January 30th, 2006

Keeping Balanced

Sensible Mom notices that it’s past 3:00 and she hasn’t yet called the children inside for afternoon lessons.

Cool Mom reminds herself that a warmish day in the middle of a long winter is a rare treat, and that a normal school day is supposed to include gym class and recess.

Sensible Mom knows that the steering wheel inside the “Big Blue Truck” grocery cart is infested with stomach virus

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January 30th, 2006

Television Bleg

Okay, folks. I am soliciting sources for a new article about Catholic families and how they handle television. I am hoping to round up a number of families who “tame the television beast” in different ways. So, what do you do? Outlaw it altogether? Allow only PBS or Netflix? Do you make the kids earn TV time in some creative way? Come on, email me and share your genius!

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January 30th, 2006

Nutrition with Trish

(posted by Trish, our very own Catholic mom and nutritionist)

UPDATE ON ANTIOXIDANTS We have been hearing a lot about antioxidants and their possible health benefits. You know drink green tea, coffee and eat lots of chocolate, and be sure to take vitamin E and C because they are loaded with antioxidants which can help prevent heart disease and cancer. The theory on antioxidants was that free radicals cause cancer

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