Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Top Ten Things I’ve Learned about Being a Figure Skating Mom

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Ice Girl’s been skating for a year and a month. She’s now a beginner and I’m an advanced newbie. Here's what I learned in 2008. Feel fre...
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Monday, December 15, 2008

Parenting: American Girl Skates Sold Out

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American Girl has it in for skating families this year – the limited edition doll of the year is Mia the figure skater . I posted about Mi...
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Thursday, December 11, 2008

Survey Results: Youth and Organized Sports

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In my work as an education writer, I come across a lot of research and surveys. One that crossed my desk in October was a survey commissione...
Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Food for thought: genetic testing and sports

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"Born to Run? Little ones get test for sports gene" 11.29.08, The New York Times, Juliet Macur Some parents are lining up to get ...
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Saturday, November 22, 2008

One-sport athletes have a higher risk of injury

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In the November 13 issue of the Wisconsin State Journal , the front-page article was about how youth who train rigorously in just one sport ...
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Thursday, November 20, 2008

Sewing review: Jalie shrug/bolero pattern #2558

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I haven’t started again on that dress I ruined. I wanted to, I really did. But I needed a shot of courage before bringing out that Specialty...
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Tuesday, November 18, 2008

new skates: diamonds on the soles of her boots

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Check out Ice Girl's glitter-ific new boots! The good folks at Rainbo (Renee and Kevin) were just terrific. We're new to skating, s...
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