Race Point , on the ocean, has a much wider beach and plenty of kids.

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This meant the hottest part of the day - the hours after lunch - were spent sitting on the beach watching the foreign kids frolic in the surf.

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This week, I took my kids to the beach.

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The black sand beach here is slim and runs directly next to the main road so it is not a great place to bring young kids - the beach can disappear entirely at certain points during high tide.

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McKeon said he planned on approaching leaders in Queens to see about having a dress expo there for hard-hit kids in the Rockaway beach communities.

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This Five-Star resort is tucked away on seven oceanfront acres on the southern tip of Palm Beach Island, and the Ritz Kids AquaNuts facility is decidedly ocean-inspired the ceiling is blue and the room is decked out with fish nets, crab and fish rugs and has large murals of underwater scenes on the wall.

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"The story itself revolves around six or seven kids who live in a beach house in Santa Monica, " Collins says.

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Bush surrounds meet enviable beach stretches with rock pools aplenty (keeping kids amused for hours).

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You've got to try to put the listener right there in the alleyways with the kids and the donkey carts - or on Gaza beach with the surf and the wind.

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