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  • Futbol is life — at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
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    Futbol is life — at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art

    ByEileen Ogintz March 6, 2014July 10, 2021

    Fútbol: The Beautiful Game is an art exhibition to examine soccer through issues such as nationalism and identity as well as share the human experience through different cultures, according to LACMA.

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  • Keeping your children safe around vacation pools and beaches
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    Keeping your children safe around vacation pools and beaches

    ByEileen Ogintz March 6, 2014July 8, 2021

    As many of us head off to warm climes and cruise ships on spring break, it’s especially important to be mindful of water safety, particularly if young kids are along for the trip.

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  • There’s plenty in Orlando for even the smallest park goers and their parents
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    There’s plenty in Orlando for even the smallest park goers and their parents

    ByEileen Ogintz March 5, 2014July 7, 2021

    There’s no need to wait until kids are in elementary school to bring them to Orlando—not when every park has plenty to wow the littlest park goers and their parents, including big, interactive play areas designed just for them.

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  • As spring breaks grow in popularity, how to plan one on the fly
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    As spring breaks grow in popularity, how to plan one on the fly

    ByEileen Ogintz February 27, 2014July 2, 2023

    Spring break these days is more for families than for college kids, as parents find it easier to grab a few days off in spring rather than summer when the kids have jobs, summer school, camp, sports practice and everyone at work is vying for the same vacation days.

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  • Why families love the quintessential ski town of Breckenridge, CO
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    Why families love the quintessential ski town of Breckenridge, CO

    ByEileen Ogintz February 20, 2014July 15, 2021

    Challenge is a good thing for all ages on vacation and Breckenridge offers it up in spades, whatever the kids’ ages and ability — from the Four O’clock run, which is 3.5 miles long, the terrain parks, the kids’ trails through the trees and kids’ terrain features with names like Rip’s Ravine and Dragon Trail.

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  • What price will you pay for your child’s safety?
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    What price will you pay for your child’s safety?

    ByEileen Ogintz February 19, 2014June 28, 2023

    This week there was news of more incidents in which air turbulence injured passengers — and one case sent a baby flying through the cabin (very luckily uninjured). The FAA and the airlines need to act — and parents need to ask themselves again: Is your small child’s safety worth not paying for the extra seat?

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  • Ostracized snowboarder finds welcome at Snowbird and The Canyons
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    Ostracized snowboarder finds welcome at Snowbird and The Canyons

    ByEileen Ogintz February 18, 2014July 15, 2021

    As the only snowboarder of the family, I constantly have to defend myself and my brethren that we’re not a bunch of sliding reckless criminals one strike from being locked up. I still have two strikes left, thank you.

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  • Eileen to present at the NY Times Travel Show
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    Eileen to present at the NY Times Travel Show

    ByEileen Ogintz February 17, 2014July 16, 2021

    Eileen will be presenting at the New York Times Travel Show Feb. 28-March 2, 2014.

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  • Something for every family in Park City, including snowboarder nephews
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    Something for every family in Park City, including snowboarder nephews

    ByAndy Yemma February 17, 2014November 10, 2025

    Until this year, I had never snowboarded in Utah. When I thought Utah, I thought tiny martinis and tabernacle choirs . When I thought Park City, I thought fancy film festivals. Turns out, Utah, and specifically the former silver-mining town of Park City, are pure gold.

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  • Steeps and Deeps at Mammoth Mountain CA
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    Mammoth Still Formidable in California Drought

    ByEileen Ogintz February 14, 2014July 15, 2021

    With a trip to Mammoth planned back in October, it never occurred to me that in a few months I’d be hearing news about one of the worst droughts in California history. Sure, that’s bad news for the state’s water supply, bad news for agriculture, bad news for just about every facet of life. But most importantly — it’s bad news for ski trips. Call me an only child.

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  • Parents magazine — Top 10 Caribbean destinations
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    Parents magazine — Top 10 Caribbean destinations

    ByEileen Ogintz February 13, 2014July 16, 2021

    Parents – March 2014 – Beach Bliss names top 10 family destinations in the Carribean with the help of Eileen Ogintz of Taking the Kids and Kyle McCarthy of Family Travel Forum.

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  • Eileen on Foxnews.com – romantic getaways for Valentines Day or anytime
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    Eileen on Foxnews.com – romantic getaways for Valentines Day or anytime

    ByEileen Ogintz February 13, 2014July 16, 2021

    Eileen reports on romantic getaway destinations and deals for Valentines Day or anytime on Foxnews.com.

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  • Eileen on Foxnews.com on popularity of ski country distilleries
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    Eileen on Foxnews.com on popularity of ski country distilleries

    ByEileen Ogintz February 13, 2014July 16, 2021

    Eileen reports on the growing number of ski-country distilleries that are becoming increasingly popular with the Apres Ski crowd on Foxnews.com.

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  • The museums in Los Angeles have something for every family
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    The museums in Los Angeles have something for every family

    ByEileen Ogintz February 13, 2014July 15, 2021

    Here are five Los Angeles museum bets that are guaranteed to please even the I-hate-museum crowd

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  • At Deer Valley, the consensus seems to be no snowboarders
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    At Deer Valley, the consensus seems to be no snowboarders

    ByEileen Ogintz February 12, 2014July 15, 2021

    The families I met here like Deer Valley—one of Park City’s three ski resorts— because of the groomed runs but more important, because there are no snowboarders allowed. Deer Valley, in fact, is one of only three resorts in the country that don’t allow snowboarders.

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  • When the snow is falling, the spa is a perfect backup plan
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    When the snow is falling, the spa is a perfect backup plan

    ByAndy Yemma February 11, 2014November 10, 2025

    I admit it. When it comes to skiing when the wind is howling and I can’t see in front of me, I’ll pack it in, even at such a wonderful mountain as Snowbird.

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  • Outwitting the storm for once for a family ski reunion in Park City, Utah
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    Outwitting the storm for once for a family ski reunion in Park City, Utah

    ByEileen Ogintz February 10, 2014July 15, 2021

    When the forecast got worse by the hour for the latest storm primed to hit the East Coast, I figured our flight from New York to Salt Lake City would invariably be cancelled the next morning.

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  • Unleashing your family’s inner Olympian at the North American sites
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    Unleashing your family’s inner Olympian at the North American sites

    ByEileen Ogintz February 6, 2014July 10, 2021

    This year, do a lot more than just watch the Olympians as the Winter Games get under way in Sochi, Russia on Feb. 6. Tap into the Olympic spirit right here at home.

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  • Preschoolers exploring the surface of Mars at Denver science museum
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    Preschoolers exploring the surface of Mars at Denver science museum

    ByEileen Ogintz February 1, 2014October 28, 2023

    On a recent Tuesday, a group of pre schoolers were busy carving out what looked like pieces of water from the surface of Mars — at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science.

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  • Families love the time machines at History Colorado
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    Families love the time machines at History Colorado

    ByEileen Ogintz January 31, 2014June 28, 2023

    Everyone visiting Denver—and Colorado should stop at this downtown museum that makes Colorado history relevant and gives those families visiting a way to connect with Coloradoans past and present.

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  • Families love the Denver Art Museum and its backpacks
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    Families love the Denver Art Museum and its backpacks

    ByEileen Ogintz January 30, 2014June 28, 2023

    It turns out that some 20 years ago, the Denver Art Museum was the first in the country to not only embrace families but to introduce backpacks-to-borrow as a way to engage kids.

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  • Families getting out of the comfort zone above the tree line
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    Families getting out of the comfort zone above the tree line

    ByEileen Ogintz January 28, 2014September 29, 2025

    It’s dumping snow on Breckenridge Mountain and we’re above tree line at the new Peak 6 bowls. Some of the terrain is hike-to expert — some of the most extreme at the big resort — but all of the buzz here has been about the above tree line blue terrain.

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  • Family central at Breckenridge CO and its new Peak 6
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    Family central at Breckenridge CO and its new Peak 6

    ByEileen Ogintz January 27, 2014July 15, 2021

    The mountain—it’s huge, even larger with the newly opened Peak Six that has added 543 new acres of terrain, the biggest ski resort terrain expansion in over a decade. There are Kids’ jumps and small trails through the trees and kids terrain features with names like Rip’s Ravine and Dragon Trail.

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  • Carving snow and ice In Breckenridge CO — you can do this at home!
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    Carving snow and ice In Breckenridge CO — you can do this at home!

    ByEileen Ogintz January 26, 2014July 10, 2021

    With much of the nation covered in snow this week, and temperatures well below freezing, this is a great family cabin-fever-reducing activity. But here in Breckenridge, snow carving is a huge event each winter.

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  • The family vacationer’s dilemma: an all-inclusive vs a condo
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    The family vacationer’s dilemma: an all-inclusive vs a condo

    ByEileen Ogintz January 23, 2014July 10, 2021

    In the Turks and Caicos, most hotels here are condo-style and kid-friendly. Most visiting families, however, opt for the gargantuan, all-inclusive Beaches resort, one of Sandals’ family resorts in the Caribbean.

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  • Families learning the culinary arts on vacation
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    Families learning the culinary arts on vacation

    ByEileen Ogintz January 16, 2014July 15, 2021

    We’re fans of including cooking classes in our travels, learning to make mole with our kids in Oaxaca, Mexico and pasta with other young travelers in Lucca, Italy. We learned to make crab cakes on a Windstar cruise ship, after following the chef to a local market in Croatia. Wherever we go, at the very least we make sure to visit local food markets.

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  • Last day in Turks and Caicos – so may options for families
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    Last day in Turks and Caicos – so may options for families

    ByEileen Ogintz January 16, 2014July 10, 2021

    I like that Turks and Caicos is not only safe and that beachfront hotels are just 15 minutes from the airport but that there are so many options—from the all inclusive huge Beaches with over 750 rooms to the Somerset with less than 60.

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  • Day 3 in Turks and Caicos:  bonefishing and a sunset cruise
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    Day 3 in Turks and Caicos: bonefishing and a sunset cruise

    ByEileen Ogintz January 15, 2014July 10, 2021

    Families come to Turks and Caicos to relax, but also to enjoy the fishing and water sports, like kite-boarding on South Beach.

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  • At the Beaches Turks and Caicos — kids everywhere, and that’s year-round
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    At the Beaches Turks and Caicos — kids everywhere, and that’s year-round

    ByEileen Ogintz January 14, 2014July 10, 2021

    It’s not even a holiday week but the Beaches resort on Turks and Caicos is fully booked, including 841 kids running, jumping, splashing and sliding down the water slides at the water play area. “So worth the money,” said Greg Vogel, from Baltimore.

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  • Four Days in Turks and Caicos — rapidly expanding for family vacationers
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    Four Days in Turks and Caicos — rapidly expanding for family vacationers

    ByEileen Ogintz January 13, 2014July 10, 2021

    Turks and Caicos is made up of 40 islands and Cays just 575 miles from Miami. Providenciales, where we’re staying, is famous for its beaches, diving, snorkeling and fishing. There are a growing number of resorts catering to families here, including the giant Beaches resort.

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