From: "Family.COM" <mail@family.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Jul 1997 06:50:02 -0700 (PDT)
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Subject: News from Disney Online - July 1997
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Disney Online welcomes your questions and comments. If you have a
question or comment, please point your browser to http://www.family.com,
and click on "Write Us" in the right hand index of our home page. We
suggest you copy into your message the part of the newsletter that
relates to your question!

Dear Disney.com Guest,

We'd like to introduce you to a site designed to meet all your parenting
needs -- Disney's Family.com.

In the weeks ahead, Family.com will bring you many special features to
help you be the best parent possible.  Don't miss our stories on travel,
food, activities, child development and more.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~FREE OFFER~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

This month we have exciting news. For 30 days, you can see and use all
of Family.com for free, including our searchable database of stories, an
interactive cookbook to help you cook better and faster, and our large
network of bulletin boards. You also get access to  all of our local
event calendars, features and resources, provided by over 100 regional
parenting publications in the U.S. and Canada.

Come to http://www.family.com and enjoy the entire site for free!


Here's just some of what's happening on Family.com this week :

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~PARENTING EXPERTS~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

* Penelope Leach helps you deal with a clingy toddler

* Jan Faull tells how to get big kids to do their chores

* Barton Schmitt explains how to handle the five kinds of temper
tantrums.

You can also find advice about your own specific parenting problems in
our vast database, which includes past columns from these experts.  Read
it all at:

http://www.family.com

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ACTIVITIES~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

* Ideas for games that will keep kids cool on hot summer days

Search the database for age-appropriate ideas using supplies you already
have on hand.  Find it at http://www.family.com.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~TRAVEL~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

* Ideas for games in the car from Penny Whistle, a popular feature that
originally ran in Family Planet.


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~FOOD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

* Quick hot weather meals using just a can of tuna

Plus unlimited access to our Recipe Express, an interactive cookbook
that will find a recipe for you, make the shopping list, and even help
plan your meals.  Check out how easy it is at:

http://www.family.com

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~LEARNING~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

* A guide to teaching your kids how to handle (and appreciate) money

Search the database for ideas to help your children keep learning all
summer long.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~D-CARDS~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

* You get unlimited free access to D-Cards, our library of electronic
greeting cards. We've got one for every occasion. Nothing says "Happy
Birthday" or "I'm thinking of you" like a D-Card.  To send your message
today, visit:

http://www.family.com

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ALL THIS PLUS~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

**EVERY WEEK DAY**

--a different special travel deal

and

--a different project to keep kids busy and interested


And these **NEW FEATURES**, provided by YOU, our guests:

--WE WERE THERE, stories from real families all across the country about
where they went on vacation -- and what they liked and didn't like 

and

--FAVORITE RECIPES -, appetizers, main dishes, side dishes and desserts
from your recipe files.


FINALLY, we put it all together for you on our Bulletin Boards. Find
even more ideas, and exchange information, help and advice with other
parents just like you.

It's all at http://www.family.com.

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family-related material. If you no longer wish to receive news about
Family.com, please go to http://www.family.com/News and we'll promptly
remove you from the list.