The task of finding a new pet for your home can be overwhelming. There are so many places to go to pick your new member of the family. How do you know where to go and how to find the right pet? Animal shelters, in particular no-kill shelters, have been popping up across suburban Chicago […]
Your husband would be perfect if he just … stopped slouching, remembered you hate red roses, offered to drive the carpool once in a while, stopped biting his nails, etc. And your kids? Also perfect they would stop procrastinating, clean their rooms and put down their phones! Do you keep these constructive criticisms to yourself? […]
Just start with a local, fresh turkey, don’t overcook it, and you’ll have a main course that will remind you why we serve turkey on Thanksgiving in the first place. The ideal Thanksgiving turkey has moist breast meat, fall-off-the-bone dark meat and crisp browned skin. The smell fills the house for hours before your hungry […]
If your husband needs to find male friends who aren’t work friends or golf friends, but other dads—hook him up with a local Adventure Guide program through the YMCA. Another benefit? One-on-one time for dad and daughter or dad and son. Rob Faurot, a Wilmette Adventure Guide dad with an 8-year-old daughter, says that the […]
In the season of giving thanks, I often think of a family I will call the Renfields. Their first child, Ray, was diagnosed early in life with moderate autism spectrum disorder. Some parents are overwhelmed by such a finding, but the Renfields stayed positive. “This is a child with real strengths,” the dad told me. […]
We’ve asked the candidates in the 10th Congressional House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate races the same questions. Here are their answers on immigration, bank reform and the safety of our food. Also, our reader poll is winding down, so cast your vote now! Alexi Giannoulias: Democratic candidate, U.S. Senate Dan Seals: Democratic […]
Ask Zalman Usiskin about his family’s history, and he’ll show a book on the subject. No, seriously. He’ll open a 383-page, indexed, hardback book. Between its covers are complex diagrams charting his family tree back to the first decade of the nineteenth century—all of which he researched and wrote. Usiskin is known as the tree-keeper […]
The kids have climbed back on the bus—no more coordinating day trips, camp schedules or play dates, at least between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. What exactly are you going to do with all that free time? “I plan on working on my stationery company when the kids get back on track as well as […]
ETHS graduate Adam Chernoff is on his way to Tulane in the fall, armed with a unique senior experience that expanded his worldview. He attributes his skills to Senior Studies, an interdisciplinary class that combines English, History and Service Learning with competencies such as independent learning, public speaking and accountability in a two-semester format. Program […]
Preschool teacher Judy Rundell of Highland Park couldn’t find a CD that would occupy the children who couldn’t nap during rest time. So she started recording her own—she now has two volumes of Quiet Time Stories, each with more than an hour of contemporary fairytale adaptations set to music by Chicago composer Derrick Procell. Many […]
