It’s Jamie Hurst DeLuna from Avant Garde Parenting, here to share an idea that will hopefully encourage you and your youngsters to talk with each other! A while ago I was having a conversation with a friend about her car radio breaking. She was complaining about not being able to hear traffic and news and just her poor excuse for a car in general. Then she paused. ‘You know,’ she said, ‘I do talk to my kids a lot more in the car now that our other alternative is silence.’

The demand for affordable housing for people with disabilities is growing. More and more individuals and families are looking for places to live within the general community – private homes, group homes, apartments, and such – rather than in institutional settings or agency operated/ dependent housing units where they have little or no control over the services and supports they receive.

I attended the 2009 Society for Research in Child Development conference in Denver, where over 6500 people gathered to learn about the latest research on children’s development. As I walked around the exhibit hall, a certain poster caught my eye.

Local Proud is all about promoting and supporting locally-owned, independent businesses. It’s about making your hard-earned money go further, fueling the local economy, and helping to preserve the unique character of where you live.

For those of you unfamiliar with what a Locavore is, here at Local Proud we want to keep you informed. Here is the complete explanation, according to Wikipedia...

Dogs, like humans, are highly social animals and this similarity in their overall behavioral pattern accounts for their train-ability, playfulness, and ability to fit into human households and social situations.

Here are several ways to get started on your way to eating locally grown and locally produced food.

1. Frequent your farmers market. Find a local farmers market, grab some reusable bags, and head down to find local, in season fruit and vegetables from local farmers...