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We all know that a baby needs a loving mother to maximize the chances of growing up to be a happy and successful adult. But how important is a dad?
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Regular readers sleep better, have lower stress levels, higher self-esteem, and lower rates of depression than non-readers.
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Single parenting is not a competitive sport with badges of honor and various prizes of support and social acceptance.
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The struggle is real, adulting is hard. Even the simplest of chores, like taking the dry cleaning to the cleaners, can turn into a weeks-long project fail.
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Ten commonly used phrases translated into language that will help develop your child's capacity for empathy.
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Economists compared data on 5,820 European men to see if longer compulsory childhood education could increase kids earnings over a lifetime.
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Findings suggest that commenting about girls weight can have a negative impact later in life.
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Excitement filled the car but my expectations were low. Since I'd never slept in a sleeping bag on the hard ground, in a tent, I didn't know how I'd fare.
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A kid-tested, and kid-approved summer reading list, featuring 50 of the most-loved children's picture books!
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High-fructose corn syrup and regular sugar are so similar that most experts say their effects on the body are essentially the same.
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The data covers how more than 50 million students at over 95,500 schools around the country fared during the 2013-14 academic year.
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Like Prince and the millions of Americans who take prescription painkillers every year, I began taking them for their intended purpose: I was in pain.
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Ike Ramos is a an educator, songwriter, and rapper at the education company Flocabulary.
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While we often feel that the earliest years of mothering are the most stressful, research shows that it's the middle school years that are the hardest.
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Sleepaway camp can provide several important life lessons for kids, including how to unplug from their phones.
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Will my kids be proud of the life decisions I made to get where I am now? I hope so. Because I've always followed my heart.
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Its been a year since "Mad Men" ended and Im still thinking about poor Betty Draper the ultimate cautionary tale for stay-at-home moms.
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With summer vacation comes more ice cream, fried food, and soft drinks. Here are some helpful tips to keep your family eating healthily all summer long.
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by Mary Novaria
I missed the significance of the early signs, unaware that my daughter's sensitivity and shyness foreshadowed a severe anxiety disorder.
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A Canadian study found that after a 10-week physical training program, children with ADHD improved their muscular capacity and motor skills.
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A clear and concise answer to the question: why do mosquito bites itch? Now we just need to figure out why we even need to have mosquitoes at all.
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What we found was the girls who had earlier breast development had a higher risk of depressive symptoms, or more depressive symptoms.
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When a treehouse building project becomes an opportunity for children to learn self-efficacy, resilience, and perseverance, everybody wins.
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by Laura Richards
We never know which moments in our kids' lives are "lasts." From nights in cribs, to nursing sessions, maybe we wouldn't choose to know even if we could.
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