cars or battle bad guys while playing games on their TV. C’erra Rhodes uses...

Against the wind

For me, parenting is often about managing my own expectations. I get all fired up about some idealized vision I...

Sound the alarm

In the wake of the January Keswick fire that took the lives of a woman and her two children in mid-January,...

Buckle up

Remembering the facts about car safety can be a daunting task. But keeping your child safe while riding in the car is...

Mama ride

Time for a mom car? If even the thought of a minivan has you imagining the smell of stale French fries, you’ve got...

Karma’s a diva

Since my first role at the tender age of 8, when I played the pivotal character of Fourth Building Block in a...

Countries’ cookin’

“We may have bought the wrong kind of seaweed,” is not a typical statement you’d read in a blog from a 15-year-old,...

A room of one’s own

We love the nursery of local photographer Andrea Hubbell’s son, Clyde. With an eye for design, she’s kept the room...