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Parenting Tips & Advice

New American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines for car seat and booster seat safety

The American Academy of Pediatrics has officially issued new guidelines for car seat and booster seat safety. Among the...

Teen Behavior

Teaching teens to be safe drivers

We'd love it if our kids would do only what we tell them to do, but the reality is that they're much more likely to do what we do...

Monday Mom Challenge

Monday Mom challenge: Get your rest!

As a parent of young children, sleep may be elusive for you. In your child’s early days and weeks, you likely are so tired that...

Family Activities

Start composting with your kids

A compost pile is an eco-friendly family project that anyone can do! Get the kids involved and teach them how a little change can...

Mom & Dad

How to start a carpool with other families

With gas prices skyrocketing again, wallets everywhere are hurting. And for money-tight parents, it's making driving anywhere a...

Crafts

3 Easy last-minute St. Patrick’s Day crafts for kids

St.Patrick’s Day is almost here, but it’s not too late to do these fun, fabulous crafts with your kids.

Mom & Dad

When moms are obsessed with celebrity

Plenty of moms are obsessed with celebrity culture and many don't bother to hide it. Tabloid magazines, celebrity web sites and...

Parenting Advice & Columns

How to avoid hair battles with your teen

Your son’s soft curls, your towhead daughter’s pigtails….these may be some of the memories you have of your child’s early...

Parenting Advice & Columns

Acne and teen self-esteem

The hormonal roller coaster of adolescence is often very apparent in facial skin. That previously fine, smooth baby skin is no...

Pregnancy, Labor & Birth

How to manage labor pain naturally

Does the thought of your upcoming labor give you heart palpitations? Have you watched one to many birth horror story reality shows...

Parenting Advice & Columns

Glasses or contacts for your teen?

Whether your child has been wearing glasses since Kindergarten or they’ve just been prescribed recently, you’ll likely come to a...

Baby Names

Baby boy name guide

Our baby boy name guide will help you narrow down your search for the perfect name for your son. We help you pick your baby name...

Monday Mom Challenge

Monday Mom challenge: Don't be vain!

Many a mom tells her kids that true beauty is on the inside. Adages like “Don’t judge a book by its cover” seek to reinforce...

School Age Kids

Why teach kids some old-fashioned decorum?

In our age of social networking, kids are more focused on updating their Facebook profiles and creating emoticons than on...

Child Development & Health

Selling toys on eBay as punishment: Good parenting?

One of the big issues parents grapple with is discipline: Are we being too strict...or not strict enough? One mom decided to sell...

Parenting Advice & Columns

When to find a tutor for your child

Why is it that so many of us are afraid or reluctant to ask for help? Oh we talk a good game about understanding that no one is...

Children's Health

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

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...

Mom & Dad

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

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...

Family Activities

How to make new friends in your neighborhood

Neighborhoods aren't like they used to be. Sometimes neighbors are complete strangers, even after years of living yards away....

Parenting Advice & Columns

Coaching your child through teacher-student relationships

When your child is younger, the idea of facilitating the student-teacher relationship might not have crossed your mind. What’s to...