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Summertime child care expenses may qualify for a tax credit

Did you know that your summer day care expenses may qualify for an income tax credit? Many parents who work or are looking for work must arrange for care of their children under 13 years of age during the school vacation. Those expenses may help you get a credit on next year’s tax return.

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Flying Solo: Kids traveling alone

Providing as many details as possible about what happens during flights and at airports is important, said Andrea Huguely, a spokeswoman for American Airlines (and mother of a 10-year-old who has flown alone to see her grandparents since she was 6).

Santa To Host Toy Drive While On Vacation

Bring a new, unwrapped toy to Ocean Breeze Waterpark between July 21 and July 25 during Christmas in July. The official Ocean Breeze Waterpark Santa will be floating in the wave pool and encouraging Toys for Tots donations while he is on his summer vacation.

The battle of the sexes plays out in "Defending the Caveman," Thurs-Sun at Sandler Center

The plot and material is the same, but that doesn't mean "Defending the Caveman," playing again in Hampton Roads, is old hat.

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Something to cheer about: how a local woman developed Spirit Fingerz line

One frigid night in November 2005, Teresa Denham was on her way to Blacksburg to attend a Virginia Tech/Miami football game. In an effort to stay warm and show some team spirit, she came up with the idea of attaching pompoms to the fingertips of her gloves.

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Balance on wheels: how to teach your child to ride a bike

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Just Like Riding a Bike

By Jim Van Slyke

It turns out that the saying is wrong; it's not just like riding a bike. The axiom goes well with everything from trying to bowl every five years to re-mastering chopsticks even though you only eat sushi every blue moon. It does not, however, apply to learning to ride a bike.

Basil-flavored ice cream

Nutrition and Health

Basil-flavored ice cream

Basil Ice Cream
Makes: about 1½ quarts

2 cups whole milk
1 cup sugar, divided in half
½ cup packed fresh basil leaves
2 teaspoons dried basil
1/8 teaspoon salt
4 large egg yolks
2 cups whipping cream
1 teaspoon vanilla

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Come out to the Harry Potter Movie Series and meet some of the Hottest Dad Finalists

Monday, July 19, 2010: Harry Potter Movie Series, Free & Open to the Public, Movie at 8:30 pm, HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson and Gary Oldman; Warner Bros.; Directed by Alfonso Cuaron, Rated PG; 136 minutes; 2004

First Lady lays out new goals for supporting military families

WASHINGTON — As the nation observed Independence Day, First Lady Michelle Obama issued a statement urging Americans to support service members and their families.

First Lady lays out new goals for supporting families

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Toys to Match your Kid's Summer Personalities

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By Kristen De Deyn Kirk

Photos by Harry Gerwien

If your kids are like mine, they're even more wild in the summer: making loud noises, roaming all over the place, eating everything in sight. Instead of fighting it, I've decided to celebrate their animal-like craziness this month with toys as colorful and bright as their personalities.

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A Safe Day at the Water Park

A day at the water park, with its slides and clean waves sounds like fun, but it is important to keep safety in mind. Tidewater Parent talked with Myra Wood, communications manager for Ocean Breeze Water Park in Virginia Beach and Philip Boykin, Aquatic Operations Coordinator for the city of Newport News to share tips on water park safety.

Unplanned Expenses: Cutting Down on Summer Fun

Q: My husband and I have had some unplanned and expensive home repairs. The result is our summer fun budget has been cut. We will not be able to do some of our expected activities, such as buying Busch Gardens pases, going on vacation, etc. Our three children, ages 5-10 do not understand and they act like we are punishing them. It's bad enough we can't have the fun, but

You Can Get Baby on a Schedule

They're born unaware of day and night, clueless about clocks and sporting appetites that can seem near-constant. So can parents really get babies onto a daily schedule?

Popcorn balls . . . deathly good ones!

Nutrition and Health

Super easy to make! It is easier than pie, but more complicated than cookies. And well worth the toil. A recipe for wondrous, dark chocolate popcorn balls, a hit with kids and grown-ups alike.

It's All About the Clams: local woman starts own seafood company

On their 10th anniversary ten years ago, Laura Keith Dodson and her husband Chip were looking out over a lush vineyard in Italy and seeing something the other tourists probably missed. "I noticed that the vineyard was a family operation," Keith (it's a family name) says. "I wanted that for my family.