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  1. Special Needs

    10 Blogs for special needs parents

    By Abbi Perets on Jun 7, 2011
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    Connecting with other parents is a great way to feel less alone and more connected. And if you’re the parent of a child with special...
  2. Gadgets, Electronics & Automotive

    GPS tracking on your child's phone: Intelligent or invasive?

    By Whitney Coy on May 1, 2011
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    It’s getting close to curfew. Do you know where your kids are? Some of the latest innovations in GPS tracking allow you to know...
  3. Child Development & Health

    Team sports: How kids benefit from organized athletics

    By Kristin Chessman on Apr 13, 2011
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    Team sports are fun, competitive outlets for kids to strengthen their skills and enjoy the sports they love, but they’re about more...
  4. Mom & Dad

    5-Minute mommy time outs

    By SheKnows Editors on Apr 13, 2011
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    Your typical day is hectic, to say the least. With keeping your children clean, fed and entertained, and shuttling them from school...
  5. Teen Behavior

    Should you chaperone your teen's prom?

    By Michelle Maffei on Apr 6, 2011
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    Senior prom is a high school highlight that most teens anxiously anticipate for most of their teenage years. Like most parents, you...
  6. Mom & Dad

    6 Simple secrets to shopping with toddlers

    By Laura Willard on Apr 1, 2011
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    It’s not that it’s abnormal for a 2-year-old to throw herself on the ground in the middle of the mall and refuse to stand up, even...
  7. Child Development & Health

    Is TV really bad for children?

    By Naomi de la Torre on Mar 28, 2011
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    Television has been linked to everything from childhood obesity and violence to over-sexualized children and low performance in...
  8. Child Development & Health

    How to deal with toddler tantrums

    By Naomi de la Torre on Mar 24, 2011
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    Your formerly angelic baby has just turned 18 months old and suddenly simple things like mealtimes, getting dressed, grocery...
  9. Parenting Advice & Columns

    Understanding benefits of sleep -- and risks of not enough sleep

    By Jen Klein on Mar 24, 2011
    A rising area of scientific research is in sleep: What it’s all about, how it works, why we sleep -- and what happens when we don’t...
  10. Parenting Advice & Columns

    Can you catch bravery from your kids?

    By Geralyn Broder Murray on Mar 23, 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...
  11. Child Development & Health

    Selling toys on eBay as punishment: Good parenting?

    By Kim Grundy on Mar 10, 2011
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    One of the big issues parents grapple with is discipline: Are we being too strict...or not strict enough? One mom decided to sell...
  12. Children's Health

    5 Tips to help your tween girl become a physically and emotionally healthy woman

    By Erika Katz on Mar 9, 2011
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    Don’t you love the drama of the tween years? Though you may be tempted to throw your hands in the air and give up on your tween...
  13. Mom & Dad

    Should you let your kids graze on food at grocery store?

    By Kim Grundy on Mar 9, 2011
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    Many parents let their kids graze on items, such as crackers or cookies, in the grocery store and pay for them at the check-out...
  14. Child Development & Health

    6 Tips for choosing a pediatrician

    By Naomi de la Torre on Feb 28, 2011
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    It doesn’t seem like it should take a degree in rocket science to find a good doctor for your new baby, but for some reason it isn’t...
  15. Happiness & Friendship

    Mental health: Can you get over childhood trauma?

    By Michele Borboa, MS on Feb 18, 2011
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    Television writer Tracy McMillan managed to work her way into a killer Hollywood career -- a privileged world of pool houses,...
  16. Parenting Advice & Columns

    How do you instill values and knowledge in your children?

    By Geralyn Broder Murray on Feb 16, 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...
  17. Child Development & Health

    If you forgive, do you have to forget?

    By Jen Klein on Feb 16, 2011
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    “Forgive and forget,” the saying goes. But is that realistic for any of us? When we as adults struggle to forgive -- much less...
  18. Children's Diseases & Illnesses

    Facebook no help for eating disorders

    By Karen Hawthorne on Feb 12, 2011
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    Does online social networking really inhibit the development of communication skills, turning kids into poor spellers with...
  19. Organizing & Cleaning

    6 Ways to raise clean kids

    By Kim Grundy on Feb 8, 2011
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    What is the secret to raising clean kids? Is it luck of the draw or does it require bribery and threats? Luckily, neither!...
  20. Parenting Advice & Columns

    Mom, I’m getting teased!

    By Deesha Philyaw on Jan 31, 2011
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    With teasing and bullying getting more attention, it's important to understand what’s behind it – and how to protect your own child....
  21. Mom & Dad

    Are you a pushy sports parent?

    By Carma Haley Shoemaker on Jan 10, 2011
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    We've all seen them – yelling from the stands, running to the field, fighting or arguing with the coaches – all on their child's...