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Report Targets Graduation Rates for Students With Learning Disabilities

Report Targets Graduation Rates for Students With Learning Disabilities

A new report finds widely varying high school graduation rates for students with specific learning disabilities and recommends against making tracking decisions for these students as early as elementary school.
Eric Kimmel: On Children’s Books, Getting Kids to Read and His Love of Writing

Eric Kimmel: On Children’s Books, Getting Kids to Read and His Love of Writing

Eric Kimmel is the award-winning author of more than 50 books, including Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins. In this interview with the PJ Library in western Massachusetts, Kimmel talks about writing, getting kids to read and the future of books.
Making Sense of Your Child’s Dreams

Making Sense of Your Child’s Dreams

Everyone dreams. Ever wonder what your children dream or how they dream, given that they have limited life experience? Here's a closer look at children's dreams and how to handle night terrors and nightmares.
Parents Continuing to Give Young Children Cold Medicine, Despite Warnings

Parents Continuing to Give Young Children Cold Medicine, Despite Warnings

A new poll of parents finds that more than 40 percent are giving their very young children over the counter cough and cold medicines to relieve cold symptoms, despite federal warnings against this.
Birthing YOUR Way: Labor and Delivery Trends

Birthing YOUR Way: Labor and Delivery Trends

Standards of care in labor and delivery at Massachusetts hospitals have changed in recent years, from how medication is used to when doctors will induce labor to what happens to the baby immediately after birth.
Wanted: Foster Parents

Wanted: Foster Parents

Massachusetts currently has a shortage of families willing to take in a foster child. If you've ever considered being a foster parent, here's what you need to know.
Talking to Kids About the Boston Marathon Bombings

Talking to Kids About the Boston Marathon Bombings

How do you talk with your kids about something as frightening as terrorism, especially when it happens so close to home? In the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings, here's some advice from the head nurse at Boston's Franciscan Children's Hospital.
Slow Cooker Chicken Fiesta (with Carrots)

Slow Cooker Chicken Fiesta (with Carrots)

Cook up some Slow Cooker Chicken Fiesta with Carrots in this recipe from The Dinner Daily!
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