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All About Food Allergies in Babies and Children

All About Food Allergies in Babies and Children Food allergies affect around 8% of children in America. Learn about the causes, symptoms, and whether you can prevent food allergies when starting solids. By Kaitlin Bell It’s estimated that food allergies affect up to 8% of children in America, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). That’s about one out of…

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Benjamin Franklin Elementary’s Math

Benjamin Franklin Elementary’s Math By: Sarah Mervosh MERIDEN, Conn. — It’s just after lunchtime, and Dori Montano’s fifth-grade math class is running on a firm schedule. In one corner of the classroom, Ms. Montano huddles with a small group of students, working through a lesson about place value: Is 23.4 or 2.34 the bigger number? Nearby, other students collaborate to…

Turning Pages: Inside Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library

Turning Pages: Inside Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library How a core team of 15 and thousands of volunteers and partners help the country-music philanthropist deliver books to kids around the world By Stephen L. Betts Dolly Parton is many things to so many people: singer-songwriter, actress, humorist, icon. But to nearly 2 million kids around the world, she’s their librarian. Since 1995,…

American Girl’s 1st Chinese-American “Girl of the Year”

For more than 35 years, American Girl has been creating dolls that reflect the lives of real girls and this year, the company’s “Girl of the Year” gives representation to Asian-American girls. The new American Girl doll is Corinne Tan, a Chinese-American girl that comes from a blended family. As with all American Girl characters, Corinne comes with a book series. But…

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