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things to do

- Thanksgiving Week at Plimoth Plantation
- Teen Vacation Workshops in Boston
- 16th Annual Festival of Trees in Methuen

Family Filmgoer
One might want to dismiss "The Blind Side" as just a phony feel-good story in which an African-American youngster from the projects is rescued by idealistic white people and given a bright future. In this case, however, the story happens to be true and it's mighty involving and entertaining, even if director/screenwriter John Lee Hancock lays it on a little thick.
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10-year-old refuses to say Pledge of Allegiance until everyone has equal rights
November 23, 2009A 10-year-old Arkansas boy is refusing to say the Pledge of Allegiance at school until our country does a better job of living up to its ideals. "I looked at the end and it said 'with liberty and justice for...
Boys will be boys, and that's OK
November 23, 2009For this month's Books We Like installment, I offer up one that made me less worried about raising a serial killer. The Way of Boys: Raising Healthy Boys in a Challenging and Complex World by Anthony Rao tells moms...

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While She Naps
I've had this book, Soft Animals A to Z by Carolyn Vosburg Hall, for a while, and although I'd read all the patterns I had never sewn anything from it.
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more news & features
- Surfing the Net with kids: Finding books
- Jon & Kate to end stormy run
- State to get millionth dose of H1N1 vaccine
- UN says more children in school and fewer dying
- Many parents inaccurately claim college tax credit
- Students urge Mass. lawmakers to act on bullying
- Ungrateful teen in your house? You're not alone
- Breast screening advice upended
- Early lack of fear may set stage for later crime
- Soldier mom refuses deployment to care for baby
- Kids should not be seen or heard in theater
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barbara's mailbag

Santa-phobia
My 3-1/2-year-old son is afraid of Santa - so much so that he doesn't want Santa to come to our house even if it means foregoing presents.
-- O's mom, Needham
-- O's mom, Needham

Voices
Mom vs. Mom
Anxiety fuels mom competition to score swine flu shots for their kids.

Parenting Traps
Family tradition that doesn't try too hard
Traditions dont have to be as contrived as a mushy side dish. Sometimes they just happen.

Sunday's Child

Angel hopes for a family to buoy his dreams
Jaws fans wanted! Angel loves learning about animals, especially sharks, and says great whites are his favorite kind.

Early education and care
The state Department of Early Education and Care lists all licensed programs - family child care, center-based and school-age.
The National Association for the Education of Young Children, whose accrediting process of center-based programs and preschools is a widely-accepted proxy for quality, lists accredited programs.



