Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Parents, Patch wants to hear from you on the questions that get families talking.
A couple of weeks ago, we asked parents if they had any rules for their new teen drivers. Of course, before those teens can be drivers, they need something to drive! Having your own car is one of the ultimate teenage status symbols (as Marty in Grease sang in "Summer Nights," "Like does he have a car?), but every parent has his or her own rules on how their rapidly growing-up bundle of joy should obtain that coveted set of wheels. Which brings us to this week's Hey Mom & Dad question: Take a look at what people had to say and join the conversation in the comments section. Sharon Crowder: "They should buy the car on their own—or do as my wise husband told our kids. He told them that he would buy them a used car when they could pay for their…
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Parents, Patch wants to hear from you on the questions that get families talking.
Welcome to "Hey Mom and Dad"—a weekly feature in which we ask our Facebook fans to share their views on parenting. Every week, we get the conversation started by taking a look back at a question we asked parents the week before on Patch Facebook pages from around the area. Most teens love to stay out late with their friends, a habit upon which many parents prefer to keep a certain degree of limitations. Mom and Dad tend to know better about when their kids need to get some sleep, after all—and when there's liable to be less reason to be out. Which brings us to this week's question: What curfews have you set for your teenage children, and how do you enforce them? Take a look at what people had to say and join the conversation in the …
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Parents, Patch wants to hear from you on the questions that get families talking.
Welcome to "Hey Mom and Dad"—a weekly feature in which we ask our Facebook fans to share their views on parenting. Every week, we get the conversation started by taking a look back at a question we asked parents the week before on Patch Facebook pages from around the area. Many parents assign their children certain chores or other duties around the house in exchange for a regular allowance as a good way to instill work ethic and responsibility. But the range of money paid and work performed can vary significantly from house to house. That brings us to this week's question: Take a look at what people had to say and join the conversation in the comments section. Julie Hallock Howard: We take a hybrid approach. Our philosophy is that chores …
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Parents, Patch wants to hear from you on the questions that get families talking.
Welcome to "Hey Mom and Dad"—a weekly feature in which we ask our Facebook fans to share their views on parenting. Every week, we get the conversation started by taking a look back at a question we asked parents the week before on Patch Facebook pages from around the area. That brings us to this week's question: Take a look at what people had to say and join the conversation in the comments section. Donna Campbell: Fear children becoming "friends" with the wrong type of kids! — Batavia Patch Facebook Julie Wlodarski Bruns: Just being happy. Between the stresses of school and sports and the competitiveness they seem to have now and bullying, I just want them to know that them being happy is all that matters. — Elmhurst Patch Facebook Amy De…
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Parents, Patch wants to hear from you on the questions that get families talking.
Welcome to "Hey, Mom and Dad"—a weekly feature where we ask our Facebook fans to share their views on parenting. Every week, we get the conversation started by taking a look back at a question we asked parents the week before on Patch Facebook pages from around the area. Elections and the associated politics can be difficult for young minds to grasp. Still, it's hard to imagine last week's election went unnoticed by our country's young citizens and it's safe to bet they had some questions about the process. That brings us to this week's question. Take a look at what people had to say and join the conversation in the comments section. Dawn Conde Burghardt: Yes I did tell my daughter who I voted for. I have always told her. This election was…
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
How speeding up slowed me down—for a little while.
My husband knows that my version of Feng Shui includes moving impossibly large objects around the house like chess pieces. I always claim it’s to create more harmony in the house, but really I’m just bored and looking for something to do. The only thing I haven’t tried to move is our grand piano. Let me rephrase that: The only thing I did not succeed at moving by myself was the grand piano. As soon as I figure out how to flip it on its side without the lid opening, it’s gone. A few weeks ago I was up to my usual tricks when I found myself in an unusual situation. I was moving a small bookcase end-over-end up my stairs when mid-flight I got stuck. By stuck I mean I had the heavy object perched at a 45 degree angle, with no means of moving …
Thursday, January 6, 2011
The Wheaton Park District partnered with Kids Around the World to donate parts from the original Northside park to four churches in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
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Thursday, January 6, 2011
The Wheaton Park District has partnered with Kids Around the World to send playground equipment, originally located at Wheaton's Northside Park, to Haiti. The playground was divided into four different units that will be installed at four different churches in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti. Starting this month, Kids Around the World will send teams of volunteers to Haiti to install the playgrounds. Kids Around the World is a nonprofit that was founded in 1994 with the goal to provide safe play equipment for children. "So often, Children find themselves as victims of situations out of their control, they become victims of economic stress, victims of political injustice, victims of natural disasters, and worst of all, victims of war," says the Kids…
Saturday, October 30, 2010
The Downtown Wheaton Association hosted a trick-or-treating event in downtown Wheaton Friday, Oct. 29. Families dressed up two days early to collect their first round of candy from downtown businesses Friday afternoon.
Superheroes, princesses, devils, cats, vampires, Disney characters and hundreds of plastic Jack-O-Lanterns paraded through downtown Wheaton yesterday, Friday, Oct. 29 to celebrate Halloween with downtown businesses a bit early. *Families of pictured kids: Email charlotte@patch.com if you would like copies of these photos. We have many more candids that are not up on the site!
Thursday, October 28, 2010
The 3-year-olds of Gary Preschool trick-or-treated through the office of Gary United Methodist Church in Wheaton today, Thursday, Oct. 28.
At Gary Preschool, a 3-year-old class dressed up in their Halloween costumes for an exclusive trick-or-treating trip through the church office at Gary United Methodist Church in Wheaton today, Thursday, Oct. 28. There were four princesses, two tinkerbells, two ladybugs, one vampire, two police and fire officials, two superheroes, one reptile, one mouse and one prince charming going to school at Gary today.
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Renee Gough
12:16 pm on Tuesday, April 2, 2013
What, and miss out on the currency of loaning my car out to my kids? Nobody gets outta here with the keys to the car without picking up a few dishes, folding some laundry or at least giving Mom a big hug. more ›