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    Eight great family vacation spots for summer

    ByEileen Ogintz June 16, 2022July 15, 2022

    Whatever you’ve got on tap for summer vacation, plan to spend plenty of time outdoors. For kids, playing outside promotes curiosity, creativity and critical thinking, research shows.

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    Roads Trips Every Kid Should Experience

    ByEileen Ogintz June 14, 2022March 16, 2023

    Road trips allow you to get out of your comfort zone and explore the country while spending quality time and bonding as a family.

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  • Adventurist Backpack
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    Gadgets, gizmos and more for the traveling Dad

    ByEileen Ogintz June 9, 2022June 23, 2022

    This Father’s Day there are plenty of gadgets that will please your favorite travelers, and sustainably made duds to keep cool all summer.

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  • Mud Woman Rolls On by Roxanne Swentzell at Denver Art Museum
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    Engaging Kids with Art in Denver

    ByEileen Ogintz June 7, 2022June 29, 2023

    If you could jump into an artwork and walk around in it, what would you choose? It’s a good question to ask kids visiting an art museum

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    The Weber Traveler for your road trip cooking

    ByEileen Ogintz June 2, 2022June 2, 2022

    Although I love my trusty charcoal grill it isn’t always possible to haul it to a picnic at the park or a tailgater at the game.

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  • A snow owl at the Alaska Raptor Center
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    The bears and the raptors in Sitka, Alaska

    ByEileen Ogintz June 2, 2022June 8, 2022

    Lucky little orphans. Actually, big orphans — bear cubs. They were rescued and now live happily at the Fortress of the Bear in Sitka, Alaska

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  • Dinner is plated at Vittle Arts
    Families & Groups | Beach Vacations | Curacao 2022 | Destinations | Food and Dining | Travel Diaries

    Cooking with the locals on Curacao

    ByEileen Ogintz May 30, 2022June 2, 2022

    If you want to get the true sense of Curacao, you’ve got to meet locals. Try a cooking class with Kris Kierindongo.

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  • Artist Herman Van Bergen with eclectic sculpture representing the effects of Covid-19
    Travel Diaries | Beach Vacations | Best of Taking The Kids | Curacao 2022 | Destinations | Families & Groups | Parks & Outdoors | Volunteer & Service

    The Amazing Cathedral of Thorns in Curacao

    ByEileen Ogintz May 28, 2022June 2, 2022

    Think a maze made out of thorns—92 million fashioned into blocks in which art has been inserted, creating an open-air gallery of sorts.

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  • Octogenarian Dinah Veeris in her herb garden on Curacao
    Travel Diaries | Beach Vacations | Curacao 2022 | Destinations | Families & Groups | Volunteer & Service

    Herbal Remedies with a long history on Curacao

    ByEileen Ogintz May 27, 2022June 2, 2022

    Got pine needles? Brew them into tea to help with Covid-19 respiratory symptoms. We learned this at an eclectic herb garden in the Caribbean.

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  • Lock Your Love near the Queen Emma floating bridge in Curacao
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    Bon Bini from Curacao, a gem in the Southern Caribbean

    ByEileen Ogintz May 26, 2022June 28, 2023

    Bon Bini means welcome in Papiamentu language of Curacao, a gem of an island with 150,000 people in the Southern Caribbean.

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