Allergic to My Family – Liza Ketchum https://www.lizaketchum.org/blog Mon, 12 Jan 2015 17:39:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 76312305 Skunks as pets https://www.lizaketchum.org/blog/skunks-as-pets/ https://www.lizaketchum.org/blog/skunks-as-pets/#respond Thu, 08 Jan 2015 13:00:37 +0000 https://www.lizaketchum.org/blog/?p=188 Read More]]>

In Allergic to My Family, Rosie’s family adopts a skunk. Could you really have a skunk for a pet? It’s possible, but over half of our states have laws against doing so. Do your research first, so you know all it takes to raise such an unusual animal.

Here are two sites, Just Skunks and a National Geographic photo-essay by photographer Vincent J. Musi, that will provide you with more information.

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Careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics are much in the news for young people. Many schools are refocusing their curriculum to encourage careers in these fields. Rosie has thoughts about becoming a marine biologist in Allergic to My Family. Here’s an interesting link to some of the foremost marine biology research centers in the United States. What about including one center as a destination on your family vacation plans?

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