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  • Pack the family and check the cold bleak winter at the gate
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    Pack the family and check the cold bleak winter at the gate

    ByEileen Ogintz January 26, 2015July 10, 2021

    The tropical weather and scenery, and numerous beaches are the perfect backdrop for Coconut Bay Beach Resort & Spa in Vieux Fort on the Caribbean island of St. Lucia.

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  • Fun in the snow at YMCA Snow Mountain Ranch in Colorado
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    Fun in the snow at YMCA Snow Mountain Ranch in Colorado

    ByEileen Ogintz January 24, 2015July 15, 2021

    You’ll certainly be warmly greeted at the YMCA Snow Mountain Ranch, and many of the welcomes will come in the way of furry kisses by the adorable and powerful Snow Mountain Ranch dog sled team.

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  • Fun off the slopes: learning to build a snow sculpture in the mountains
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    Fun off the slopes: learning to build a snow sculpture in the mountains

    ByEileen Ogintz January 22, 2015July 10, 2021

    Mountain resorts across the country offer an ever-growing array of off-the-slopes activities where the kids — and you — can get inspired to build your own sculpture either at home or near where you are vacationing in mountain country

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  • At the 9/11 Memorial Museum with unique teen guides
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    At the 9/11 Memorial Museum with unique teen guides

    ByEileen Ogintz January 21, 2015July 8, 2021

    David Rothblatt has been a New Yorker all his life but his sole memory of 9/11 was being with his mom as she searched for a store to buy milk. Fia adds that next year’s high school freshmen will have been born after 9/11. “Kids need to know even if it is hard,” she and David agreed.

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  • The New York Met and Madame Tussauds with teens
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    The New York Met and Madame Tussauds with teens

    ByEileen Ogintz January 20, 2015July 8, 2021

    If only the Metropolitan Museum of Art had life-sized wax figures of Degas, Monet and Picasso. I’m joking, of course, but I was thinking that watching how much fun our group of high schoolers was having at MME Tussauds NYC.

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  • A taste of Olde England and its literati in St. Louis, MO
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    A taste of Olde England and its literati in St. Louis, MO

    ByEileen Ogintz January 19, 2015July 9, 2021

    We’re not in England though it feels like it. We’re in suburban St. Louis at the locally owned Cheshire, celebrating its 50th anniversary.

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  • Teaching the kids about civil rights at our national monuments
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    Teaching the kids about civil rights at our national monuments

    ByEileen Ogintz January 15, 2015July 15, 2021

    If you want to expand on what the kids are learning in school, then head to a national park. That’s right. There are many national historic sites that figured into the fight against slavery and the civil rights movement and are ideal for out-of-the-classroom learning opportunities, especially when so many are offering special activities this month.

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  • In Northern Italy, a little-known gem of history and culture: Mantua
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    In Northern Italy, a little-known gem of history and culture: Mantua

    ByEileen Ogintz January 8, 2015June 28, 2023

    You won’t find that many tourists here, but you will find the quintessential Italian experience — restaurants spilling out onto cobblestoned piazzas, locals starting their morning with a cafe, the weekly market that takes over the entire Piazza Sordello

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  • Kid tips for hitting the slopes for Learn to Ski and Snowboard Month
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    Kid tips for hitting the slopes for Learn to Ski and Snowboard Month

    ByEileen Ogintz January 1, 2015July 15, 2021

    If you are a newbie, there is no better time than January, the nationally designated Learn to Ski and Snowboard Month to hit the Colorado slopes.

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  • To Jumby Bay, Antigua: A unique all-inclusive resort in the
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    To Jumby Bay, Antigua: A unique all-inclusive resort in the

    ByEileen Ogintz December 25, 2014July 15, 2021

    Many families have a special vacation spot — a snow sports resort, a lake where the kids caught their first fish, a beach where they build giant sand castles. Jumby Bay is one of them.

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