Watching my 2-year-old clapping his little hands and bopping his head at his first concert, I remembered the magic of watching your child take in something new.
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An iPod and a bottle of wine. That's what my son wanted for his third birthday. Ummm...
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Whoever designed Chicago's pay-to-park box system has never traveled with young kids
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I see a lot of potential in my little stretch of Chicago, and no, thank you very much, I do not want a pawn shop on the corner.
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Spring for us this year mean lots of travel - our 5-year-old is already "packing his wallet" to "buy some stuff" in Paris.
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Just when you think you can't bear to spend another winter in this city, summer comes along and makes it all worth it. Here's what I can't wait for.
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The issue with a Chicago public school's decision to ban home-packed lunches isn't that it's overstepping its bounds. It's that it's failing to teach.
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A. Montgomery Ward Park, or Erie Park #511, is the go-to destination when your toddler has just about had it with running around your two-bedroom condo.
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When my family decides they need a calmer (read: nicer) version of me, they send me to Om on the Range, a yoga studio owned by two Chicago sisters.
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They don't give away doo-dads, they don't do vibrating massages, they don't wear cute uniforms, but they do give a boy a darn good haircut.
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