Hoke County Center: Home & Family

Are you a plant killer? Watch this episode of "In the Garden with Bryce Lane" to learn to keep plants alive: [more]
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Avoid foodborne illness this holiday season by following these Extension tips from #NCSU and Kansas State Univ: [more]
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For much of NC, Thanksgiving is a great time to plant spring-flowering bulbs. See Extension at #NCSU tips: [more]

Home & Family

The foundation of our society is the family. Many of Extension's programs provide families with research-based answers to their day-to-day challenges. Extension is ready with answers on controlling household insects, protecting well-water, managing a family budget, helping families improve their eating habits, or dealing with the special concerns related to early childhood, parenting, or aging.

To provide families with solutions they need to address the struggling economy, the NC State University Family and Consumer Sciences program faculty have created "Take Control," a series of fact sheets on a variety of topics related to the economy including tips on saving money, talking to children about the economy, shopping for healthy foods on a tight budget, avoiding home foreclosure and many other timely topics.
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Immunizations Are Important
Posted October 20th, 2009 in Home & Family

With all of the information that is currently being given out on the news about the H1N1 flu, it is important to remember that there are other immunizations that young children need. Immunizations are preventative measures that we can take to protect our children from diseases that are infectious and which may lead to disabilities or even death. If children are not vaccinated complications such as deafness, pneumonia, blindness, brain damage, paralysis, or kidney ... MORE

Daily Routines Help Children Learn
Posted September 8th, 2009 in Home & Family

Children are born to learn. The first two years are very important for growth and brain development in young children and parents or other caregivers play an important role in that process. Any interaction can be a learning opportunity for children. Children learn through watching and interacting with their environment using all of their senses. Children do many activities during the day. As schedules change, children sometimes wonder what is next in their ... MORE