Twenty kids participated in the traveling 3-day camp, which is based in South Carolina and will make 10 stops this year.
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Posted inFood
Sushi from Yosaku, ajo sauce from Maiz and more: Maine moms’ first bites after giving birth
For Mother’s Day, we talked to experts about the latest nutrition advice for pregnant woman and to moms about what they craved.
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Posted inFood, Recipes
Home Plates: A gnocchi recipe that works for the whole family
The kids like it, and on top of that, it’s highly adaptable to whatever is in the fridge.
Posted inBooks, Review
In ‘Directions to Myself,’ a frank look at the vagaries of motherhood and childhood
A new memoir by Heidi Julavits examines four years in the life of her young son – and herself.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Food, Review
A trio of debut children’s books celebrate global foods and cultures in very different ways
Taiwan-born X. Fang and Lebanese American George Jreije pay tasty homage to their respective backgrounds.
Posted inNation & World, News
USDA estimates 21 million kids, including in Maine, will get summer food benefits
Maine is among the states where children will receive food benefits this summer through a newly permanent federal program.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Review
Two children’s books make the case for new types of heroines
To the smart, spunky protagonists in the latest books by local writers Gail Donovan and Megan Frazer Blakemore, we say, you go, girls!
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: ‘Kidfluencers’ are today’s version of chimney sweeps
The child stars of the social media circuit deserve greater protection.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: The child poverty rate doubled because we let it
The expiration of the federal child tax credit left American children behind last year. We should be way past scaremongering about ‘welfare’ and ‘generosity.’
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: We must continue to strengthen mental health services for Maine’s kids
Don’t allow our youth experiencing behavioral and mental health crises to continue to languish in emergency rooms and jails.