Monday 23 February 2015

Cabin fever? 4 games to keep kids busy while stuck indoors

Cabin fever? Games to keep kids busy while stuck indoors

TODAY contributor Elizabeth Mayhew shares some fun indoor activities to keep your children active and entertained this winter, including creating a relay race with paper airplanes and a bean toss by stuffing your mittens.

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Girl, 11, demands more female superheroes: See how DC Comics responded

Rowan Hansen's superpowers don't include bending steel or flying with a cape, but that hasn't stopped the 11-year-old girl from saving the day with her call for more female superheroes.Last month, the Champaign, Illinois, fifth-grader addressed a letter to DC Comics — whose characters include Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman — to express her frustrations.

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Community rallies to save little boy's birthday after no one shows up

We've all been there on the day of a big party: Amid all the excitement, we can't help but fear that the doorbell won't ring. That feeling is why one 6-year-old Florida boy's story is resonating across the globe. Glenn Buratti's whole class was invited to his birthday party on February 8 in St. Cloud, Fla., but not one of the 16 kids showed up.

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