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Is your child gifted?
For some parents, getting a child into the gifted program is akin to winning a gold medal in the academic Olympics. It’s a label parents and some students crave as much for the prestige as the potential for higher learning. Educators say parents who clamor to get the inside track on gifted testing should consider whether it’s really right for their child. BY JULIE LANDRY LAVIOLETTE, MomsMiami.com Read...read more...// //Balancing Act: Mom cops
Move over Jon & Kate, let The Police Women of Broward County show you how real women raise kids -- and work. Smack in the middle of the debate about whether it is possible for women to have it all comes TLC's new series that sets out to capture the reality of women in law enforcement. It follows the lives of four ordinary women who alternately shuttle kids to school and, by the way, bust up drug...read more...// //Catch 'Mother Load' in Broward
If you've ever eaten Vienna sausages over the sink while you nuked chicken nuggets for the kids' dinner or pulled a class T-shirt from the dirty clothes for your child to wear on a field trip, you can probably relate to the comedy of Amy Wilson. The New York writer and actress, mother to kids ages 6, 4½ and 1½, BY JULIE LANDRY LAVIOLETTE. Read Julie's blog on saving money, Talk About...read more...// //Big baby expo this weekend
Despite the sour economy, consumers are still spending on kids. The American Baby & Family Expo this weekend (March 7-8) is counting on that continued interest. It will take place at the Broward County Convention Center in Fort Lauderdale, with more than 100 exhibitors showcasing new products and child care information. GO, CRAWLERS, GO! Go to our Video page to watch a warm-up diaper derby held Friday at...read more...// //Broward moms hit Sundance
BY DAVIA MAZUR , Special to The Miami Herald Think of Sundance Film Festival, and you might conjure impeccable mountain scenery, knee-deep powder, A-list stars, and expensive restaurants requiring reservations months in advance. Is this any place for seven South Florida suburban moms? Well, yes. And we're going back. OK, so maybe we didn't make all the super-cool private parties. But in a single week we saw a...read more...// //Fewer South Florida couples divorcing
BY TAYLOR BARNES, tbarnes@MiamiHerald.com As the national economy takes a downturn and homes become harder to sell, another measure of American life is on the decline in South Florida. In Miami-Dade County, almost 1,300 fewer divorces were filed from January through May this year than in the same time period in 2007, a decrease of about 18 percent, according to Zoila Miranda, the court operations...read more...// //Where to catch the fireworks
Live music, barbecues, picnics at the beach, even cruises are among the many ways South Florida will celebrate the Fourth of July on Friday. Check out some of the highlights from all over Miami-Dade and Broward at Miami.com. A local doctor and professor of pediatrics offers some fireworks safety tips in her blog. Where is your favorite spot to watch fireworks? And how do you deal with little ones who are afraid of...read more...// //Drowning tragedy turns to crusade
On that Saturday, Shirley Harold left her Lauderhill home to run errands. It was an ordinary afternoon, the house abuzz with friends and family, including her 2-year-old great-grandson, who was napping. While she was gone, little J'Mari Jeremiah Johnson somehow wandered into the back yard and drowned in the unfenced pool -- a toddler dead in a place meant for play. Since then, four more children in Broward...read more...// //Mothers of the missing
The wooden armoire greeting visitors in the doorway of Cecile Rahn's Pompano Beach home displays framed snapshots of life's happiest moments. A family embracing at Christmas time. A portrait of her oldest daughter. Her granddaughter's wedding day. Not around are photos of Peggy -- Rahn's blonde, blue-eyed, freckle-faced daughter. In Davie, Kay Stevenson still keeps a school picture...read more...// //Schools may ban energy drinks
BY NIRVI SHAH, nshah@MiamiHerald.com Four teenagers from Falcon Cove Middle School in Weston were taken to a hospital emergency room this month, their hearts racing and bodies dripping with sweat. The substance that sent them there was the energy and weight-loss drink Redline, which packs all the caffeine of coffee, and more: Its half-dozen added ingredients are claimed to lift mood and energy levels,...read more...Broward leads FCAT resistance
BY NIRVI SHAH, nshah@miamiherald.com It started out a decade ago as a simple test, but the FCAT has become a high-stakes trial that determines a school's reputation -- and a frenzied academic culture has evolved to handle it. Diplomas, grade-level promotions and teacher bonuses ride on the annual exams in reading, writing, math and science. Instructors lob practice questions at students all year long. Students are rewarded...read more...
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