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  1. Activities for Kids

    How to survive your child's first slumber party

    By Kori Ellis on Apr 27, 2012
    Sleepovers, slumber parties -- whatever you want to call them -- kids love them, and most parents dread them. If your child is...
  2. Mom & Dad

    What hasn't changed since you became a parent?

    By Elizabeth Weiss McGolerick on Apr 25, 2012
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    Every parent can name a number of ways parenthood has changed them. But have you ever stopped to consider the ways you haven't...
  3. Children's School & Education

    How to schedule a homeschool day

    By Kori Ellis on Apr 20, 2012
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    Planning your homeschool day will help keep you organized and reduce stress for your family. A daily schedule will also allow your...
  4. Parenting How-to

    How to help your teen prepare for the SAT

    By Kori Ellis on Apr 20, 2012
    Your teen doesn't need to take expensive SAT prep courses; you can help him or her develop the right skills and otherwise prepare...
  5. Preschoolers

    4 Fun activities to teach preschoolers about money

    By Kori Ellis on Apr 19, 2012
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    Instill good money habits in your children by teaching counting, saving and spending money from a young age. Preschoolers can learn...
  6. Parenting Tips & Advice

    Malaysia Airlines restricts kids on planes

    By Tracee M. Herbaugh on Apr 18, 2012
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    One major airline has officially restricted where children are allowed to sit on certain flights. Perhaps there was too much crying,...
  7. Children's School & Education

    Homeschooling methods: How to find the right approach for your family

    By Kori Ellis on Apr 13, 2012
    As homeschooling increases in popularity, more methods emerge and more types of curriculum become available. Your approach to...
  8. Mom & Dad

    Are middle-class parents enablers?

    By Tracee M. Herbaugh on Apr 9, 2012
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    The American model of raising children, where kids come first in every regard, is spoiling them.This may not be a novel idea, but...
  9. School Age Kids

    Kids and gun safety

    By Monica Beyer on Apr 3, 2012
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    If you keep guns in the home, you need to have a plan on how to keep them safe -- and you also need to teach your children how to...
  10. Parenting Advice & Columns

    Parenting Guru: Got confident kids?

    By Julie Weingarden Dubin on Apr 3, 2012
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    If you’re struggling with how to help your kids feel more confident, Maureen Healy, an emotional health and parenting expert, has...
  11. Mom & Dad

    Co-parenting: Should you present a united front or play good cop-bad cop?

    By Molly Cerreta Smith on Mar 29, 2012
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    We all know there are many styles of parenting. But should you and your husband be follow the same parenting style or use your own...
  12. Child Development & Health

    Kiss the "mama's boy" myth goodbye

    By Naomi de la Torre on Mar 29, 2012
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    In her groundbreaking new book, "The Mama's Boy Myth," Kate Stone Lombardi blasts away the myth that has been keeping moms and sons...
  13. Parenting How-to

    How to simplify your kids' morning routine

    By Kori Ellis on Mar 27, 2012
    A hurried, hectic morning can make you frazzled all day. With a little preparation and organization, you can simplify your kids'...
  14. Activities for Kids

    Spring break challenges for working moms

    By Kori Ellis on Mar 21, 2012
    Spring break is here. The warm weather is upon us, and the kids are out of school. As a working mom, it's not always possible to be...
  15. Child Development & Health

    How to deal with the terrible threes

    By Maria Mora on Mar 19, 2012
    Forget the terrible twos. Any mom of a toddler becoming a preschooler will tell you is when the real challenges come up at 3 years...
  16. Tweens, Teens & College

    Parenting in the reality talent show age

    By Tiernan McKay on Mar 16, 2012
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    Through the years, plenty of parents have groomed their kids for careers in professional sports, but in today's age of reality TV,...
  17. Mom & Dad

    When other people's kids misbehave in public, do you speak up?

    By Lisa Steinke on Mar 15, 2012
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    Does this scenario sound familiar? You're at a restaurant and a child is peering over the booth, pulling on your hair. His parents?...
  18. Baby & Toddler

    Cracking the code: The secret language of babies

    By Naomi de la Torre on Mar 15, 2012
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    Believe it or not, babies have a secret language, and they are trying to talk to you. Learn how to crack the code and discover a...
  19. Activities for Kids

    Should your daughter join Girl Scouts?

    By Kori Ellis on Mar 14, 2012
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    For a century, Girl Scouts has been providing an opportunity for girls in grades K-12 to develop new skills, talents and...
  20. Mom & Dad

    The importance of praising your kids

    By Kori Ellis on Mar 9, 2012
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    March 15 is Absolutely Incredible Kids Day . Created by Camp Fire USA and celebrated on the third Thursday in March each year, this...
  21. Activities for Kids

    Making music with your kids

    By Kori Ellis on Mar 7, 2012
    Music is a big part of childhood -- from parents singing lullabies to infants to a toddler banging on a toy drum to a teen buying...