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good: Playborhoods: Why Children Playing Street Games Is the...

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:01:23 -0400

Playborhoods: Why Children Playing Street Games Is the Best Measure of a Healthy Neighborhood
- Mike Lanza wrote in Education, Living and Cities

Many decades ago, neighborhoods were bustling with life. They were also bustling with children playing in groups, with no adults supervising them. Today, most neighborhoods are dead boring, and it’s difficult, if not impossible, to find children playing in them.

All this is no mere coincidence. Children have always been the most prominent people in neighborhoods. In fact, in many ways, children have always acted as the catalysts for neighborhood life. In my childhood neighborhood in the Pittsburgh suburbs back in the 1960s and 70s, my activities with friends were constantly pulling my parents and my friends’ parents together. They’d call each other to discuss one kid eating or sleeping at another’s house, and then they’d end up chatting about other things.

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Kynley In The Leaves by Suzanne Pyle Photography on Flickr.

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Kynley In The Leaves by Suzanne Pyle Photography on Flickr.

Strawberry Tiger Cubs

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Strawberry Tiger Cubs

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reuters: Check out our Earth Day slideshow, celebrating our...

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:01:17 -0400

reuters:

Check out our Earth Day slideshow, celebrating our humble planet in twenty stunning pictures.

Photo: REUTERS/NASA/Handout

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mothernaturenetwork: 2013’s updated Dirty Dozen produce...

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 13:01:16 -0400

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2013’s updated Dirty Dozen produce list

Each year, the Environmental Working Group ranks supermarket produce by its pesticide load. The top offenders become the Dirty Dozen, the fruits and vegetables you should consider buying in their organic form.

caseymac: Sitka, AK—Casey Mac Photo

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Sitka, AK
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mothernaturenetwork: 7 real-life human cyborgs See how bionic...

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 11:01:28 -0400

mothernaturenetwork:

7 real-life human cyborgs

See how bionic technology has enhanced people’s lives with everything from robotic limbs to electronic eyes.

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garden-of-vegan: rosemary foccacia pizza with tomato sauce,...

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 11:01:28 -0400

garden-of-vegan:

rosemary foccacia pizza with tomato sauce, mushrooms, green bell pepper, tomato, onion, jalepeño, black olives, and daiya cheddar-style shreds

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Macro: ladybird by lenscapbob on Flickr.

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Macro: ladybird by lenscapbob on Flickr.

parentsmagazine: Our hearts are still aching for the victims of...

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:02:37 -0400

parentsmagazine:

Our hearts are still aching for the victims of the Boston Marathon explosions. Use these tips to talk to your kids about the tragedy as the details continue to emerge.

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adorablechildren: first swim by elizabethpfaff on Flickr.

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 15:01:40 -0400

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first swim by elizabethpfaff on Flickr.

Sesame Street: More Tragic Times, Helping Families Cope

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 15:01:40 -0400

Sesame Street: More Tragic Times, Helping Families Cope:

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Once again families are coping with how to explain tragic and scary news events to their children. This time the news is in regards to two explosions that occurred near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. For those living in the affected areas, these are particularly stressful and anxious…