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Child Development & Health

Daredevil kid? How to keep your adrenaline-seeking child safe

You’ve got one of those kids who just loves adrenaline and to push his or herself beyond the comfort zone. Most of the time...

School Age Kids

Teach your kids to spell like national spelling bee champs

Want a spelling be champion in your family? Then use these tips to help your child learn to spell with the best of them.

Children's School & Education

The end of the school year: Summer enrichment

As the school year winds down, the freedom of lazy summer days beckon. Weeks - perhaps months - on end to laze and play and...

Parenting Advice & Columns

"I'm not here to be your friend."

Growing up, I cannot tell you how many times I heard, "I'm not here to be your friend, I'm here to be your father!" Anytime I...

Family Activities

9 Experiences your family should have this summer

From watching fireworks to jumping in puddles, these easy (and mostly free!) summer activities are sure to make lasting good...

Children's School & Education

Are homeschooled kids really lacking in socialization?

With the growing numbers of homeschooled kids getting into Ivy League universities, most people would now agree that homeschooling...

Tweens, Teens & College

Negotiating with teenagers: Crazy or critical?

You may put the notion of “negotiating” with teenagers on the same level as negotiating with toddlers: Crazy. After all, both...

Child Development & Health

Using peer pressure to your parenting advantage

You likely remember your parents warning you about the dangers of peer pressure. “If your friend jumped off a cliff, would you do...

Family Activities

Fun (and messy!) activities with your kids

When’s the last time you and your kids had some good, messy fun together? Set aside an afternoon for the entire family to wear their...

Crafts

Creating a birthday scrapbook

Keeping a scrapbook for your children is a great way to keep the birthday memories alive! If you need some inspiration for birthday...

Family Activities

10 Family fun nights under $20

In the age of texting, tweeting, blogging and skyping, families can go days without face-to-face conversations. That's why planning...

School Age Kids

How to recognize when peer influence turns to pressure

As much as we talk about helping kids to resist “peer pressure,” it exists. Even for the most self-assured, independent-thinking...

Tweens, Teens & College

5 Simple steps to help your tween or teen study for a test

Test anxiety is no fun for kids or moms. Teens and tweens are stressed out enough on a normal day, and when you throw in a huge...

Family Activities

Make a summer bucket list with your kids

Hot, lazy days spent lounging and playing are great -- but they shouldn't be the only kind of days you and your kids have this...

Child Development & Health

How to talk to your kids about natural disasters

When natural disasters -- like floods, earthquakes, hurricanes and tornadoes -- happen you can’t shield kids from the news and they...

Tweens, Teens & College

5 tips for traveling with tweens

The road to raising a tween can be filled with bumps, but hitting the road with your tween can be filled with even more challenges....

School Age Kids

How to handle kids' crushes

Whether it’s a secret crush on a cute kid from class or a crush on a teen pop star, chances are that your child’s first crush will...

Parenting Advice & Columns

3 Tips for helping your child establish strong interpersonal relationships

Teaching our kids about relationships -- friendships, family relationships, romantic relationships and professional relationships --...

Child Development & Health

Why is one child a risk taker and the other a couch potato?

Every day mothers across the country and across the world marvel: How can two children from the same home be so different?! Same...

Activities for Kids

Care packages for kids at camp

Camps across the country are filled with campers eagerly awaiting camp care packages, but you're left wondering what to send to your...

Tweens, Teens & College

Botox Mom: Not who she says she is, loses custody of her daughter

First, Kerry Brown went on Good Morning America , insisting that it was perfectly acceptable to give her eight-year-old daughter...