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A Fine Balance: The Magic Ratio to a Healthy Relationship (Relationships series)
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A Fine Balance: The Magic Ratio to a Healthy Relationship (Relationships series)

This publication is one of six Purdue Extension fact sheets about couple relationships that lists strategies and activities for enhancing a relationship. It was updated in 2022. Successful intimate relationships have a b...

Considerations for Using a Sanitizer at Home
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Considerations for Using a Sanitizer at Home

Clean food contact surfaces are critical to preventing foodborne illnesses and more. Cleaning and sanitizing are commonly used interchangeably, but they are not the same. In this publication, Purdue researchers discuss w...

Creating Homemade Blocks
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Creating Homemade Blocks

A tube from a roll of paper towels. A shoebox. A plastic bottle. All of these items can become homemade blocks that children will play with. Blocks don't have to be fancy or expensive to be beneficial to children, th...

Handling Conflict with Your Partner and Staying Emotionally Connected (Relationships series)
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Handling Conflict with Your Partner and Staying Emotionally Connected (Relationships series)

This updated (2022) publication is one of six Purdue Extension fact sheets about couple relationships that lists strategies and activities for enhancing a relationship. Conflict is normal in all relationships, but it can...

Have a Healthy Baby curriculum (English)
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Have a Healthy Baby curriculum (English)

This is a digital product (PDF format) that will be available for immediate download upon purchase. The Have a Healthy Baby program is a nutrition education program that Extension educators and ot...

Have a Healthy Baby curriculum (Spanish)
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Have a Healthy Baby curriculum (Spanish)

This is a digital product (PDF format) that will be available for immediate download upon purchase. The Have a Healthy Baby (Tenga un Bebé Sano) program is a nutrition education program that ...

Increasing the Positives in Your Relationship (Relationships series)
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Increasing the Positives in Your Relationship (Relationships series)

This fact sheet, updated in 2022, is one of six Purdue Extension publications about couple relationships that list strategies and activities for enhancing a relationship. You can increase the number of positive experienc...

Just Love Me: My Life Turned Upside-down by Alzheimer's (paperback)
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Just Love Me: My Life Turned Upside-down by Alzheimer's (paperback)

Just Love Me reveals the thoughts and emotions of a woman struggling with a suddenly unmanageable life, numerous hospitalizations, suicide attempts, everyday turmoil, and finally, the arduous search for an accurat...

Kinship Care: A New Kind of Family
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Kinship Care: A New Kind of Family

In the United States, a growing number of adult relatives and non-relatives are parenting children. They are providing what is known as kinship care. This publication discusses various types of kinship care, including in...

Making Time to Talk to Your Partner (Relationships series)
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Making Time to Talk to Your Partner (Relationships series)

This publication, updated in 2022, is one of six Purdue Extension fact sheets about couple relationships that lists strategies and activities for enhancing a relationship. Couples who have regular, meaningful conversatio...

Preventing Periodontal Disease in Dogs
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Preventing Periodontal Disease in Dogs

Periodontal disease is one of the most common health problems in our canine companions. Lack of preventive care often leads to more severe disease at an earlier age. Four Purdue researchers discuss steps that will ben...

Recharging your Patience
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Recharging your Patience

Stay-at-home requirements and other COVID-19 pandemic-related concerns can add considerable stress to everyday life. In this publication, two Purdue University researchers compile suggestions to consider when you feel as...

Selecting an Indiana-Grown Christmas Tree
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Selecting an Indiana-Grown Christmas Tree

If you are looking for that perfect Christmas tree in Indiana, this six-page PDF publication is for you. In the publication, we describe various tree species and the characteristics that most tree-shoppers ask about. The...

Sharing Dreams and Goals: Creating an Emotional Connection (Relationships series)
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Sharing Dreams and Goals: Creating an Emotional Connection (Relationships series)

This is one of six Purdue Extension fact sheets about couple relationships that list strategies and activities for enhancing a relationship. (It was updated in 2022) Remember a time early in your relationship when it fel...

The Art of Complaining: Getting Your Concerns Across Without Criticizing (Relationships series)
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The Art of Complaining: Getting Your Concerns Across Without Criticizing (Relationships series)

This is one of six Purdue Extension fact sheets (updated in 2022) about couple relationships that list strategies and activities for enhancing a relationship. Some couples are good at expressing their concerns to their p...

The Enhanced Block Party: Fostering Engineering Play Behaviors in Young Children
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The Enhanced Block Party: Fostering Engineering Play Behaviors in Young Children

Research has shown that through block play children can learn a variety of skills such as math, science, social, physical, new words, pre-reading, creative and problem-solving skills. This 12-part series trains adults...

Tips for Pandemic Parenting
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Tips for Pandemic Parenting

COVID-19 has changed family and school routines. This publication offers practical advice and resources for parenting through the coronavirus outbreak as safety guidelines continue to evolve. ...

What a Waste of Food! Lesson Plans and PowerPoint
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What a Waste of Food! Lesson Plans and PowerPoint

Food waste is a major issue in developed countries. This unit is designed to teach students about food waste and ways they can help reduce it. This section contains one unit with three lesson plans that will teach stu...