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One of the major reasons my husband and I travel with our kids is to broaden their horizons.  To do that, we have to encourage them to do things on trips that sometimes makes them a bit uncomfortable.  But there is always a question of degree.  How much is too much?  Knowing when to push your child …

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If you are a parent who travels with kids, you’ve probably had your fair share of travel mishaps.  My family has experienced most of them by now: diaper explosions at 36,000 feet, lost car keys, trips to the ER, and the usual stomach bugs that spread like wildfire through the family. On our 9 day …

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I grew up in Montgomery, Alabama, the crucible of the Civil Rights movement.  Montgomery race relations had come a long way by the time I was born, 24 years after the bus boycott inspired by Rosa Parks and 14 years after Martin Luther King Jr.’s Selma to Montgomery marches. Nevertheless, the world I grew up …

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