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Parenting Advice & Columns

When your child doesn't want to go online

Chances are, you love the Internet -- both as a tool and a resource. As a mom, it has helped you find information, build community,...

Tweens, Teens & College

The teens and birth control debate

Does teaching teens about birth control promote promiscuity? That is at the heart of this debate. Most parents want their teens to...

Mom & Dad

5 parenting mistakes that can screw up your teen

There are moments when parents of teens may want to throw up their hands and forget about making an effort at parenting. Their...

School Age Kids

20 age-appropriate chores

While some children are more eager than others to help out around the house, giving your kids chores helps teach them responsibility...

Tweens, Teens & College

5 Reasons being your teen daughter’s BFF is a bad idea

You’re a mom, so you likely want to have good, close and meaningful relationship with your daughter. You can have that, but not by...

Teen Behavior

Teens and alcohol

Underage drinking is against the law and can lead to dangerous behavior and tragedy. Yet many parents are not only aware that their...

Parenting Tips & Advice

How to parent a difficult child

Ever used the following to describe your kiddo? My child has trouble adapting to new situations. My child is easily upset. My child...

Teen Behavior

Teens and date rape

Talking to teens about dating isn’t always the easiest thing for a parent to do. But it’s vitally important, given the prevalence of...

Child Development & Health

Parents’ guide to praising your child

When it comes to kids, positive reinforcement goes a long way. But is there such a thing as too much praise? Before you risk not...

Teen Health & Wellness

Is your adolescent accident-prone?

Every developmental issue, it seems, has multiple phases -- as parents, we seldom deal with any given issue just once. More...

Tweens, Teens & College

How to parent teens and tweens

The heavy sighs. The eye-rolls. The comments you can't quite hear but that you know were insulting. All the signs are there: you've...

Teen Health & Wellness

Vaccines for high school and college freshmen

Vaccines continue to perplex parents concerned about protecting their children against serious diseases yet who want to avoid...

Age by Age

Keeping track of your kids online

Things certainly have changed since we were kids. How often do you find yourself saying that? It’s true, though! The internet didn’t...

Teen School & Education

Helping older children with homework

It's a classic scene: a mom or dad sitting down next to a child, helping the child understand homework. Almost always, however, the...

Teen Behavior

Helping teens combat peer pressure

What is the best way to help your teen combat peer pressure? If you had a nickle for every time your tween told you that "everyone...

Tweens, Teens & College

Teen Drivers: Track them or trust them?

Auto insurance companies have started offering devices for parents to monitor teen driving habits. Services include in-car cameras...

School Age Kids

Teaching kids about computer viruses

Most parents spend a lot of time worrying about protecting kids from online predators. But what about protecting the family computer...