http://www.milfamilies.com Thu, 01 Jul 2010 13:53:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Allison Ward believes she spends thousands of hours in the car with her children. Ward takes her children to their respective sports during the week, and some of the locations are as far as an hour away from her home. She also embarks on several road trips that take more ... http://www.ovolina.com/lang/en/1736 I felt like a child on a sugar high as I sat in rush hour traffic on I-635 in Dallas, laughing inside my mini-van and telling my children how great it was to actually experience the Metroplex traffic first hand. They weren’t too impressed, and asked, “Is there a road ... http://www.ovolina.com/lang/en/texas-dreams-2 Military wives are a tough bunch and my experience has been that they are always ready to help out. They’re volunteering all over the gulf coast – I interviewed two great ladies and here is the article. It appeared at Operation Homefront. Since April 20, when an explosion tore through BP’s ... http://www.ovolina.com/lang/en/gulf-coast-spill Growing up I loved to hear my grandparents talk about their experiences during WWII, especially their escape story. During German occupation, my grandfather, who had worked for the Italian government in the past, was ordered to come back and collaborate with the Germans. Unwilling to do so and opposing the regime, ... http://www.ovolina.com/lang/en/1727 This is a great article on the New York Times about Auditory Processing Disorder. It’s interesting and explains a lot about this disability and the relationship between parents and children navigating these difficult waters. Subscribe to the comments for this post? Share this on del.icio.us Digg this! Stumble upon something good? Share it on StumbleUpon Share ... http://www.ovolina.com/lang/en/auditory-processing-disorder Looks like Sandra Bullock is moving on with her life. Good for her: People has an exclusive interview. Subscribe to the comments for this post? Share this on del.icio.us Digg this! Stumble upon something good? Share it on StumbleUpon Share this on Technorati Share this on Facebook Tweet This! Email this to a friend? http://www.ovolina.com/lang/en/moving-on This article originally appeared at Operation Homefrontonline Most mornings, Amelia Strong wakes up at 5:30 a.m. and sits quietly in her parents-in-law’s kitchen in their home near Kansas City, Mo. Strong and her mother-in-law read their Bibles and sip tea. Occasionally they hold hands while they pray and ask for ... http://www.ovolina.com/lang/en/bills-that-will-make-huge-difference-help-for-veterans-military-families When I took my 3-year-old to see ‘Up,” we hardly made it past the previews. I know, it was a bit daring because she’s only 3, but her older sisters really wanted to go and she wanted to be included. Once we’d sat about the length of a “Dora” episode, ... http://www.ovolina.com/lang/en/top-movies-for-kids-and-families A new national survey shows that there has been a sharp drop in children’s bullying in the last five years. Experts believe that anti-bullying programs are having an impact. The study, published this week in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, showed that the percentage of children who reported being ... http://www.ovolina.com/lang/en/childrens-bullying-drops New research suggests that even before they’re born, minority children face many obesity risks. One study concluded that cultural customs, beliefs and family income are all factors which contribute to obesity. The other study showed that obese children exhibit signs of inflammation at a very young age.The two studies ... http://www.ovolina.com/lang/en/study-says-odds-of-obesity-stacked-against-minority-children-even-before-birth