August Is Immunization Awareness Month This is the time of year when many children enroll in school or leave the home for college. And with those enrollments come vaccinations, in many cases. ... Read Full Story | Comments (0)

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Extracurricular Activities: When to Say When When it comes to raising well-rounded children, extracurricular activities play a huge role in keeping your kids in line. According to one education consultant, ... Read Full Story | Comments (0)

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Making Reading to Your Child a Habit Words can open up a world of knowledge and adventure for your children, and reading to them is so important in their development. Here are 5 ways to make ... Read Full Story | Comments (2)

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Educational Video Games Video games get a lot of negative press for the violent content and addictive nature of many titles. However, for every newsworthy violent game out there, ... Read Full Story | Comments (0)

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Confidence or Arrogance: What Kind of Child Are You Raising? We all know the feeling...the moment of pride when someone notices how outspoken or articulate our child is. We bask in the knowledge that our child is ... Read Full Story | Comments (2)

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Handling Competitive Moms It's that time of year where parents gather to watch their children play a friendly sport. At least, that's what we hope to see out on the playing field; ... Read Full Story | Comments (2)

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When Is Your Child Ready for a Cell Phone? Your child is ready to reach out and touch someone with his or her very own cell phone, which begs the question "how young is too young?" There's no denying ... Read Full Story | Comments (1)

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Child-Rearing: Home on the Free Range You may have heard of the uproar caused when one New York mom and blogger allowed her 9-year-old son to ride the subway alone in 2008. Lenore Skenazy ... Read Full Story | Comments (1)

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Make a Good Call with Kids' Cell Phones The idea of owning a cell phone appeals to most kids, especially tweens, who are forming social groups and getting involved in after-school activities. ... Read Full Story | Comments (0)

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How to Get Your Husband Into Couples Counseling A relationship has its ups and downs and problems may crop up along the way. It is normal for couples to try and patch up things by themselves. However, ... Read Full Story | Comments (0)

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Do You Hear What They Hear? "Are you listening to me?" How many times have you asked your child that very thing? It may seem like you say things a thousand times, and your child ... Read Full Story | Comments (0)

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Communicating With Your Partner About the Kids Raising your children is the most important task you and your partner will ever share. As parents, you have the responsibility of making decisions about ... Read Full Story | Comments (0)

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7 Tips for a Successful Tree Takedown Face it. Although decorating for Christmas may be one of your favorite pastimes, there's little enjoyable about undoing the fruits of your labor. And ... Read Full Story | Comments (0)

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Make Each of Your Kids Feel Special When that first child comes along, it may feel like you couldn't possibly give out the same amount of love to another child. Yet it doesn't take long ... Read Full Story | Comments (0)

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Choosing the Right Toy for a Young Child Picking out toys for young children is no simple task. There are so many choices that it can easily be overwhelming. It's important to consider options ... Read Full Story | Comments (26)

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Sneaky Discipline Tricks Teachers Use It's sometimes amazing to watch what seems like an out-of-control child submit to a teacher's bidding at school. Parents who are exasperated with their ... Read Full Story | Comments (0)

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Easy Birthday Cakes Anyone Can Make When it comes time to celebrate your kids' birthdays, do you simply run to the grocery store to get the latest cartoon character immortalized on a giant ... Read Full Story | Comments (1)

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Recognize Signs of Child Abuse April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month, and while most parents don't abuse their children, there are risk factors that lead some to do so. Learn ... Read Full Story | Comments (0)

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Toys That Teach Your Child When your children are crying their hearts out, the first things that will shut them up are their toys. If you give them their toys while they are having ... Read Full Story | Comments (0)

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A Bedtime Routine For Your Baby As soon as possible, you should start a bedtime routine with your baby. You can start when the baby is six to eight weeks old, and your baby will surely ... Read Full Story | Comments (0)

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