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My 10-year-old daughter is starting middle school next year, and she needs to learn to be more responsible for her belongings ...

WOODBINE — Borough children continued their drive to raise money for kids in areas hit by hurricanes, while at the same time cleaning streets of litter and trash. “The strangest things we’ve ...

She grew up just a few houses down from him on E ... there were early signs of what was to come. The kids on the street "played Mass," Boblink said, using props to represent the hosts.

Kids can do a lot of chores at an early stage, McIntire says. For example, getting clothes to the laundry or cleaning up after dinner. "We hold back too long because we think they ought to be ...