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  1. Child Development & Health

    Using peer pressure to your parenting advantage

    By Jen Klein on Jun 13, 2011
    You likely remember your parents warning you about the dangers of peer pressure. “If your friend jumped off a cliff, would you do...
  2. Family Activities

    10 Family fun nights under $20

    By Kristin Chessman on Jun 8, 2011
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    In the age of texting, tweeting, blogging and skyping, families can go days without face-to-face conversations. That's why planning...
  3. School Age Kids

    How to recognize when peer influence turns to pressure

    By Jen Klein on Jun 6, 2011
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    As much as we talk about helping kids to resist “peer pressure,” it exists. Even for the most self-assured, independent-thinking...
  4. Tweens, Teens & College

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

    By Alexandra Mayzler and Ashley Leeds on May 31, 2011
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    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...
  5. Family Activities

    Make a summer bucket list with your kids

    By Sarah W. Caron on May 27, 2011
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    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...
  6. Family Fun

    Should your teen become a Junior Camp Counselor?

    By Michelle Maffei on May 24, 2011
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    Each summer, teens flock to camp -- but not as campers. Many camps offer Junior Camp Counselor positions that give teens the...
  7. School Age Kids

    How to handle kids' crushes

    By Michelle Maffei on May 19, 2011
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    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...
  8. Parenting Advice & Columns

    3 Tips for helping your child establish strong interpersonal relationships

    By Jen Klein on May 18, 2011
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    Teaching our kids about relationships -- friendships, family relationships, romantic relationships and professional relationships --...
  9. Tweens, Teens & College

    Could my teen be a cutter?

    By Tiernan McKay on May 16, 2011
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    Cutting, a form of self-injury, is a disturbing trend among teens that often takes parents by surprise. Like many behavioral issues,...
  10. Children's School & Education

    What is unschooling?

    By Naomi de la Torre on May 16, 2011
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    To those brought up in a strict school environment, the idea of unschooling seems almost unfathomable. But this growing movement...
  11. Parenting Advice & Columns

    Supplementing your child’s art education

    By Jen Klein on May 13, 2011
    School budgets all over the country are taking hits. Hard, hard hits. Even while there are increasing demands on academic...
  12. Children's School & Education

    Homeschool: Why are so many parents choosing it?

    By Naomi de la Torre on May 11, 2011
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    What is behind this growing movement in home education? With over two million students being homeschooled in the United States,...
  13. Activities for Kids

    High-tech, musical and artsy summer camps for kids

    By Elizabeth Weiss McGolerick on May 9, 2011
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    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...
  14. Family Activities

    7 Kid-friendly outdoor activities

    By Tiernan McKay on May 4, 2011
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    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...
  15. Parenting Humor

    CFS (Can't Find Sh*t) Syndrome

    By Minsun Park on Apr 29, 2011
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    Like color-blindness, CFS Syndrome is a predominately male affliction. The main symptom is a frustrating form of object blindness...
  16. Age by Age

    Are parents dressing their daughters like tramps?

    By Laura Willard on Apr 25, 2011
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    CNN writer LZ Granderson received quite a response when he wrote a piece titled, “Parents, don’t dress your girls like tramps.” In...
  17. Tweens, Teens & College

    Prom peer pressure

    By Michelle Maffei on Apr 25, 2011
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    As if being a high schooler isn’t tough enough, the pressures of prom can weigh heavily on your teen. Here are some tips on how to...
  18. Parenting Humor

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

    By Minsun Park on Apr 25, 2011
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    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?...
  19. Tweens, Teens & College

    Teen piercing trends: Earlobe gauging, stretching and body piercing

    By Mary Fetzer on Apr 22, 2011
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    Piercings and teenagers go hand-in-hand. Like clothes, makeup, and hairstyles, piercings offer teens a way to express themselves. If...
  20. Child Development & Health

    How to help your angry child

    By Jen Klein on Apr 20, 2011
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    You ask your son to unload the dishwasher and he responds with a angry bark. You ask your daughter if she’d like to go to the mall...
  21. Parenting Advice & Columns

    How to take the candy out of Easter

    By Sarah W. Caron on Apr 19, 2011
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    Easter doesn’t have to mean gigantic baskets overflowing with candy. Many parents are limiting the candy in favor of more useful and...