When In-Laws Have Input on Your Kids As if you needed even more tension between you and the in-laws...When kids come along, so does the advice - many times, unwanted - from in-laws and other ... Read Full Story | Comments (2)

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Benefits of Gardening for Kids Apparently, we can see how nature is treated these days. It is a sad thing to know that people do not pay attention so much anymore to the environmental ... Read Full Story | Comments (0)

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Do You Know How to Have a Yard Sale? If you're ready to do some spring cleaning or just tired of a potential avalanche every time you open the hall closet, it may be time to consider a yard ... Read Full Story | Comments (0)

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5 Secrets for a Memorable Christmas Morning As much as you want Christmas morning to be just right, it rarely goes off without a hitch. There's always something you've forgotten or want to forget. ... Read Full Story | Comments (0)

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7 Steps To Control Childhood Asthma Asthma is the most common chronic (long-term) childhood disease. In America about nine million children are diagnosed with asthma. Up to ten per cent ... Read Full Story | Comments (0)

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Are You Ready For Another Kid? You've been feeling it again lately; that tug at your heart when you hold your friend's baby or walk down the infant clothing aisle at the department ... Read Full Story | Comments (1)

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Anxiety in Children It seems like kids lead a carefree life full of play and devoid of the worries we face as adults. But anxiety is on the rise in kids, whether it's generalized, ... Read Full Story | Comments (1)

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Self-Image and Health: Protecting Our Children It is not a surprise to most people that health studies point to popular culture as a perpetrator of body image which has corresponded to the self image ... Read Full Story | Comments (0)

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Video Games: What the ESRB Rating Means When you're shopping for video games, you might wonder what those little monogram squares are on the front of the game case. Well, just like the Motion ... Read Full Story | Comments (0)

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Volunteering as a Family Volunteering is a great opportunity to promote family togetherness while doing something good for your community. Many volunteer activities can be fun, ... Read Full Story | Comments (0)

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Parents, Kids and Time Alone "What are some of the ways in which you explain to kids that mom and dad need time alone, without feeling guilty about it?" A journalist, writing an ... Read Full Story | Comments (2)

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How to Break the Binky Habit For a lot of babies, pacifiers can soothe and help fussy babies float off to dreamland, without the help of a sometimes-exhausted mom. But when kids start ... Read Full Story | Comments (1)

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Handy Breakfasts to Go In the rush to get everyone out the door in the morning, you may neglect a healthy breakfast or simply drive through for a fast-food sandwich that is ... Read Full Story | Comments (0)

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Keep Your Child from Being Materialistic Gimme, gimme, gimme. If that refrain sounds familiar, then you may have a materialistic kid. With all the online and television ads --- not to mention ... Read Full Story | Comments (0)

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Kids Have Stress, Too! They may not wring their hands, yell or furrow their brows, but kids do experience stress, just like adults. Childhood may not be one big picnic for all ... Read Full Story | Comments (0)

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Get Your Toddler to Eat Fuss-Free "I don't like it!" may be a common sentiment expressed at the dinner table when you eat with a toddler, but getting a little one to eat doesn't have to ... Read Full Story | Comments (0)

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Keep Your Family from Getting the Flu We're hitting the high season for colds and flu this year, and if your family hasn't already been vaccinated, then it's probably not too late. Influenza ... Read Full Story | Comments (0)

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Boot Your Kids from the Bed for Good How many sleepless nights have you had all in the name of keeping your children close? Many parents just don't have the energy to fight with their little ... Read Full Story | Comments (1)

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Mother Love The mother-child bond is critical to healthy development. Love between the two is even biochemically hard-wired. We need to take note as society moves ... Read Full Story | Comments (0)

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Full Esteem Ahead! Many kids suffer from low self-esteem, which can lead to depression and other feelings of worthlessness. A child's self-esteem forms early in life, even ... Read Full Story | Comments (1)

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