Posts By Christy Perry Tuohey
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1.5KHealthStaying Safe from Ticks: What your family needs to know about Lyme disease
The summer months are peak times for tick bites, but as early as March, when the weather was still quite cold, a...
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2.4KEducationA History of Inclusion: The Jowonio School marked 50 years in 2019
In 1969, a group of Syracuse parents banded together to find an education alternative for their children whose social and emotional needs...
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1.9KLocal FacesA Family Affair: Three CNY businesses reflect on their family roots
A radio repair shop that opened in 1923, a grist mill built before the Civil War and a factory that produced china...
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1.9KChild DevelopmentGood Habits for Leaders: Palermo Elementary encourages students to take charge
Third-grader Abby Grzesik knows exactly how many days she was absent from school in 2018-19 (only missed one week), just how much...
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1.5KComplicationsA Surgical Birth: Many pregnant women are likely to deliver by cesarean
Pregnant women in the United States have a nearly 1 in 3 chance of having their baby by cesarean section. Given that...
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2.2KHealthCalming Commotion: How to deal with car sickness and more
Summer vacation is here. You may have road trip plans, airline reservations or a booked berth on a cruise ship. For some...
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1.5KLocal FacesDoing Right by Animals: Shelter helps heal and find families for dogs and cats
There wasn’t much hope the kitten would survive. A distraught motorist brought a 2-month-old orange tabby through a rainstorm to Wanderers’ Rest...
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1.2KChild DevelopmentAccept Yourself: Parents’ self-image matters to their children
Parents constantly give messages to kids about what bodies are supposed to look like, whether they are conscious of it or not....
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11.6KChild DevelopmentHome Alone: Are your kids ready for more independence?
It was a brief moment of freedom, one Hannah Kinne hopes to taste again soon. One day, her father needed to pick...
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2.0KChild DevelopmentLearning to Advocate: Parents of disabled students need know-how and support
Fourteen-year-old Walter Polak is an honor student who passed two high school Regents exams while he was still in middle school. The...
