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When you enter the big corner room at Wichita State University’s Child Development Center you’ll find a room where laughter, learning and love are always present.
You’ll find more than a dozen preschoolers reading books, having circle time, paintin...
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It happens to you every time. You resolve to get fit at the start of the New Year, you work out regularly and then you lose steam. You revert to old habits, exercising whenever you feel like it. The primary cause of your behavior: not a lacof self-discipl...
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Feature a Teacher: A Wichita Family series that introduces readers to area teachers who are making a difference. If you would like to submit a teacher’s name for Wichita Family to consider for a future Feature a Teacher article, email jessica@wichitaf...
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The holiday season is a perfect time for families to come together to give to those in need.
Wichita is full of opportunities for families and individuals to offer their generosity and share their time and resources. Despite the tough economic times, gen...
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The traditions you create and carry on with your friends and family make the holidays an extra special time of the year. Remember when you were growing up, what a thrill it was to bundle up in your hat, scarf and mittens, pile in the car with your family ...
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by Jessica Lindsey
Chris has been in foster care for nearly three years. He is very happy with his foster care family and is grateful for all they've done for him. But he's 16 years old and has four little sisters in foster care spread between three h...
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Fall is the perfect time to enjoy being together as a family thanks to the cooler temperatures, beautiful colors, and activities a-plenty! Take advantage of this wonderful time of year with these 10 family activities.
1. Go for a nature walk. Pick up col...
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On Dec. 22, 2005, Amanda and Josh Bowers welcomed their second child into the world, a beautiful little girl named Glory Rochelle.
It hadn't been a typical pregnancy and it was anything but a typical birth day.
"At 13 weeks the doctors gave us the dread...
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It’s October and by now families have settled into the normal rhythms of school, sports and everything in between.
The scorching hot days of summer are only an aftertaste as the wind blows in the cool autumn air. Red, yellow and orange decorate the tre...
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What are birthday parties like in your family? With a boy and two girls, we’ve seen everything from a Lightsaber-infested backyard party, ultragirly princess tea party with a little mini bounce house, a Pump It Up jump party, a Ben 10 alien hunt party...
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Have you voted yet in our Best for Families survey? Go do it! Turn in the ballot located in this magazine or go online to www.wichitafamily.com and fill it out. This is a great opportunity to let us know what you think of Wichita’s best things for fam...
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Wow, is it just me or is October a crazy-busy month! We celebrated several birthdays, took part in countless school events, I ran (I use the term ‘ran’ loosely) in my first half marathon, and on, and on and on. I’m so glad it’s over and I’m so...
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Wow, we kind of stumbled upon 2011 without much warning, or so it seems! 2010 was a great year for Wichita Family and we're looking forward to an even better year to come.
Be sure to check out our inaugural Feature a Teacher story. It's a good one! We'...
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Do you ever get so wrapped up and busy with everything going on around you that you fail to appreciate all the things that are taking place right under your nose?
It seems like this time of year I always have to tell myself to slow down. And I always s...
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Wow, what a fun issue we have for you! This February edition of Wichita Family Magazine is our first official Best for Family issue! We have page after page of results of the Best for Family ballots that were submitted during the fall. We were so excite...
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Last month was a good reminder for my family that we needed to refocus our priorities and not worry so much about getting wrapped up in all the little things that were going on around us and stressing us (mainly me) out. My dad—Papa to my three kids and...
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May always seems to be such a crazy and exciting time around here. Graduations, Mother’s Day, my oldest child’s birthday, school is ending and spring activities are wrapping up. Plus we’re already focused on finding fun and entertaining things to ...
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Chances are by this point you’ve already done most of your back-to-school shopping, enrolled your kids in school and are before you know it they’ll be hitting the books once again. I say it every year and it’s happened once again, the summer flew ...
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Happy summer to you!
My kids are all officially out of school and are ready to get into all the activities of summer. It seems like summer at our place is a mix of relaxing days and extremely busy days of trying to fit in all the fun things there are t...
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For the past couple years, I've thought it was cute and very helpful and obedient whenmy youngest daughter, Breegan, would run quickly out of the house, jump in the carand be ready for me to buckle her in when we're trying to go somewhere.Earlier this m...
