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What does it take to become a Disney star?
Why so many kids have come to expect fame, and what parents need to know about the sometimes treacherous world of searching for stardom.
(PHOTOGRAPH BY ANGELA COPPOLA)
BRIAN MCGRORY
A rooster leaves his flock
- For three-plus years, Buddy presided over his family in the midst of an unsuspecting suburban neighborhood. And then one Sunday morning, he was gone.
BOOK REVIEW
‘How To Cook Like a Man’ by Daniel Duane
- The book traces a young father’s 8-year odyssey in learning how to cook.
(ELIZABETH WEIL)
Scariest question a mother can face
- It can strike terror in the hearts of mothers, who are tasked with preparing dishes and meals to satisfy a range of tastes: “What’s for dinner, mom?”
(WILLIAM DUKE FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE)
Spring clean the freezer of all its odds and ends
- Many people fill their freezers with ingredients for quick and easy meals that may or may not ever make it to the table.
Tooth Fairy economics
- A shiny quarter won’t cut it. Now kids average more than $2 for a baby tooth, some far more. (ISTOCK)
Obesity rates down for infants, toddlers in Mass.
- After a three-decade tripling in childhood obesity rates, the trend has leveled off and, for the first time, appears to be on a decline among infants and preschoolers, according to a study.
Kids in the delivery room?
- A growing number of hospitals say they are fielding requests from families to have children present during delivery and relaxing policies to accommodate them.
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144 free things to do around Boston
The Boston area has much to offer - from museums to kayaking, doing the tango, hearing The Pointer Sisters, or walking the Freedom Trail - and it’s all free.
