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Parenting Advice & Columns

Supplementing your child’s art education

School budgets all over the country are taking hits. Hard, hard hits. Even while there are increasing demands on academic...

Mom & Dad

Skechers Shape-ups for girls: Cute or inappropriate?

Skechers recently introduced its apparently not-so-functional and previously adult-sizes only Shape-up shoes for young girls, and...

Child Development & Health

Small changes: Improve your family’s eating habits

We constantly hear about the obesity rate in the United States -- how children today are far heavier than they should be and how...

School Age Kids

How to afford to send your kids to camp

Dream of giving your child the same summer camp experience you had as a child, but worried that you won't be able to swing the costs...

Children's School & Education

Homeschool: Why are so many parents choosing it?

What is behind this growing movement in home education? With over two million students being homeschooled in the United States,...

Activities for Kids

High-tech, musical and artsy summer camps for kids

Is your child a film-lover? A budding scientist? A Grammy-winner in the making? Here are some of the most unique camps and summer...

Activities for Kids

Summer camp packing checklist

Packing for camp is an art form. Unlike sending your child for a sleepover at a friend's house, a stay at a resident camp can last...

Family Activities

7 Kid-friendly outdoor activities

With spring fast approaching, it's time to get the kids back into nature. Exposing them to a wide range of outdoor activities at a...

School Age Kids

Is the iconic Barbie bad news?

Barbie might be an icon, but she’s also a hot button topic for controversy. Some say the blond bombshell is all in good fun, while...

Crafts

Sunshine prints: Make art from the sun

If you have sun and have kids, here's a cool craft project to try (though if you just want to get a set just for yourself, we won't...

Monday Mom Challenge

Monday Mom challenge: Define your family traditions

Routine. Kids tend to thrive on it -- and adults find comfort in it, too. Whether it’s the rhythm of a morning as the house rouses...

Child Development & Health

Sunscreen for kids: Ask the expert

How often does your child really need to wear sunscreen -- and which type is best? A pediatrician has some advice for you!

Parenting Humor

CFS (Can't Find Sh*t) Syndrome

Like color-blindness, CFS Syndrome is a predominately male affliction. The main symptom is a frustrating form of object blindness...

Parenting Advice & Columns

The right age for kids and yard work

Yes, you love your yard. You worked hard for this yard, for this home you’ve created and the outdoor space where the kids play. But...

Parenting Advice & Columns

Getting kids involved in spring cleaning

When spring cleaning season -- spring, of course -- rolls around, you may be chomping at the bit to clean up and clean out and start...

Age by Age

Are parents dressing their daughters like tramps?

CNN writer LZ Granderson received quite a response when he wrote a piece titled, “Parents, don’t dress your girls like tramps.” In...

Parenting Humor

What's my name again? What should kids call you

If a rose by any other name would smell as sweet, would an authority figure who goes by their first name be just as authoritative?...

School Age Kids

Where are the modest bathing suits for girls?

Abercrombie and Fitch has raised major waves by marketing a padded push-up bikini to their younger girl customers. What's really...