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Parent-to-parent recommendations for local family events & activities, things to do with kids at home, kid-friendly recipes & other #parenting tips

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Innovation Hills continues to rack up the accolades as @upparent has listed the park atop its Best Playgrounds in Metro Detroit list! If you have yet to visit...what are you waiting for?!? 🌳🛝🌻 upparent.com/lists/best-play…
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Looking for a meaningful #familyactivity this weekend? Show your kids how they can #makeadiffernce and be #upstanders when they visit our Make a Difference! The Harvey L. Miller Family Youth Exhibition. Kids & students visit FREE with code WINTER21: ihm.ec/tickets
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Shout out to the dads who make silent sacrifices
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It’s never too early to talk to your kids about standing up for themselves & others. This National #BullyingPreventionMonth, visit our Make A Difference! The Harvey L. Miller Family Youth Exhibition, to teach them how to respect differences & #TakeAStand. ihm.ec/miller
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The last week of our Summer Upstander Activity Club has started! Sign your kids up and work on inspiring, educational activities on the theme of #Upstanders making a difference in the world. Plus, submit pictures of their work to be entered in a raffle. ihm.ec/upstander-activity-cl…
Olivia had a blast doing the activities from last week's Summer Upstander Activity Club! Week 2 starts today and the theme is family recipes. Sign your kids up at any time this week and we'll send you a link and password to participate. Sign up here: ihm.ec/upstander-activity-cl…
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Summer eating tip for newer parents: Never again buy clothes in solid colors. Embrace patterns. Loud. Bold. Patterns.
Kids and students get FREE admission in June! School is out and summer activities aren’t in full swing so take some time during the day to learn the history and lessons of the Holocaust with a family visit to the Museum. Ihm.ec/tickets
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Lay concrete in your backyard they said. What could go wrong they said.
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Curious to know more about proven ways in which the arts are beneficial in child development? Check out this brilliant infographic from @WeTheParentsSAY, backed up by fascinating research studies ✒️ wetheparents.org/benefits-of…
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TODAY through April 11, kids and students get in for #FREE! Bring your family to the Museum to see our new special exhibit Mandela: Struggle for Freedom or meet a Survivor in our Abe & Ida Cooper Survivor Stories Experience exhibition. ihm.ec/tickets #SpringBreak
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Calling all new parents and parents to be! Enter to win a prize bundle worth more than $1250 US bebevoyage.com/ #Clubbebevoyage #babyregistry #travelwithbaby #babesonthego #travelproducts #babiescantravel #havebabywilltravel #travelparents #musthavebabyitems
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Looking for something fun to do while your kids are on holiday break? Sign up for week two of Winter Upstander Activity Club. During week 2, they’ll see how one person who decides to #takeastand can #makeadifference. Sign up here: ihm.ec/winter-upstander-acti… @ChicagoParent @upparent
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Parents! Looking for something fun and inspiring to do with your kids? Show them how they can #BeLikeRBG with a visit to Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.   Wednesdays are FREE. ihm.ec/tickets
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Want to show your kids how to take action and do something good? Consider reading Carl the Complainer with them and hear how Carl and his friends decide to stop complaining and instead #TakeAStand for something they believe in.  Get your copy here: ihm.ec/carl-the-complainer
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Want to give your kids a learning opportunity outside of the virtual classroom? Bring them to the Museum and introduce them to Holocaust history or show them how they can #BeLikeRBG. Admission is #free on Wednesdays for the rest of the year.  Tickets: ihm.ec/tickets
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#ICYMI: If you’re skipping #trickortreating this year, there’s still plenty you can do to make #Halloween the sweetest time of 2020! Get the #tips from Kelly Rupiper at @upparent 👉🏼 bit.ly/344UWRS
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It's October 1. Nineteen days to go to the launch of Book 2. Watch soon for #Giveaways as we approach the big day! #booklaunch #mglit #kidlitexchange @bookposse @KateRockLitChik @harrietsreviews #Teachers #BotanicHillDetectivesMysteries @MomsChoiceAward @upparent @thebookcrowd
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Now that October is here, Halloween is not far from parents minds. How exactly do we celebrate during this time? Our friends at @upparent have a few ideas! bebevoyage.com/celebrating-h… #BBVHalloween #BebeVoyage #ClubBBV #Halloweenplans #kidscostumeparty #halloweencostume
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If you’re skipping #trickortreating this year, there’s still plenty you can do to make #Halloween the sweetest time of 2020! Get the #tips from Kelly Rupiper at @upparent 👉🏼 bit.ly/3kZV0t3
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