Tantrum Time: Ways to Stop the Madness

Tantrum Time: Ways to Stop the Madness

Moms / Mom Tips

It’s every parent’s worst nightmare — the incessant crying that just doesn’t seem to cease. For new — and old — parents, those crying jags can feel like they go on forever. Fits of screams that don’t stop…no matter what you do. But have you really tried everything? There are…

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Deciphering Teens’ Drug Slang

Deciphering Teens’ Drug Slang

Moms / Mom Tips

In the age of texting, e-mail, Facebook and other forms of communication that teens have available, it can be hard for parents to keep up with all those cryptic abbreviations. But your child’s life might depend on you deciphering them. Would you know what “robotripping on DXM” would mean? Or…

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Curiosity Killed the Kid?

Curiosity Killed the Kid?

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Touching, tasting, smelling – they’re all ways in which small children learn about their environments. But it can also get them into trouble. Inevitably during the course of growing up, kids will make the mistake of swallowing, inhaling or sticking into pretty much any orifice some sort of item in…

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Mind Their Table Manners: Here’s How

Mind Their Table Manners: Here’s How

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When it comes to table manners, is your child more caveman than cute? Teaching your child the proper expectations at mealtime is one of those things you’ll want to get an early start on. Your child is never too young to start learning. In fact, taking the time to teach…

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Handling Other People’s Sick Kids

Handling Other People’s Sick Kids

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Sick and tired of having kids who are sick and tired? Face it, all of the hand sanitizer in the world isn’t going to protect your child from the big bad germs out there all the time. There’s nothing more frustrating than sending your child on a playdate only to…

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Why Your Kids Should Learn Consequences

Why Your Kids Should Learn Consequences

Moms / Mom Tips

For every action there is a reaction. We’re talking about consequences, and it’s an important lesson kids should learn in life sooner rather than later. It goes without saying that you want children to learn the consequences for their actions, especially when those actions aren’t appropriate. Ann Douglas, author of…

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Encourage Healthy School Habits

Encourage Healthy School Habits

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Let’s face it: Kids in close quarters like classrooms are going to spread all kinds of germs to one another, right? Probably, but when you encourage healthful habits, kids tend to miss less school because of illnesses they’ve passed on to one another. The top illnesses that keep kids home…

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Just Say No… and Mean It

Just Say No… and Mean It

Moms / Mom Tips

No means no, even when you’re saying it to your child. For many parents, no quickly turns to maybe or even yes once they’re bombarded by cries, whines and pouts. At the time it might seem easier to give up and give in than deal with the fallout, but in…

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Have a Hunch about Backpack Safety

Have a Hunch about Backpack Safety

Moms / Mom Tips

When we were children, it felt like we had the weight of the world on our shoulders with those overstocked backpacks. But not anymore. Parents, school officials and medical professionals have wised up to the potential health hazards of packing those backs too much. Hence, the ever-growing popularity of backpacks…

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