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Vaping: “Using your body as a chemistry experiment”

November 1, 2019 / Martina Will, PhD / Community Issues, Health & Wellness, Kids, Parenting, State Issues / No Comments

If you have a child in middle school or high school, there’s an excellent chance they have tried vaping (“E-cigarettes”) or are regularly vaping. “Parents would not be wrong to assume that your child has either vaped or has been exposed to those who have fairly regularly,” says Dr. Heather Hoch, a Stapleton resident who specializes in Pediatric Pulmonology at Children’s Hospital Colorado.

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Active Shooter Drills: Do they train or traumatize?

October 1, 2019 / Article by Tracy Osborne, "What Students Are Saying" by Madeline Seibel Dean / Community Issues, Kids, Schools/Education / No Comments

Annette Haugh was just seventeen when two bad guys with guns changed her life forever. “I separated myself into two parts that day—Columbine survivor and Annette—and I’ve spent the last twenty years trying to put those parts back together.”

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Destination Japan with Kids

August 1, 2019 / Sara Blanchard / Arts/Culture, History, Kids, Travel / No Comments

This summer, we decided to go beyond our usual visits to my Japanese mother’s relatives, and take the children (ages 10 and 8) on a bit of a history tour: Hiroshima; The Floating Shrine; Traditions by the Sea of Japan; and more.

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Fly, Climb, Jump, Balance and more

July 1, 2019 / Martina Will, PhD / Business, Entertainment, Kids, Stapleton / No Comments

Urban Air includes more than your standard fare of trampolines and dodgeball, though you will find “Pro Zone” performance trampolines here as well as basic trampolines.

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Vietnam Travel With Kids

June 1, 2019 / Melissa Downham / Kids, Travel / No Comments

Known for its complex history, delicious pho, and iconic landscapes, Vietnam has always been high on our list of places to experience. And experiencing it with our children was important to us. Vietnam marked our second trip to Asia—and our children’s first trip to a communist country, as Vietnam is one of the five remaining communist countries today.
Have you taken a trip with the goal to understand and experience another culture (with or without kids)? Contact us if you’d like to share your information for our “Cultural Travel” page.

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Vaccinations: Your Choice, Others’ Children

April 1, 2019 / Martina Will, Ph.D. / Community Issues, Health & Wellness, Kids / No Comments

Health experts and parents discuss the importance of community or herd immunity imparted by vaccines, which protect those with compromised immune systems from contracting vaccine-preventable diseases. The recent measles epidemic in the U.S. came close to Stapleton in January 2019 but no outbreak occurred.

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Kids’ Biz Legislation

March 1, 2019 / Carol Roberts / Business, Kids, Politics, State Issues / No Comments

When State Senator Angela Williams, a former business woman, learned the lemonade stand of a constituent’s kids was shut down for lack of a permit, she started looking into how other states and municipalities regulate (or don’t regulate) kids’ businesses.

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Destination Guatemala: With Kids

February 1, 2019 / Caroline Hagadorn / Kids, Travel / 1 Comment

Have you taken a trip with the goal to understand and experience another culture? Contact us if you’d like to share your information for our “Cultural Travel” page (with kids or no kids).

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…NE News Updates

February 1, 2019 / Carol Roberts / Announcements, Community Issues, Families, Health & Wellness, Kids, Transportation / No Comments

This month in NE Updates: Measles Outbreak in Stapleton; Trampoline & Adventure Park Coming to Stapleton; and I-70 Construction Update.

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An Inspiring Teenager In Our Midst

February 1, 2019 / Sara Blanchard / Kids, People / No Comments

What were YOU doing when you were in 7th grade? If you’re Abby Jones, a student at McAuliffe International School, you’re fresh off the Today Show after delivering a powerful, local TEDx talk about disconnecting.

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