Katie Clarey

1 week ago | enjoyer.com | Katie Clarey

On any spring day in 1954, some 45,000 people could be found shopping at a brand-new mall—among the first of its kind. The ladies lingered at Suzy Hats and Baker’s Shoes before picking up ingredients for supper at Kroger. Their husbands visited Dube’s Barber Shop or perused Dunns Camera & Hobby Supply. The kids? They hung at the on-site playground. All of this hustle and bustle was happening at Northland Center, then the world’s largest mall tucked between Greenfield Road and 8-Mile in Southfield.

1 month ago | enjoyer.com | Katie Clarey

Most parents don’t like reading to their kids, according to a recent survey from HarperCollins and Nielsen. In 2012, nearly two-thirds of parents said they read to their young children frequently. That number has sunk over the years, bottoming out at 41% this year. Parents’ distaste for reading aloud has disastrous effects on early literacy. The words children hear when read to form their vocabularies.

2 months ago | enjoyer.com | Katie Clarey

It may still be snowing in Michigan, but it’s time to get growing. I started planning my summer garden back in October when I heard about what not to do from a weary dad I met on a hayride to a pumpkin patch. We were both climbing into the wagon as his wife, too pregnant for the bumpy ride, admonished him: “Don’t let the kids pick any pumpkins!”The dad explained. His family put in a garden last summer, and their pumpkins had been prolific. They did not need another jack-o-lantern.

Dec 3, 2024 | enjoyer.com | Katie Clarey

Oscoda — You can buy a live Christmas tree for just $5, you just have to wander through a forest to get it. For the last six years, my family has put up a small artificial tree we purchased at Walmart for $65. My husband and I bought it in 2018 as newlyweds—young newlyweds, working low-paying jobs right out of college. The tree smelled like plastic, and I got hives after wrapping it with lights. We swore that next year, we’d have a live tree for Christmas. But we never did.

Nov 20, 2023 | healthcaredive.com | Susanna Vogel |Rebecca Pifer |Katie Clarey |Emily Olsen

If you ask nurses and hospital administrators about the state of nurse staffing, both will tell you that there are not enough nurses currently working the bedside. But that’s about the only thing they can agree on. From the cause of the problem, to how to fix it or what to name it — hospitals label it a “nursing shortage,” while unions and advocates call it a “safe staffing” failure — labor and management are at odds about the particulars of the nation’s staffing crisis.