Toledo Area Parent

The Education Guide

   When it comes to learning, there are a variety of educational options available for parents to choose from. The hardest part is finding the right one for your child. Our Educational Guide makes it easy; we’ve collected information on schools and organizations that take learning to a new level.

West Side Montessori
2105 N. McCord Rd., Toledo
419-866-1931
www.wsmctoledo.org
   Different method. Better outcomes - At West Side Montessori, children learn how to think and how to apply their knowledge to the world around them, a world seen not from a narrow perspective, but fr...

Great expectations

Toledo celebrates the return of The Hungry I

   The minute I got wind that The Hungry I restaurant was back I said, “I can’t believe it! We gotta go soon!”  I’m certain the good news traveled fast, because by the looks of the restaurant the night my family and I stopped in, half of Toledo appeared to share my enthusiasm.  Gus Nicolaidis and Moussa Salloukh, also owners of the outstanding LaScola Italian restaurant, opened the Hungry I December 1, 2009.  
   I was spreading the word to all my Toledo transplant friends who never had the chance to dine at the...

Women: Understanding your risk for heart attacks

Prevention and knowing the signs

While movies may depict a man clenching his chest and tumbling to the floor due to a heart attack ­— this is often not the case, especially for women. Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of death in women, and many women experience different symptoms and go undiagnosed longer than men. Knowing your risk and changing your lifestyle could save your life.

A common problem

   The US Department of Health and Human Services reports that each year, one in four women who die will die from heart disease. In 2004, nearly 60 percent more women died of ...

Be a rabbit

   I bravely went in the back of our basement to purge.  I discovered mouse droppings, a grapevine reindeer with a broken leg that looked like someone should put it out of its misery, an assortment of prom and bridesmaid dresses that confirms that not only men are colorblind, and an old radio that had been there for years. Too bad the battery compartment rusted out.  I also stumbled upon my childhood copy of The Velveteen Rabbit.
   This beautiful tale by Margery Williams  is an everlasting reminder of a basic truth: being loved can make you ugly, but only to ...