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TV and Your Toddler

TV and Your ToddlerBy Maeve Rich
Children love television. Bright colors and constant action draw them in and can keep them occupied for hours. But is it good for your toddler to be watching television? And if so, how much is acceptable?
The Professional Opinion
The American Academy of Pediatrics’ position is that children under two shouldn’t [...]

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Internet Safety – How to Protect Your Children

Internet Safety – How to Protect Your ChildrenBy Jim DeSantis
Has your child seen any adult images online? You might not think so, but recent studies show that more than half the children who use the Internet have been exposed to indecent material and only one in six parents is aware of it. As a parent, [...]

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Adolescents – How to Recognize Risky Behaviors

Adolescents – How to Recognize Risky BehaviorsBy Nicholas Fersing
Between the crisis of adolescence and the search for identity, it is sometimes difficult to understand the adolescents. If these behaviors are normal, they often worry the parents.
Adolescence, it is not a disease! Admittedly, there are psychopathological disorders, as for other ages in life. But one should [...]

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Help Kids to Become Responsible

Help Kids to Become Responsible
By Kim Patrick
It can be a challenge to get kids to be responsible at the best of times. Responsibility is something we learn as we get older. It needs to be practiced before you can get it right.
I often give my children the opportunity to learn some responsibility. Today it was [...]

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Mothering Without Nagging

Mothering Without Nagging
By Colleen Langenfeld
Can it be done?
Is it really possible for mothering to exist without nagging?
After parenting for over 27 years, my answer to this question is: (drum roll please)
It depends who you ask.
My children will tell you they’ve certainly experienced nagging in our home. And they’re right.
However, I can tell you that you [...]

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The 10 Best Ways to Communicate With Your Children

The 10 Best Ways to Communicate With Your Children
By Laval Denny
Children look up to and rely on their parents. You are their teachers so it is critical to know how to handle situations. The biggest setback parents have is not or mis communicating with their children. Communicating with your children is one of the more [...]

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Fun & Healthy Activities For Children

Fun & Healthy Activities For Children
By Rowena Jauod
Kids have so much natural curiosity and energy, it seems a shame to set them in front of the tube as a regular activity. Playtime should ideally serve to forward a c h i l d ‘ s development across the board, but in true play and fun [...]

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Encourage Your Children – Encourage Yourself!

Encourage Your Children – Encourage Yourself!
By Vicki Jardine
Have you ever felt like you are a pretty good mom or dad, and that things are going along ok and then you read an article on ‘how to be a better parent’ which leaves you feeling like a bad one?
I have. And I look at that and [...]

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Tips For Helping You Find a Babysitter

Tips For Helping You Find a Babysitter
By Jane Worthington
To everyone else in the world, it may seem like New York City offers everything you need and more. This East Coast city is huge, so you never lack friends; is a fashion capital, so you never lack beautiful clothing; and has delicious pizza and bagels, so [...]

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How to Survive Disrespectful Children

How to Survive Disrespectful Children
By Rosie Centeno
Are you fed up with your child’s disrespectful behavior? Does your child ignore you when you tell him not to do something harmful or destructive? Maybe he talks back to you? Or she rolls her eyes at you when you speak?
This type of behavior from children can be infuriating [...]