family cars

6 Family-Friendly Cars

By Jennifer Jensen | September 3, 2018 | Articles , Life
Buying a family-friendly  car can be daunting — there are just so many different types of vehicles to choose from these days. When choosing a car, you need to determine what the most important features are for your family. Do you want the safest car? One with the latest technology? One that gets the best

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Benefits of Reading as a Family

By Giggle Magazine | August 20, 2018 | Blog
By Natalie Richoux There are numerous benefits of reading: strengthens the brain, improves health, and has an influence over the decisions we make in real life. With so many wonderful benefits, we should all be reading each day, but reading with your family has even more benefits! So, read this blog together or grab a

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Germs of Backpacks, Lunchboxes and Water Bottles

By Jessica Franklin | August 9, 2018 | Health
Every person with a school-aged child knows that the back to school season is often shortly followed by the start of a new cold and flu season. Children are once again going to be in close quarters with 20–30 of their peers and all the germs they bring with them! But have you considered that

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Type 1 Diabetes

Our Life With Type 1 Diabetes: Surviving the First Year

By Karen Perrin | November 14, 2016 | Articles
Conor, one of our sons, was 9 years old when he was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes (T1D), an autoimmune disease that leaves patients unable to regulate their blood sugar levels without giving themselves tightly controlled doses of insulin. Looking back at the weeks prior to his diagnosis, we had noticed some changes in his

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