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Spending leisure time outside during the summer should be Priority #1. Being outdoors, even for just a half an hour or so, is healthy for the body, soul, and mind. A walk after supper, a game of catch with the kids, gardening, a picnic in the park: all provide vitamins you don’t get from a
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Young people today are experiencing a dating crisis. According to a February report by the Institute for Family Studies (IFS), only 31% of young adults are active daters (defined as going on at least one date per month). Three-quarters of women and two-thirds of men in the survey have dated only a few times or not at
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Every once in a while, a piece of writing strikes me like lightning illuminating a dark landscape. In her essay, “Sunlight Through Stained Glass,” Monica Seeley recounts the descent of her older sister into the dungeons of Alzheimer’s, yet that brief synopsis hides the lightning of her prose. While still in elementary school, Seeley lost both
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Earlier this year, YouTuber Jesse Ridgway and his wife decided to legally kill their child due to his high chance of being born with a disability. Genetic testing, which is notoriously faulty, claimed the baby had an extra chromosome and would have Down Syndrome, an abnormality that often results in shorter lifespan, developmental issues, and
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Second Lady Usha Vance just announced her annual summer reading challenge for the nation’s children in grades K–8. According to Vance, the challenge is simple, requiring children to read only 12 books over the summer in order to receive several prizes and a chance to visit the White House. In a time when only a third of the
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While recently visiting my daughter’s house to celebrate the high school graduation of my twin granddaughters, I mentioned Gelett Burgess’ collection of poems for children, “Goops and How to Be Them.” Instantly the two graduates, a couple of their siblings, and my daughter chanted in unison that book’s first poem, “Table Manners.” The Goops they
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