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Football Brain Damage: Should Parents Worry?
With stories in the news about ex-football players succumbing to dementia and suicide, brain damage from playing football over a period of years has come ...
5 Signs That Your Baby Is Ready for Solid Food
It’s generally accepted that you wait until you baby is around six months old before you try to give them solid foods. Babies should only ...
6 Reasons to Take the Car Keys Away from Your Teen
When teens begin to drive, the event signals another step toward independence. It can also be a time of high stress for parents. The common ...
3 Wholesome Snack Ideas Your Preschooler Will Love
Every preschooler looks forward to snack time! While the convenience of packaged, processed snack foods is tempting, these junk food choices are generally loaded with ...
How to Help Your Child Learn Appropriate Behavior
Children don’t always behave; in fact, it takes time to learn the social rules for different situations. Parents play a key role in helping their ...
High Food Insecurity for Children with Special Healthcare Needs
A new study conducted by researchers at Boston Medical Center (BMC) has found that low-income families with children that have special healthcare needs have a ...
The Biggest Contribution of Parenting to Humanity
The definition of humanity is the state of being human; more specifically, of being kind to others. When we think of humanity, we think of ...
4 Entertaining Card Games for Family Game Night
Just about everyone keeps a tabletop game or two on hand for those rainy days at the cabin or a game night with the kids. ...
3 Easy Snacks to Encourage Children to Eat Their Vegetables
As youngsters, many of us were admonished to sit up straight at the dinner table, put our napkins in our laps, and not play with ...
Encouraging Independence in Your Toddler
Whether you are a first-time parent or a more experienced one, the toddler years are sure to be a time of excitement. Those helpless baby ...
Giving Your Teen Space
Raising a teenager is difficult for the best of parents, just as being a teenager is difficult for all teens, regardless of how easy ...
What Parents Need to Know About OCD in Children
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is an anxiety disorder that causes severe discomfort for sufferers. Persistent, unwanted images, thoughts and images take over, causing a considerable amount ...
Tooth Fairy Fun: Helping Your Kids Learn About Oral Hygiene
The first incarnation of the modern Tooth Fairy can be traced back to a Chicago Daily Tribune article dating back to 1908, though the actual ...
5 Tips for Protecting Your Child from Becoming Obese
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), rates of childhood obesity have increased considerably in the past few decades. In 1980, only ...
5 Ways to Help Your Child Be More Physically Active
According to a June 2015 report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 17 percent of children in the U.S. are obese. The CDC ...
3 Ways to Handle a Bad Report Card
Every parent wants to know that their child is smart. Whether your child is a bubbly first grader or a moody teenager, you want what’s ...
