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Call it biological imperative, if you will. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/family/story/1319559.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/family/story/1319559.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Conventional wisdom has it that you always save money if you buy in bulk, choosing the largest sizes and stocking up on items when they're on sale. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/family/story/1319566.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/family/story/1319566.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Q: My condo association recently adopted a rule that limits pets to one per unit. It's all because some residents aren't scooping their dogs' poop. As a cat owner, I think this is unfair. My cats need one another. Can you convince them otherwise? http://www.miamiherald.com/living/family/story/1319565.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/family/story/1319565.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Q: We had a young couple as house guests last year, and their behavior was quite startling. (They may be coming back at Thanksgiving.) They literally acted as if we were there to wait on them hand and foot. They left their room a shambles, they had opportunities to pay for things like a few groceries but never even offered, and they were very loud late at night (not watching TV, I assure you). Please advise your younger generation of the keys to being a proper house guest. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/family/story/1319560.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/family/story/1319560.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Meals. Bedtime. Discipline. The reasons parents clash over the kids are endless, especially now that more unemployed dads are filling in for back-to-work moms as the bad economy grinds through a second year. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/accommodations/story/505722.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/accommodations/story/505722.html Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:11 EDT Dr. Harlan Selesnick on sports injuries http://www.miamiherald.com/living/family/story/1318142.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/family/story/1318142.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:00 EST The Adrienne Arsht Center presents Family Fest!, a free series featuring family-friendly out-of-doors activities and performances. With plenty of hands-on demonstrations and mini-workshops, families can make a puppet, learn songs or try out dance moves, all the while learning about the arts and other cultures. Family Fest is free but tickets must be reserved. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/family/story/1312748.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/family/story/1312748.html Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:00 EST For weeks now, Farmville -- the popular and excessively addictive Facebook game -- has been demanding my attention. But not because I'm playing it. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/family/story/1304271.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/family/story/1304271.html Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:00 EDT This is the time of year when parents begin making plans for children to fly alone during the holidays. I don't have kids, but I empathize with those who do after recently flying our nieces, ages 14 and 17, from Ohio to Seattle. Airline fees for an unaccompanied minor can add up to $200 to the cost of a round-trip ticket, and there's no bypassing the long lines at ticket counters, even if you're not checking bags. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/family/story/1307798.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/family/story/1307798.html Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT Peter Yarrow's latest book was about to debut at No. 1 on the Publishers Weekly bestseller list, but his thoughts were on the past. Mary Travers, his partner in the 1960s folk-singing trio Peter, Paul and Mary, had just died. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/family/story/1307795.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/family/story/1307795.html Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT They march for peace. They march for politics. But 73-year-old novelist Barbara Rose Brooker believes American women must also march for freedom from age discrimination. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/family/story/1307792.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/family/story/1307792.html Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT Stop the presses. There is a new frontier for newspapers after all -- in the novelty aisle. As newspapers nationwide struggle to find their place in the digital world, a parody newspaper has found a way to get some mileage out of its old work. The Onion has teamed up with Recycled Paper Greetings to create a line of 12 greeting cards. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/family/story/1307784.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/family/story/1307784.html Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT Sometimes it seems parking at the Miami and Fort Lauderdale airports costs almost as much as flying out of them. Through trial and error, I've found a few moderately economical solutions. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/family/story/1307793.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/family/story/1307793.html Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT Q: I've been seeing lots of ads for pet insurance but I'm not sure whether I should get it for our new puppy. The hospital we go to offers a plan but it's only for basic care at one place. Do you have an opinion? http://www.miamiherald.com/living/family/story/1306482.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/family/story/1306482.html Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT Get your annual dose of boo-tox! http://www.miamiherald.com/living/family/story/1305907.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/family/story/1305907.html Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT Jungle Island's Halloween Spooktacular is calling all princesses, goblins, superheroes and witches to a two-day party. There will be special trick-or-treat doors all over the Jungle. Get dressed up for the costume contest at 2:15 p.m, catch the live performances to Michael Jackson's Thriller and the Monster Mash or join the Goblin Pie-Eating Contests. There will be appearances by Billy the Marlin and the Marlins Mermaids, Creepy Cookie Decorating, ghostly tunes and activities from spooky DJs, arts and crafts stations, a Witch Hunt Raffle and a bounce house. And don't miss the Create-A-Scarecrow contest in which more than 1,000 students from the Miami-Dade and Broward school systems participated. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/religion-values/story/1300088.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/religion-values/story/1300088.html Mon, 26 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT There's no shortage of film festivals in Miami: Colombian, Black, Brazilian, and Gay and Lesbian, to name a few.<p/> This week, a trio of young Miamians will bring something different to the region's big-screen scene: a religious, interfaith film festival modeled after the life of a popular pope. The John Paul II International Film Festival, which kicks off Thursday and runs through Nov. 7, includes films varying from God in the Streets of NYC, a short on Jesus on the streets of New York City, and God in China, a documentary on religion and politics among the Chinese, to The 13th Day, a feature on the memoirs of a 20th-century Portuguese nun. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/religion-values/story/1290029.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/religion-values/story/1290029.html Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT As a lifestyles columnist for The Wall Street Journal, Jeffrey Zaslow chronicles the business of living itself in ''Moving On,'' a column about transitions. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/religion-values/story/1285202.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/religion-values/story/1285202.html Fri, 16 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT A South Florida priest has found a higher calling -- as bishop to the diocese of Pueblo, Colo.<p/> The Rev. Fernando Isern, pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes parish in Southwest Miami-Dade, was named bishop-elect by Pope Benedict XVI, and will be ordained in his new assignment in December. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/religion-values/story/1262721.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/religion-values/story/1262721.html Sat, 03 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT ''Onomatopoeia'' is not a Yiddish word, but perhaps it should be. Expressions like ''schmooze,'' ''kibbitz'' and ''chutzpah'' sound like exactly what they are, the very definition of onomatopoeia. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/religion-values/story/1260496.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/religion-values/story/1260496.html Fri, 02 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT Growing up in Davie, Sahar Ullah remembers the awkward interactions, confused looks and frequent questions from friends and strangers alike about her hijab, the head cover she chooses to wear, and her religion: Islam. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/religion-values/story/1260555.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/religion-values/story/1260555.html Thu, 01 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT Divisions deepened at Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church, the Fort Lauderdale mega-church, as two elders resigned Tuesday night following the first service of a breakaway congregation on Sunday. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/religion-values/story/1255483.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/religion-values/story/1255483.html Sun, 27 Sep 2009 01:00 EDT Almost 3,000 Sundays after her first Mass at St. Philip Neri, the church she helped establish in 1953 in North Miami-Dade's Bunche Park neighborhood, Esterlene Colebrook came to say goodbye. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/religion-values/story/1243679.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/religion-values/story/1243679.html Mon, 21 Sep 2009 01:00 EDT Members of the influential Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church voted overwhelmingly Sunday to keepW. Tullian Tchividjian, grandson of evangelist Billy Graham, as their spiritual leader. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/religion-values/story/1240626.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/religion-values/story/1240626.html Sat, 19 Sep 2009 08:30 EDT She was an exotic dancer at a Miami strip club called Porky's. He showed up wearing a Hawaiian shirt, eager to share a night in the VIP lounge.<p/> They began a torrid, on-and-off love affair that ended for good in January, after she gave birth to a daughter she says is his. Now, she wants child support and has filed a restraining order against him. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/religion-values/story/1239129.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/religion-values/story/1239129.html Thu, 17 Sep 2009 22:00 EDT With slow business at his motorcycle store, Michael Levin was unsure if he could afford the $200 ticket to services for the High Holidays, which begin Friday after sundown with Rosh Hashana. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/relationships/story/1319565.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/relationships/story/1319565.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Q: We had a young couple as house guests last year, and their behavior was quite startling. (They may be coming back at Thanksgiving.) They literally acted as if we were there to wait on them hand and foot. They left their room a shambles, they had opportunities to pay for things like a few groceries but never even offered, and they were very loud late at night (not watching TV, I assure you). Please advise your younger generation of the keys to being a proper house guest. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/relationships/story/1307795.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/relationships/story/1307795.html Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT They march for peace. They march for politics. But 73-year-old novelist Barbara Rose Brooker believes American women must also march for freedom from age discrimination. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/relationships/story/1296338.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/relationships/story/1296338.html Sat, 24 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT Q: My best friend is making some bad choices, and I'm not sure what I can or should do about it. She broke up with her boyfriend because he cheated on her, but now they're back together. Why she would go back to this guy is beyond me. He even hit on me once. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/relationships/story/1285300.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/relationships/story/1285300.html Sat, 17 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT Amid the stacks of books and the students on the computers, amid the hushed buzz of learning at the Miami-Dade Main Library, four mannequins varnished in red form a provocative exhibit about domestic violence. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/relationships/story/1273915.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/relationships/story/1273915.html Sat, 10 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT Perhaps the most important thing to know about Lee and Paul Reyes-Fournier is that they believe in happily ever after. They have been married, mostly blissfully, for 20 years. This despite four moves, several job changes, a stretch of infertility and, finally, the chaos of three children -- a teenager, a 5-year-old and a 2-year-old. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/relationships/story/1273924.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/relationships/story/1273924.html Sat, 10 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT You know what football season means: beer, chips and crowding around the television with a bunch of dudes to whoop, holler and bump fists. But if you tend to save your fist-bumps for the smackdowns on Project Runway, you might feel a little out of place when the party chat revolves around whether the Broncos will cover against the Chargers or if the Redskins overspent yet again during the off-season. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/relationships/story/1273917.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/relationships/story/1273917.html Sat, 10 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT Q: I'm a 23-year-old woman and have never really understood the whole ''the guy pays'' thing. I like to pay my own way, but I've definitely run into situations where the guy just totally insists on paying. My mother, on the other hand, believes it's polite to let the man pay. We've agreed to let you be the final say on the subject -- depending on what you say, of course! http://www.miamiherald.com/living/relationships/story/1262711.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/relationships/story/1262711.html Sat, 03 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT Q: I'm 47 and divorced. My ex was financially successful but the relationship was empty and unconnected. I've been dating someone for nine months whom I really love. The problem is he's not a professional, and won't be able to have conversations with my friends' husbands about business or important topics. And my family will think he's beneath me and unsophisticated. He doesn't have money, but he's thoughtful, caring and makes me feel so happy. I broke up with him and was so depressed I cried until we got back together. What should I do? http://www.miamiherald.com/living/relationships/story/1256722.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/relationships/story/1256722.html Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:00 EDT Chelsea Montgomery-Duban wanted to invite people to see inside her family, so she posted a video on YouTube. There the 16-year-old shares, through laughter and tears, the speech she gave at the wedding altar of the men she refers to as ''Dad'' and ''Daddy.'' http://www.miamiherald.com/living/relationships/story/1250666.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/relationships/story/1250666.html Sat, 26 Sep 2009 01:00 EDT It's got to be frustrating. First the marriage breaks up. Then the ex-wife goes out and writes a memoir about the emotional aftermath and how she found a fabulous new life by eating, praying and loving. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/columnists/ana-veciana-suarez/story/1319553.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/columnists/ana-veciana-suarez/story/1319553.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00 EST As a mother, I would do almost anything to give my children a leg up in life. This is true, I think, for most conscientious parents. Call it biological imperative, if you will. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/columnists/ana-veciana-suarez/story/1307781.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/columnists/ana-veciana-suarez/story/1307781.html Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT As a journalist, I own a front-row seat to historic events. I witness moments that become reference points for our lives. And it is my professional opinion that one occasion destined to become as noteworthy as, say, Arbor Day is National Declutter Day. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/columnists/ana-veciana-suarez/story/1296331.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/columnists/ana-veciana-suarez/story/1296331.html Sat, 24 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT What would you do for fame? Would you allow cameras to follow you around? Would you blog about the most intimate moments of your life? Would you recruit your reluctant spouse to face the unforgiving limelight? Would you drag your children along? http://www.miamiherald.com/living/columnists/ana-veciana-suarez/story/1285294.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/columnists/ana-veciana-suarez/story/1285294.html Sat, 17 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT I've often joked that children are the most stressful factor in a marriage, especially for those of us who juggle work and family. Rushed, conflicted and usually overwhelmed, mothers who toil outside the home feel there aren't enough hours in the day to keep up with parenting obligations, job duties and household chores. Life turns into a never-ending to-do list, a blaring alarm that's can't be quieted. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/columnists/ana-veciana-suarez/story/1273912.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/columnists/ana-veciana-suarez/story/1273912.html Sat, 10 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT Imagine this tweet popping up on your Blackberry: I'm in a board meeting. Having a miscarriage. Thank goodness, because there's a f - - - ed up 3-week hoop-jump to have an abortion in Wisconsin. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/columnists/ana-veciana-suarez/story/1262708.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/columnists/ana-veciana-suarez/story/1262708.html Sat, 03 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT About once a week, over dinner or before collapsing into bed, I declare to no one in particular: I can't stand the traffic anymore. We need to move. This charade has been going on for at least five years, with the same results. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/columnists/ana-veciana-suarez/story/1250654.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/columnists/ana-veciana-suarez/story/1250654.html Sat, 26 Sep 2009 01:00 EDT I just attended my second to last open house at my youngest son's high school, an event that would have been unremarkable if not for a certain word popping into my head in English class. The entire evening, as I dutifully jotted course requirements and teacher's e-mail addresses, I thought: This is my penultimate visit to math . . . to history . . . to Spanish. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/columnists/ana-veciana-suarez/story/1239504.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/columnists/ana-veciana-suarez/story/1239504.html Sat, 19 Sep 2009 01:00 EDT Ispent a most restorative hour on the telephone last weekend. After a few months' hiatus, I spoke to my best friend from childhood, a woman whose life has turned out so much different than mine, a fellow geek who knows me as the bookworm from middle school and not the wife, mother and journalist I have become. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/columnists/ana-veciana-suarez/story/1227373.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/columnists/ana-veciana-suarez/story/1227373.html Sat, 12 Sep 2009 01:00 EDT Levi Johnston, remember him? Or should I ask, How can we forget the dude? He's the 19-year-old high-school dropout whose claim to fame was becoming the baby daddy to the grandson of the then-governor of Alaska. Ah, that roils the memory, doesn't it? Johnston, the former future son-in-law of Sarah Palin. Johnston, the airhead who has repeatedly tried to stretch his 15 minutes of fame like Silly Putty. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/columnists/ana-veciana-suarez/story/1217290.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/columnists/ana-veciana-suarez/story/1217290.html Sat, 05 Sep 2009 01:00 EDT Without fanfare or warning, I've become the kind of woman who divides the world into those who know all about Dora and Swiper and Boots and those who don't. On a regular basis and with missionary zeal, I scour entertainment ads for Backyardigans shows and check newspaper listings for toy recalls. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/kids-health/story/1279053.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/kids-health/story/1279053.html Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT Today's babies will be tomorrow's centenarians. A new report says that reaching the age of 100 may become ordinary for most American babies born since 2000. How will living for a century affect our kids? And what quality of life awaits those who live this long? http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/kids-health/story/1279559.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/kids-health/story/1279559.html Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT The H1N1 influenza virus is so new it's not entirely understood, South Florida doctors say. It can be as mild as a cold or, rarely, so severe that blood pressure rapidly plummets, lungs collapse and kidneys fail, sometimes causing death. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/kids-health/story/1267794.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/kids-health/story/1267794.html Tue, 06 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT Shauna Davis dances every day, all styles. The teenager has been dancing since she was 3 -- and suffering the aches and pains that go along with it. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/kids-health/story/1256714.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/kids-health/story/1256714.html Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:00 EDT Beth and Brad Besner of Davie are still struggling with grief over the loss of their son Ian, who died 3 1/2 years ago at age 11 of complications from leukemia. But they have more than their own heartache to deal with. Their sons Grant, now 12, and Noah, 10, are also trying to make sense of the death of their big brother. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/kids-health/story/1239515.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/kids-health/story/1239515.html Sat, 19 Sep 2009 01:00 EDT Amid last week's news of the president indoctrinating our children to socialism and the release of a remastered Beatles catalog, I seem to have missed Suicide Prevention Week. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/kids-health/story/1233725.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/kids-health/story/1233725.html Tue, 15 Sep 2009 01:00 EDT We've heard of flu season, but wheeze season? That's right, as children head back to school in September, rates of asthma episodes quadruple, peaking about 17 days after Labor Day. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/kids-health/story/1222482.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/kids-health/story/1222482.html Tue, 08 Sep 2009 01:00 EDT You walk into your bathroom, and the toilet paper roll is empty. On the back of the toilet sits a new roll, put there by a previous visitor who apparently never mastered the task of replacing a roll of toilet paper. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/kids-health/story/1221943.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/kids-health/story/1221943.html Tue, 08 Sep 2009 01:00 EDT Product: LeadConfirm Professional saliva lead screening kit, $79.99, at cvs.com, amazon.com and drugstore.com. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/kids-health/story/1210557.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/kids-health/story/1210557.html Tue, 01 Sep 2009 01:00 EDT I was hanging out with my 12-year-old niece the other night when she suddenly pinched her inner thigh and declared she hated her legs. I was incredulous. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/kids-health/story/1196041.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/kids-health/story/1196041.html Sat, 22 Aug 2009 01:00 EDT Wendy K. Silverman, director of the Child Anxiety and Phobia Program at Florida International University, has been teaching children how to conquer their fears for more than 20 years. As a researcher and board-certified clinical child and adolescent psychologist, she sees youngsters whose extreme anxiety can keep them out of the classroom. With school about to resume, we talked to Silverman about her research and about what parents can do to help fearful students. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/family/kids-books/story/1307798.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/family/kids-books/story/1307798.html Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT Peter Yarrow's latest book was about to debut at No. 1 on the Publishers Weekly bestseller list, but his thoughts were on the past. Mary Travers, his partner in the 1960s folk-singing trio Peter, Paul and Mary, had just died. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/family/kids-books/story/1274505.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/family/kids-books/story/1274505.html Sat, 10 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT The heroine of Kristin Cashore's second novel, Fire, is named for the color of her hair -- a prismatic red that mixes shades of ''sunrise, copper, poppy, fuchsia, and flame'' into a mane so dazzling she keeps it covered with a scarf to deflect attention. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/family/kids-books/story/1250792.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/family/kids-books/story/1250792.html Sun, 27 Sep 2009 01:00 EDT Here's a little something Hialeah residents probably didn't know about Mayor Julio Robaina and Councilwoman Katharine Cue: They are authors.<p/> At the city's annual literacy fair event hosted Sept. 19 at John F. Kennedy Library, the duo unveiled their first children's book, titled When I Grow Up! http://www.miamiherald.com/living/family/kids-books/story/1082563.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/family/kids-books/story/1082563.html Sat, 06 Jun 2009 03:01 EDT Michael Phelps channels dinosaurs in a world absent of scandal over bongs. Julianne Moore relives her red-haired childhood in a standoff with a school bully. Both are among the celebrities keeping up production in the boldface-name factory that churns out children's books. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/family/kids-books/story/1049925.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/family/kids-books/story/1049925.html Sat, 16 May 2009 03:01 EDT Pity the poor fan of Rick Riordan's popular series for adults about Tres Navarre, a Texas private eye with a Ph.D. in medieval literature and an enchilada-eating cat. Beginning with the first book, Big Red Tequila, in 1997, readers could reliably count on a new mystery almost every year. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/family/kids-books/story/956134.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/family/kids-books/story/956134.html Thu, 08 Mar 2007 12:47 EST <ital>Editor's note: This story was originally published Sept. 8, 2007.</ital> http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/family/story/1315275.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/family/story/1315275.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:00 EST It's a rain-soaked hamlet with a population of 3,000 souls, and just one traffic light, as unlikely a tourist hotspot as you'll ever see. But the tiny town of Forks, Wash., has been transformed by Twilight, the wildly popular young adult book series by Stephenie Meyer. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/family/story/1316852.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/family/story/1316852.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Cliff and Leah Patton went camping on Lion Country Safari's grounds with their two granddaughters thanks to the annual passes they just bought. As Palm Beach Gardens residents, they own almost all major Florida theme park passes including Sea World, Universal Studios, Islands of Adventure, Busch Gardens, Aquatica and the recently acquired Lion Country Safari. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/family/story/1315287.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/family/story/1315287.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Whether heading out of town to visit family for the holidays or seizing the time off from school and work to see the sights, there are plenty of performances, parades and spectacular light shows to put you in the holiday mood over the next two months. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/family/story/1304272.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/family/story/1304272.html Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:00 EDT I pop the toasted grasshopper right in my mouth. It tastes kind of like bacon and is seasoned with chili and salt. Not bad! My kids wrinkle their noses. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/family/story/1304263.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/family/story/1304263.html Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:00 EDT You don't have to be John Wayne or Annie Oakley to appreciate the thrill of the Old West. What's not to love about rustic life where the longhorn cattle feed on the lowly gypsum weed? (Except, possibly, having to watch where you step.) http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/family/story/1304271.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/family/story/1304271.html Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:00 EDT This is the time of year when parents begin making plans for children to fly alone during the holidays. I don't have kids, but I empathize with those who do after recently flying our nieces, ages 14 and 17, from Ohio to Seattle. Airline fees for an unaccompanied minor can add up to $200 to the cost of a round-trip ticket, and there's no bypassing the long lines at ticket counters, even if you're not checking bags. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/family/story/1292812.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/family/story/1292812.html Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT As the new film version of the Maurice Sendak children's classic Where the Wild Things Are delights children across the nation, we offer a list of top spots around the world where you can show your family real wild things in their natural environments. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/family/story/1292804.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/family/story/1292804.html Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT Taking the kids can be easier and more stylish -- and more fun for them -- thanks to these new travel products, which have been tested by the writer. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/family/story/1292801.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/family/story/1292801.html Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT Kids tired of experiencing the same old roller coasters have a new ride to tackle. Walt Disney World's ''Sum of All Thrills'' is the first ride in Epcot's Innoventions pavilion, where businesses sponsor educational attractions and hawk their brands. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/family/story/1247401.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/family/story/1247401.html Sun, 27 Sep 2009 01:00 EDT Anyone who has ever tried to get any work done with young kids underfoot can imagine what Harris Levine must have gone through -- every day of his life.