Tag: family
group name: publicradio
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July 02, 2007 09:53 AM EDT --
As of last week I now have a cell phone. More accurately, we have one cell phone for the family. I hope we only use it to cut long distance costs but I've already observed some strange, addict-like . . . more
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September 20, 2006 04:28 PM EDT --
Well, it has been a quiet week in mine. The neighbors are visible more, doing their various lawn tending chores and waving from their work with rakes, and brooms. Our neighbor to the north has been out . . . more
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April 14, 2008 11:12 AM EDT --
Are out-of-wedlock births no big deal? Or are they? I am listening to MPR's Midmorning and Kerri just introduced the topic:
Kids without marriage
As the rate of babies born out of . . . more
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March 29, 2007 09:27 AM EDT --
I heard that the University of Minnesota's Veterinary Continuing Education program will host a conference called Building a Bridge of Hope: Interdisciplinary Conference on Family Violence and Animal . . . more
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May 24, 2007 03:17 PM EDT --
Wait. I thought I was an adult. But, according to popular lingo, I am also "an adult child." It means that my mom still thinks of me as her kid. Thus she can say to me, . . . more
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August 02, 2007 07:23 PM EDT --
“Let’s just stop for dinner,” I begged from the back seat.
Our son was driving—we were headed home from our family canoe trip in the Boundary Waters Wilderness. We had . . . more
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April 05, 2008 02:29 PM EDT --
This has really stumpped me. Y'all know what I'm talking about right? The plot that the 3rd graders had come up with to kill their teacher.
I look at my own 8 year old and think "how does . . . more
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May 24, 2007 09:23 AM EDT --
In the latest "What are you reading?" discussion I noticed a few people mentioned reading aloud, myself included. It made me wonder how many people read aloud and how they do it.
Despite . . . more
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October 19, 2006 03:17 AM EDT --
With the innocuous title of "No Child Left Behind," children, schools, districts, local school boards, and state departments of education find themselves in the grip of a governmental . . . more
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February 13, 2007 11:35 AM EST --
From Minnesota Public Radio News feature Should Minnesota mandate cancer vaccine?:
Lawmakers at the state Capitol are debating whether to require 12-year-old girls to get a vaccine that prevents some . . . more
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November 05, 2007 09:49 AM EST --
MPR's Midday features a live event Wanted: Parents , the focus of a new documentary from American RadioWorks:
Every year, more than 24,000 American young people in foster care "age out." . . . more
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June 21, 2007 12:03 PM EDT --
I have been waiting for this day. The longest day of the year. I am sun starved, warmth starved, nap starved and today I can have them all--sun, warmth, and nap. I swim at a lake near my house each day . . . more
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October 25, 2006 09:22 PM EDT --
A gay marriage amendment has stalled in the Senate for the moment. So individual states have picked up the fight and Tennessee is no exception. Partisans have gone cuckoo on this issue to the point where . . . more
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October 22, 2006 06:15 PM EDT --
We offered our retired aunt a respite from the heat in Phoenix. This meant lining up local health-care providers and making the appropriate appointments. The other day, the dental secretary called to remind . . . more
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September 14, 2007 09:25 AM EDT --
Chat transcript follows.
Although you may have missed the chat, Robert Goolrick notes you can email him directly. "At inquiry@algonquin.com - they'll forward it to me."
MPR's Midmorning . . . more
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March 31, 2008 11:03 AM EDT --
Tomorrow is April 1. Turns out Minnesota Public Radio is wondering...Do you know where your children are? Better yet, do you know what they're plotting?
In the comments, share your best April . . . more
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March 05, 2008 04:04 PM EST --
Midmorning guests David and Nic Sheff joined us to chat online March 6. They took questions for 30 minutes after they appeared on the air here at Minnesota Public Radio.
From the show description: . . . more
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September 23, 2006 09:57 AM EDT --
What if Christians protested Islam? What if we marched the streets by the thousands and protested the killings of innocent people like nuns, priests and missionaries? What if when we marched we took signs . . . more
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July 14, 2007 01:36 PM EDT --
I'm enjoying the middle of summer today.
It's a bit unexpected to have my youngest daughter in bed. I thought we'd all be out at the Aquatennial, with my baby niece in tow, checking . . . more
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July 19, 2007 03:26 PM EDT --
I read an Associated Press article on Monday, July 16, 2007 (http://www.charleston.net/news/2007/jul/16/vacations_becoming_less_pervasive_americ10615/), which reports that vacations are becoming less pervasive . . . more
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