WBSM - New Bedford's Local Source For News, Talk, and Sports! » kids http://wbsm.com For over 60 years, WBSM has been the #1 source for News, Talk, and Sports in New Bedford! Wed, 22 May 2013 01:18:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Make Sure Your Young Athlete Stays Hydrated http://wbsm.com/moake-sure-your-young-athlete-stays-hydrated/ http://wbsm.com/moake-sure-your-young-athlete-stays-hydrated/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 17:23:33 +0000 Pete Braley http://wbsm.com/?p=80618 I've mentioned before how I coach girls softball and boys baseball, with the weather turning hot this week, I want to make sure your kids are prepared.

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School officials in Windham, NH voted to get rid of playing Dodgeball because they say the game encourages bullying.

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]]> http://wbsm.com/do-certain-sports-promote-bullying/feed/ 0 twk954,flickr A Look Back at Retro Toys and Games http://wbsm.com/a-look-back-at-retro-toys-and-games/ http://wbsm.com/a-look-back-at-retro-toys-and-games/#comments Fri, 29 Mar 2013 12:55:18 +0000 Neal White http://wbsm.com/?p=65771 We were reliving memories of being a kid and thinking about some of the toy's and games kids today will never have. 

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My kids amaze me!  A few years ago my daughter Chelsi and I were in the studio at work, Chelsi was maybe four years old, I put on some music and she and I created "The Chelsi Rap". 

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]]> http://wbsm.com/neal-whites-rap-for-his-daughter/feed/ 0 YouTube 17-Foot Python Menaces Family Picnic http://wbsm.com/python-picnic/ http://wbsm.com/python-picnic/#comments Mon, 31 Dec 2012 00:30:06 +0000 Tom Blunt http://thefw.com/?p=174935 This enormous Burmese python was killed by Florida park rangers this week after it crashed a family's holiday outing.

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]]> http://wbsm.com/python-picnic/feed/ 0 YouTube Talking to Children About Tragedy in Wake of Connecticut School Shooting http://wbsm.com/how-to-talk-to-children-about-tragedy-in-wake-of-connecticut-school-shooting/ http://wbsm.com/how-to-talk-to-children-about-tragedy-in-wake-of-connecticut-school-shooting/#comments Sat, 15 Dec 2012 02:16:03 +0000 Stephanie McMaster http://tsminteractive.com/?p=152601 How do you explain the unexplainable to children? Today, parents across the country, including myself, were faced with this  -- fumbling over words while explaining the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown - located only 20 miles away from my own daughter's elementary school.

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