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Sustainability Made Simple

Families are increasingly striving to lead a more natural, sustainable lifestyle. Want to take living green to the next level?

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Throw a Peanut Butter and Jelly Party!

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Throw a Peanut Butter and Jelly Party!

Celebrate the classically delicious combo of peanut butter and jelly by throwing a PB&J Party! With tons of nutty and fun ideas, your party is sure to be a hit!

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Preschool Math: All Sorts of Sorting!

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Preschool Math: All Sorts of Sorting!

Sorting and classifying objects helps children begin to notice how items are alike and different, and creates an awareness that is vital for math learning.

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A Parent's Guide to Twitter

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A Parent's Guide to Twitter

In the world of tweets, pokes, and chats, how can you make sure that your child is social networking savvy? Here's what parents should know about Twitter.

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Angelina and Madonna Did It. Should You?

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Angelina and Madonna Did It. Should You?

They make it look so easy. Fly off to exotic destination: return tanner, happier, and with new child in tow. While international adoption isn't as simple for us regular folk as it is for Brad and Angelina, it's possible. There are hundreds of thousands of children across the world waiting for homes. One of them could be sitting across the table from you a year from now.

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Are You an Energy Hog?

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Are You an Energy Hog?

Concerned about the environment, but don't know where to start? Here are 10 virtually painless ways to lower your consumption, without losing your mind:

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Is Autism on the Rise?

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Is Autism on the Rise?

“Today, one in 166 individuals is diagnosed with autism, making it more common than pediatric cancer, diabetes, and AIDS combined,” according to the nonprofit organization, Autism Speaks. Just to put things in perspective, that’s a new case diagnosed almost every 20 minutes. The numbers are staggering, and they’re increasing at an alarming rate – 10-17% per year in the U.S. alone. In fact, autism is the fastest-growing disability in America.

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Fear of the Flu Shot?

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Fear of the Flu Shot?

Is your child sneezing already? A flu shot can help. Check out these four tips to help your child get over a fear of flu shots and vaccines.

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How Birth Order Affects Personality

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How Birth Order Affects Personality

How your child develops might have as much to do with the order in which they were born as it does with their genes or environment.

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Can Bowling Get Your Kid Into College?

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Can Bowling Get Your Kid Into College?

Admission to college is getting more and more competitive. Good grades aren't always enough. Can bowling help your kid?

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Scientists Say Kids Need More Video Games

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Scientists Say Kids Need More Video Games

Video games provide more than fun, according to the FAS. They “can teach higher-order thinking skills such as strategic thinking, interpretive analysis, problem solving, plan formulation ..."

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Can Eating Fish Harm Your Family?

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Can Eating Fish Harm Your Family?

There's a lot of conflicting information floating around about fish. On the one hand, we're told it has major nutritional benefits, like Omega-3 fatty acids. On the other, we're told to avoid it.

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Trick or Treat! Dare to Skip Candy

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Trick or Treat! Dare to Skip Candy

This year, consider swapping those mini-Milky Ways for something that won't create a swirling neighborhood of sugar-zombies.

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Bullies in Cyberspace

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Bullies in Cyberspace

Bullying is a big problem, and now more than ever. With technological advances come new kinds of bullying. Here's what you need to know about "cyber bullies."

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7 Habits of Highly Successful Teens

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7 Habits of Highly Successful Teens

The life of a teenager is full of tough issues and life-changing decisions. As a parent, you are responsible to help them learn to be successful.

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Cyberdating Abuse: What Parents Need to Know

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Cyberdating Abuse: What Parents Need to Know

Breaking up has always been hard to do, and now, it's even harder. Advances in communications technology have led to "cyberstalking" among teens.

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Gifted Dyslexics: More Common Than Most People Think

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Gifted Dyslexics: More Common Than Most People Think

Despite a lot of well-known sufferers, dyslexia is greatly misunderstood and often misdiagnosed. As a parent, it's important to not take any label lying down.

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Introduce Your Girl to Engineering

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Introduce Your Girl to Engineering

Women make up 46% of the American workforce, but they account for only 24% of jobs in science, technology, and engineering. Why the disparity?

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Distance Learning for Smarties

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Distance Learning for Smarties

Is your child is gifted? There are many education resources and programs to help parents guide their children to reach their full potential.

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The Mislabeled Child

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The Mislabeled Child

In the past 25 years, the number of children labeled as "learning disabled" has jumped by over 150 percent. What gives?

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Teach Your Tween Creativity

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Teach Your Tween Creativity

Want to help your tween become a confident, creative, young man or woman? Give them a pen and paper!

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5 Things Every Parent Should Know About Student Loans

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5 Things Every Parent Should Know About Student Loans

Helping your children get into college is no picnic. But with tuition outpacing inflation, paying for your child's education can be an even bigger headache.

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Montessori Turns 100!

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Montessori Turns 100!

According to Maria Montessori, young children, left to their own devices, will choose activities to enrich their minds.

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Teenage Smoking not Declining as Fast as Usual

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Teenage Smoking not Declining as Fast as Usual

Twenty-three percent of American high school students smoke and 8 percent of middle school students. So what's a parent to do?

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Program Aims to Hook Girls on Science