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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

    Fun (and messy!) activities with your kids

    By Kristin Chessman on Jun 10, 2011
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    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...
  3. Crafts

    Creating a birthday scrapbook

    By SheKnows Editors on Jun 8, 2011
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    Keeping a scrapbook for your children is a great way to keep the birthday memories alive! If you need some inspiration for birthday...
  4. 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...
  5. Toys and Play

    5 Fun ways to get wet this summer without the beach

    By Sarah W. Caron on Jun 8, 2011
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    Not near a beach? No problem! Check out our five ways to have some water-related fun this summer no matter where you are.
  6. 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...
  7. Crafts

    How to make a handprint plaque for dad

    By Amanda Fornecker on Jun 3, 2011
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    Looking for a sweet way to memorialize your little one's growth for dad? Try a hand-print plaque craft. This craft can be as simple...
  8. 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...
  9. Child Development & Health

    How to talk to your kids about natural disasters

    By Sarah W. Caron on May 25, 2011
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    When natural disasters -- like floods, earthquakes, hurricanes and tornadoes -- happen you can’t shield kids from the news and they...
  10. Child Development & Health

    How to help your child manage simple fears

    By Jen Klein on May 25, 2011
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    It’s that shriek you know well. “Mommy, I’m scared!” What is it this time, you wonder and groan? A dog? A dust bunny? Something else...
  11. School Age Kids

    Talking careers with your younger children

    By Jen Klein on May 19, 2011
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    “What do you want to be when you grow up?” It’s a ubiquitous question. And it’s the way we start, at a very early age, to introduce...
  12. Child Development & Health

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

    By Jen Klein on May 17, 2011
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    Every day mothers across the country and across the world marvel: How can two children from the same home be so different?! Same...
  13. 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...
  14. 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...
  15. Mom & Dad

    Skechers Shape-ups for girls: Cute or inappropriate?

    By Laura Willard on May 12, 2011
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    Skechers recently introduced its apparently not-so-functional and previously adult-sizes only Shape-up shoes for young girls, and...
  16. Child Development & Health

    Small changes: Improve your family’s eating habits

    By Laura Willard on May 11, 2011
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    We constantly hear about the obesity rate in the United States -- how children today are far heavier than they should be and how...
  17. Preschoolers

    How to prep your child for bridal party duties

    By Elizabeth Weiss McGolerick on May 11, 2011
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    Every couple wants a memorable wedding, but sometimes the inclusion of miniature brides, flower girls or ring bearers of a certain...
  18. 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,...
  19. 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...
  20. School Age Kids

    Is the iconic Barbie bad news?

    By Sarah W. Caron on May 4, 2011
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    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...
  21. Parenting Advice & Columns

    Dreaming of daughters-in-law

    By Geralyn Broder Murray on May 4, 2011
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    Listen to Your Mothers is a space to come together with the ones who understand the maternal struggle and joy best -- in the hopes...