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Affordable Family Vacations

How to plan your travels -- and stick to a budget.

By: Karen Springen
May 15, 2012
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How to save money -- and still go on a memorable family vacation this summer.

Plan ahead, budget -- and avoid Griswold-like problems on your summer family vacation.
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Cultivate a Green Garden

Green thumbs: how your family can grow healthy, eco-friendly plants.

By: Karen Springen
April 16, 2012
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Butterflies like green gardens filled with crabapples, like this one.

How your family can grow healthy, environmentally friendly plants.
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Wow Your Kids with Your Hunger Games Knowledge!

Tell them author Suzanne Collins previously wrote children's TV shows -- and more.

By: Karen Springen
March 23, 2012
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Liam Hemsworth (Gale), Amandla Stenberg (Rue), and Josh Hutcherson (Peeta) appear at Barnes & Noble at The Grove in Los Angeles on March 22.

Whether you have read 'The Hunger Games' or not, you can impress your kids with trivia about the books and movie.
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iPod Playlists and Your Family

How you arrange your songs may change your mood and even your mental health.

By: Karen Springen
March 21, 2012
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Does the Rolling Stones' "You Can't Always Get What You Want" belong on your "go for it" playlist?

How you arrange your songs may change your mood and even your mental health.
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Live Children's Theater: Add a Show to Your Spring Break Calendar

Beyond Broadway: See local musicals and plays with your kids and grandkids.

By: Karen Springen
March 18, 2012
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 Actress Julianne Moore appears with actress Hayley Podschun, who plays her in the off-Broadway musical adaptation of her 2007 children’s picture book, “Freckleface Strawberry.”


 

Why not book tickets to see children's theater productions over spring break?
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Green Celebrities (Part Two)

It's not easy being green. But from driving Priuses to installing solar panels, these stars are at least giving it a go.

By: Karen Springen
March 6, 2012
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With Earth Day around the corner on April 22, take a look at celebrities who are trying to be environmentally friendly.

Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart
Luciana Barroso and Matt Damon
George Clooney and Stacy Keibler
Alec Baldwin
Woody Harrelson and his wife
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Green Celebrities (Part One)

It's not easy being green. But from driving Priuses to installing solar panels, these stars are at least giving it a go.

By: Karen Springen
March 5, 2012
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With Earth Day around the corner on April 22, take a look at celebrities who are trying (some more successfully than others) to be environmentally friendly.

Jon Bon Jovi and his family
Julia Roberts
Trudie Styler and Sting
Robert Redford
Gwyneth Paltrow
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Is Your Family Reading Enough?

In the spirit of Read Across America Day and Dr. Seuss, who would have turned 108 today, become a bookworm family!

By: Karen Springen
March 2, 2012
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Jessica Alba at a Read Across America event last year.Source: Getty Images

Actress Jessica Alba attends a kickoff event for the National Education Association’s  Read Across America Day at the Library of Congress last March 2.


 

In the spirit of Read Across America Day and Dr. Seuss, who would have turned 108 today, become a bookworm family!
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Passing on a Love of Crochet, Needlepoint, and Other Crafts

Sharing the joy of do-it-yourself projects with your kids.

By: Karen Springen
February 22, 2012
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Be a family that sews together!Source: Getty Images

Chat while you and your kids sew or take on other craft projects.

Share the joy of crochet, needlepoint, and other crafts with your kids.
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How to Add Fun to Your Family Life

For starters, stop thinking about parenting as a job.

By: Karen Springen
February 10, 2012
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Cyndi Lauper – married to David Thornton (with her here) and the mom to a 14-year-old son, Declyn -- famously sang “Girls Just Want to Have Fun.” Families just want to have fun, too.


 

Stop thinking of parenting as a job. Add fun to your family life.
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