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How to Find or Start Playgroups

by Julie Z. Rosenberg, Posted Nov 2nd 2010 4:00PM

Playgroups can help cure a case of cabin fever. Credit: Getty Images
Think you might lose it if your little one asks you to play Candy Land one more time? Was your last trip out of the house a visit to your child's pediatrician ... more than ...Cabin fever, going stir crazy -- whatever you call it -- can be a recipe for disastrous parenting. What you need is a playgroup, because, let's be honest, they're as much for the parents as they are for the kids.
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The Joys of the Neighbourhood Playgroup

by Carrie Snyder, Posted Feb 5th 2010 12:05PM

It's 9:30 on a Wednesday morning, and the older children have made their way to school. The smell of fresh-brewed coffee wafts through our house. A loaf of banana bread, baked and frozen last week, has been thawed and sliced, and sits on a plate ...
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A Little More: Everyday miracles

by Jennifer Graf Groneberg, Posted Jun 5th 2008 8:00AM

My son Bennett, who is 4-years-old-going on 5, has a habit of saying, "It's a miracle!" Sometimes he says it of things that, to me, don't seem particularly miraculous, like when we find the missing rain boot, or when the VCR finishes rewinding, or ...
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Tea and toast banned from playgroup

by Kristin Darguzas, Posted Feb 12th 2007 7:30AM

I thought the brouhaha about Mom's having a cocktail at playgroup was ridiculous, but the ban of tea and toast at a British playgroup is truly perplexing. Tea and toast, for the love of Pete! What could be less controversial than tea and toast? A ...
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A playgroup for Hispanic families

by Rachel Mosteller, Posted Oct 31st 2006 4:05PM

There's a growing population of parents joining playgroups, though what they are joining for is a bit different. While many parents join to help their children learn to interact with other kids, women in one Virginia playgroup are there to learn ...
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