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The checkup: Children keep close contact as their parents get older
DULUTH, Minn. -- As parents age, especially into their 80s and 90s, their adult children often worry about their well-being. Allowing parents to remain independent and making sure they’re OK can require a delicate balance: How do you make sure your parents are safe and happy without intruding into their lives?
Seniors react to meltdown, recalling Great Depression
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MILTON, Fla. -- Marcelle Uptain grew up during the Great Depression, so her response to the recent bank turmoil, the stock market plunge and home foreclosures was simple -- take her money out of the bank and hide the cash at home.
Potty break: Training using child's cues catches on for more parents
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Luciana Ferrante, 3 months, has been using the toilet since she was 5 days old. Mom Jessica, 26, uses “Elimination Communication” to read her daughter’s signals and catch her waste in a toilet instead of relying on diapers.
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Harriet Tubman's historic role kept fresh in local woman's portrayal
Please excuse Kathryn Harris for sometimes being confused about whom she should be. Harris, 60, was recently asked to pose for a photograph. Her response: Do you want me or Harriet?

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Raising an only child comes with unique set of parental fears
Shereen Peterson worries about her son. There are the usual worries, sure. Sugar, sleep, tantrums, germs. But the big one — the nagging worry that has latched on to her psyche with all the strength and perseverance of a toddler — is his solitude.

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Parents don't always suffer in their empty nest
MIAMI -- It's been a few weeks since you moved out of your parents' house, and you're worried about them. They're empty nesters now, probably bored and lonely, and you're thinking about paying them a visit.

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    Life
    From the Pantagraph Life section
  • Kids of the Internet age documenting their lives like never before
  • Early 20th-century gangster's haunts highlighted in brochure
  • As local Indian population grows, calendars fill with cultural events
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    Health
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  • One family's long fight with death, pancreatitis and insurance companies
  • Tips for a healthy tummy this Thanksgiving
  • Economic crisis takes toll on minds, bodies of Central Illinoisans
  • Facts, forewarnings about long-term care that recipients should know
  • Tips for dealing with financial stress
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    Susan Hazlett: Susan Hazlett is a freelance columnist for The Pantagraph. She writes weekly about the triumphs and tribulations of everyday life in Central Illinois.
    Mommy Talk: In this blog, parents can share the daily trials, tribulations and triumphs of motherhood AND fatherhood. Written by Leanne Klinkenberg and Meta Hemenway-Forbes.
    Hearts at Home: Hearts at Home is a nonprofit organization designed to encourage, educate and equip moms. (www.hearts-at-home.org)
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