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  • Prof Patty
  • January 20, 2022January 20, 2022

Want to help kids thrive? Focus on these 5 aspects of health

By Lois M. Collins@Loisco  Jan 4, 2022, 10:00pm MST While experts have known for years that children do best when they get plenty of sleep, a new study from BYU published in the jour

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  • Kintsugi
  • December 24, 2021December 24, 2021

Smart Gifts for Children

magazine subscriptions Food Network magazine The Week Junior Sports Illustrated Kids National Geographic Kids Ladybug Girls Life Zoobooks Time for Kids Faces Ranger Rick Highlights for Kids Crazy F

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NY Times

  • F.D.A. Commissioner Marty Makary Resigns After Weeks of Pressure
  • Mysterious Meddling in Democratic Primaries Has G.O.P. Fingerprints
  • Wildfires Strike Florida, Georgia and America’s ‘Wood Basket’
  • Hegseth to Accompany Trump on Trip to China
  • Student Is Fatally Stabbed in University of Washington Housing Complex

NPR

  • 24 hours with 3 teenage birders: Welcome to the World Series of Birding
  • 'We're dry:' The new U.S. Wildland Fire Service prepares for extreme fire season
  • UFO files spanning decades are released by Defense Department
  • Rooted in nature, 'Silent Friend' will change the way you see the trees
  • David Attenborough celebrates his 100th birthday

The Progressive

  • Protect the Rights of Students with Disabilities
  • Rats, Ruins, and the Theft of Tranquility
  • Showing Up, Shutting It Down
  • Politesse for Modern Politics
  • La Follette’s Struggle to Oppose World War I

FactCheck.org

  • Republicans Repeat Problematic Estimate of Medication Abortion Harms
  • Kennedy Denies the One Big Beautiful Bill Act’s Spending Cuts to Medicaid
  • Democratic Ad Attacks Collins on Healthcare, Iran War
  • RFK Jr.’s Unsupported Claims About Tylenol-Autism Study He Called ‘Garbage’
  • Definition of ‘86’ at the Heart of Comey Indictment

Snopes.com

  • Did CDC fire cruise ship inspectors under RFK Jr. in 2025? We investigated
  • Does image show bald eagle attacking furry for defiling veterans memorial? Don't be fooled
  • Will Trump profit from Palm Beach airport being renamed after him? What we know
  • Is golden statue of Trump real? Yes, but posts got location wrong
  • Did Trump once post Mother's Day message about 'radical left fascists, Marxists and communists'?

Tradeoffs

  • Call to Mind: The Fifth Branch
  • Doctors Hated the No Surprises Act. Now Some Are Getting Rich Off of It.
  • New York Braces for Trump's Big Medicaid Shakeup
  • Should People Who Want GLP-1s Have to Work for Them?
  • High Health Care Costs Are Fueling a New Fight Over Old Laws
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