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Karen Latimer

Dr. Latimer is a Family Physician and Wellness & Parenting Coach. She works with parents who want to feel more confident when helping their children and coaches young adults to help them better navigate college life and transitions. Contact her at drkarenlatimer@gmail.com to learn more. She is the author of two Audible Originals, Take Back the House -- Raising Happy Parents and Worry Less, Parent Better. She is also the co-founder of the app that makes your life easier and puts social in a healthier place -- List'm.

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September 8, 2014

Tell Us About Your Event

At Tips From Town, we love to tell our users what’s going on in and around town. Do you have something you’d like to post? If appropriate, we will include it in our What’s Happening This Week post. To enter an event for consideration, please comment below with the name of the organization, the event, […]

June 11, 2014

The Fault in Our Stars — Book And Movie

A story of love and loss you and your kids can relate to and share.

April 1, 2014

Coconut Corn Rice

I was in Jamaica in January and fell so in love with the coconut rice, I tracked down the chef and demanded the recipe. Of course, I did this after drinking much rum, so I wasn’t sure I would remember. Surprisingly, I did. My kids love it. It...

March 29, 2014

Why Did They Have to Kill Off Will?

Will's gone. Will the sex and passion of The Good Wife be gone as well?

March 25, 2014

Documentaries – A Strong Force for Change

Maria Shriver is focusing her attention on the 42 million women living on the brink of, or below, the poverty line. Many of these women are mothers, caring for children — 28 million children if you are counting. Run the numbers. Shockingly, about 20% of our population are impoverished women and children, and they are […]

March 18, 2014

Don’t Let the Sunshine Fool You — You can still get sick

As we crawl through the snow and ice out of one of the worst winters in recent memory, we want to say goodbye to colds and flus and and all the non-specific illnesses even our docs can’t identify. It goes without saying, viruses are rampant in the winter. We are cooped up inside. Our […]

March 17, 2014

What We Thought About Aladdin

See more reviews of Broadway Shows Last week, my sisters and I took our families to Aladdin. Because of the scheduling conflicts of 15 kids, ranging in age from 4 to 19, we were limited in our seating options. For all 23 of us to be able to sit near each other at a matinee […]