Puberty: A Change Is Gonna Come

Puberty: A Change Is Gonna Come

Moms / Mom Tips

Perhaps one of the most confusing and embarrassing times of a person’s life is when they begin undergoing puberty. The best way to handle it with your kids is to be prepared. Don’t expect your kids to feel comfortable asking you any and all questions about the changes their bodies…

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Penalty Box: Does The Crime Fit the Punishment?

Penalty Box: Does The Crime Fit the Punishment?

Moms / Mom Tips

You wouldn’t give someone the death penalty for running a red light, and the same rule of thumb should apply to your children’s wrongdoings. At the end of the day, you want to make sure the crime fits the punishment. For example, you don’t want to ground your 5-year-old child…

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Pregnancy Tests 101

Pregnancy Tests 101

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When you think you might be pregnant, you want to know as soon as possible. So you may do what many women do and run out to the drugstore a few days after the alleged conception to pick up a pregnancy test. But how do you know you’re getting accurate…

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Shell No! When Your Child is Shy

Shell No! When Your Child is Shy

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All kids get bashful or uncharacteristically quiet in some settings, but what should you do if your child is chronically introverted? Experts say absolutely nothing, if this is the child’s true nature, and the shyness doesn’t exclude your child from opportunities that present themselves, either personally or academically. Never persecute…

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How to Jumpstart Labor

How to Jumpstart Labor

Moms / Mom Tips

Many expectant mothers have seen their due date come and go, only to still be pregnant and miserable. The only upside to going past that date is freaking out strangers when they ask when you’re due. Aside from being admitted to the hospital and undergoing an induction — a process…

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Five Veggies and Fruits a Day

Five Veggies and Fruits a Day

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Face it – getting your kids to veg out is no easy feat. And force-feeding them fruits isn’t much simpler. The fact remains, no matter how difficult the task may be, every member of your family should be getting their five a day. The Center for Disease Control recommends that…

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Keep Your Child from Being Materialistic

Keep Your Child from Being Materialistic

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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 peer pressure — that bombard kids every day with the coolest, trendiest toys, it’s no wonder kids want more and more stuff. If your…

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Mix it Up: Teaching Kids about Diversity

Mix it Up: Teaching Kids about Diversity

Moms / Mom Tips

As much as we want to teach kids to be colorblind and oblivious to other people’s differences, kids are wired to notice when people don’t look, act or live the same way they do. Even babies can recognize physical differences in people when they’re shown pictures. But what they’re not…

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Keep an Eye on Your Child’s Peepers

Keep an Eye on Your Child’s Peepers

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Jeepers, creepers, are you keeping an eye on those peepers? Making sure your kids have healthy eyes is extremely important. That means you need to take action now… and not wait until eye issues arise. Newborn babies should be examined to make sure eyes are functioning properly. After one year,…

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Healthy Desserts Your Kids Will Love

Healthy Desserts Your Kids Will Love

Moms / Mom Tips

Their plates are barely clean and your children are already demanding to know what’s for dessert. In most households, dessert is a reward, not a guarantee. And while many parents try to dodge the dessert bullet as often as possible, it’s possible to make the post-supper snack a truly nutritious…

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