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Good news for stay-at-home moms

January 3, 2007 – 5:09 am

In a study funded in part by the charity Cancer Research UK, 218,169 women from nine European countries were followed for an average of a little over six years to track the benefits of different kinds of exercise in preventing breast cancer.
Pre-menopausal women who did housework were found to be about 30% less likely to [...]

By Dana Hanley | Posted in health, parenting | Comments (2)

Carnival of Homeschooling’s paper anniversary and reading to dogs

January 3, 2007 – 4:20 am

It is the Carnival of Homeschooling’s paper anniversary. As my son seems to be reaching some of the early literacy milestones which signify that he may be ready to begin learning letter-sound relationships, I have been thinking more about the process of learning to read. There are so many programs out there [...]