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Predicament: Who’s the Hairdresser Working For?

by Editorial Team July 1st, 2013| Parenting Predicament
My 12-year-old son wanted to get some trendy haircut, very short on the sides but wild and bushy on the top. I thought it would look messy and told the hairdresser just to give him a regular cut, but she said she wasn't willing to give a child his
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Summer Sanity: From the Teen’s View

by Jacob P. June 26th, 2013| Teen Perspective, Teens
As I have grown older, I have found summer less and less exciting. I find that I miss school, because school is where everything happens as a teenager.  You may not like the work at school, but that's where your friends are.  Feelings of disengagement and isolation are no
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The Bradley Method: An Overview

by Jane Wangersky June 18th, 2013| Pregnancy
Like Lamaze, the Bradley Method is one of the best-known systems for natural childbirth. The standout feature of Bradley is that it's "Husband Coached", with the baby's father actively guiding the mother through labor.

Dr. Robert Bradley became an obstetrician in 1947, when the typical hospital birth happened in what he
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Predicament: Organizing the Bathtub

by Editorial Team June 17th, 2013| Parenting Predicament
My four-year-old definitely has too many bath toys, but I'm not sure what to do about it. I'd like to take out only a few at a time, but as long as she's using all of them every night they never seem to be dry enough to put in
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Solution: Pack Rats (Updated)

by Playroom Supervisors June 14th, 2013| Parenting Predicament
Every time my kids get some cheap little toy at a fast food place or something, they play with it for a few days and then get tired of it. But when I try to give away any toys, or even put them away, they demand to keep them
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Things You Didn’t Know About Calcium and Pregnancy

by Jane Wangersky June 6th, 2013| Pregnancy
If  you think I'm about to lecture you on making sure you get extra calcium while you're pregnant -- relax. The strange fact is, the RDA  of calcium for a pregnant woman is just the same as for a non-pregnant woman: 1000 milligrams a day if you're over 18,
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Protecting Your Tween’s Identity Online

by T Akery June 4th, 2013| Tweens
Your tween likely has some sort of social media presence. But there have been scores of cases where a person's identity was stolen for nefarious purposes. Most of these faked social profiles were that of teens. It is even more important now for you and your tween to keep
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Three Important Safety Tips: Preschoolers

by Lori Sciame May 30th, 2013| Preschool
Recently I read a hilarious Facebook post concerning my two year-old God-daughter.  It seems as if her parents had spent an entire afternoon erecting a playhouse in the yard, only to have it come crashing down when they tried to move it to a better location.  Needless to say,
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Do Behavior Charts Work?

by Lori Sciame May 27th, 2013| Elementary
I've seen these used many times both in home and in the school: behavior charts.  Parents and teachers alike have used this system to keep order by rewarding children with stickers or special privileges for certain behaviors.  Do these charts work?  Some experts say yes, and some say no.
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Tween Safety: A Case Study

by Ronald A. Rowe May 22nd, 2013| Tweens
The first step in keeping your Tween safe is acknowledging that the dangers are real. I took an interesting call last week from a client -- we’ll call her Katie -- that I will share with her permission because I think it well illustrates the tight rope that we
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Predicament: Walking the Cat

by Editorial Team May 20th, 2013| Parenting Predicament
This may sound silly, but -- we have an indoor cat that I like to take outside sometimes on a leash. When I started this, I didn't know I'd be the only one who ever took her outside. But my oldest says he feels silly with a cat on
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Solution: Ex-Friend is Back

by Dr. Bonnie Eaker Weil May 17th, 2013| Parenting Predicament
An ex-friend of my son is going to start going to his school next year (they’ll both be in tenth grade). They went to a private school together a few years ago, but my son began to feel that this boy was undermining his self-confidence.  He now feels that
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