Enjoy Sweet Dreams When Kids Use Bedtime Pass
A recent study from the Boys Town Center for Behavioral Health finds bedtime arguments can be eliminated by something as simple as a bedtime pass. It only works if parents follow the rules, too.
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Do School Schedules Work for Working Parents?
Grose questions how or why parents are expected to take on such a big role in the school system when they are working full time.
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Juggling Job, Parenthood Easier with ACA
Since healthcare coverage is now available for part-time workers, many parents find it beneficial to juggle part-time jobs and parenthood without worrying too much about how to pay medical expenses.
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Newborn and Baby: Month 7
The thrills of being a parent are a daily benefit of caring for baby, but that care takes energy and nearly all of your time.
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Newborn and Baby: Month 9
As the honeymoon phase of parenting ends you may notice a drastic change
in the relationship you have with your partner. The last eight months
have been all about baby and your relationship may have suffered for it.
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Newborn and Baby: Month 10
You're busy, baby's busy ' everyone is busy which means everyone needs a little extra energy. Planning for a trip to the store may seem like anamazing adventure at this point because it feels like baby needs asuitcase full of supplies.
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Newborn and Baby: Month 11
Every time you turn around there is something else you need to do or
another late night call from baby. Fatigue is part of the first year of
life, but there are some tricks to help you feel better throughout the
day.
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Newborn and Baby: Month 12
This month you will spend quite a bit of time planning baby's firstbirthday party. Take some time to look back on the past 12 months. Youbrought a tiny human being home from the hospital ' completely dependent on you for everything.
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Parenting Styles: Permissive Parenting
Permissive parenting is a term coined by Diana Baumrind, a
developmental psychologist. Baumrind coined the phrase as one of three
major parenting styles.
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Parenting Styles: Helicopter Parenting
The term helicopter parenting is thought to have been originally used by college admissions offices to describe parents who played an overactive role in the admissions process.
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Number of Stay-at-Home Moms on the Rise
The number of mothers who stay at home rather than hold jobs outside the home has risen significantly in the past 15 years.
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Donor Conception: How and When to Tell Your Child
Dr. Madeline Feingold is a clinical psychologist specializing in reproductive medicine. She frequently discusses with couples how and when to tell a child that its conception involved donated genetic materials.
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2014 Pregnancy Trend Predictions
An investigation of online chatter about pregnancy and babies reveals the following trends settling in for 2014.
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Delicious Baby Aroma Encourages Mom's Bonding
The almost-universal cry of mothers upon cuddling a newborn baby - thatthe baby smells good enough to eat - is more than just delight andaffection. It's a very real neurological response that can be tracedusing brain imaging scans.
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Budgeting for Baby One Trimester At a Time
The financial wizards at Money Magazine suggest approaching a baby budget like a pregnancy, one trimester at a time.
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Avoiding Adolescent Pregnancy in African-American Youth
Parenting style may play an important part in preventing early
pregnancy and reducing risky sexual behavior in African-American youth,
according to a study published in the Journal of Adolescent Health.
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Parenting Styles: Authoritative Parenting
Authoritative parenting, as described by developmental psychologist
Diana Baumrind, is considered a democratic approach to parenting
children.
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Parenting Styles: Authoritarian Parenting
The authoritative parent tends to be highly demanding, but offers little love and nurturing; this can lead to prolonged social implications.
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Budgeting for a Child: Common Mistakes New Parents Make
Having a child is an exciting and life-changing experience, but the
hectic nature of the preparations can leave some parents in the dark
about the actual costs of raising a baby.
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Babies Born to Emotionally Distant Dads Face Tough First Year
Paul Raeburn's book highlights the lack of scientific research on the father-child connection and confirms the value of this relationship.
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Ways To Make Doctor Visits More Effective
This list involves things parents can do before and during face-to-face time with a pediatrician that will help the doctor make a speedy, accurate diagnosis and get the child feeling better quickly.
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Parents: Put Down Your Devices
A pediatrician and a psychologist fear our children may pay the ultimate price of tech-savvy parents.
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SAHM: Time for a New Label?
The term "stay-at-home mom" is outdated according to Ester Bloom, a contributor to the Slate magazine. She's not enthusiastic about housewife, either, preferring instead the word homemaker.
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Dads Turn Baby Time into Personal Fitness Routines
Two fathers, in particular, have turned their baby time into personal fitness routines that benefit dad while entertaining baby. These fathers have even turned their baby-inspired workouts into books.
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40% of Infants Without Strong Parental Attachments
The emotional attachment a child develops for his or her parents by the age of 3 can be a valuable marker for how well the child will fare emotionally, socially, and academically later in childhood.
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First Five Years of Fatherhood Risky for Depression
The study finds that young men, especially those that live in the same home as their new baby, are at significant risk of developing depression during the first five years of fatherhood.
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Childcare: What is a Nanny?
In today's culture, a nanny is hired to provide child and home carethat varies widely from one assignment to the next. Some nannies live in the home with parents, while others report to work each day on aregular schedule just as they would any other job.
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Help or Be a Helper: Which Word Choice Motivates Kids?
A team of psychologists says choosing the right word when asking for help from a child makes a difference.
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Violent Relationships During Pregnancy May Cause Difficulty Parenting
If your relationship was rocky and violent during pregnancy, you are less likely to adopt a good parenting style after the baby is born, according to a new study.
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Male and Female Involvement in the Birth Process
How involved are men in the birth and child-rearing process? Researchers in Spain recently completed a study published in the Journal of Clinical Nursing in an attempt to answer that question.
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Baby Monitors: Selling Fear or True Protection?
Critics say baby monitors do little more than let you know if your baby is asleep or awake, in spite of the emotional marketing strategies that surround them.
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Parenting Style Influenced by Genetics
A team of researchers at Michigan State University (MSU) has conducted an in-depth study of parenting styles and concluded it has about as much to do with genetics as it does family tradition.
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Why More Dads are Staying Home with the Kids
Some dads choose to stay home with the kids simply because they want to, while others are home because of health reasons, unemployment, or other economic issues.
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Parenting Styles: Positive Parenting
The idea behind this parenting style is to raise children who listen, accept constructive criticism and respond to expectations and discipline with attentiveness and open conversation.
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Do Dads Resent Staying at Home?
Today, more men are staying home with the kids than ever before, but despite the rise in stay-at-home dads, there could be an unresolved issue some working moms are missing. Is your stay-at-home dad resenting you for being the one working outside the home?
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How Old is Too Old for Breastfeeding?
The great debate among breastfeeding women started a short while ago with a picture of a breastfeeding mother on the front cover of Time Magazine. The picture showed an almost four year old little body breastfeeding while standing on a chair.
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The Effect of Advanced Parental Age on Parenting
When I was in school, nearly all of my peers had parents that were generally the same age. I remember one classmate who did not fall into that group. Her father was in his late 60s when she was a senior in high school.
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Bad Parenting: When Should I Step In?
There are limits to confronting parents about their parenting choices. Just because a parent does not believe in the disciplinary style you believe in does not mean they are putting their children at risk – and that’s what’s truly important – risk.
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Gay And Lesbian Pregnancy and Parenting
Gay and lesbian pregnancy pose some different and difficult questions. Below are common topics discussed between gay or lesbian couples with regard to conceiving and parenting a child.
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Is Pregnancy Different for Moms?
That first
pregnancy is an experience that can never be repeated. You approached
parenthood with a novice set of eyes. Every experience was a new
experience, every pain a new pain and every stress was a new stress.
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My Postpartum, Part 2
I am finally in love with mothering. Finally.
Finally.
It's been 14 months since my daughter was born and it is only now that I can say I enjoy and embrace my role as a mother. Only now. ... read more »
First Pregnancy as a Stepmom
You are a member of the growing population of stepmothers who are pregnant with their first baby. You are faced with the unique challenge of having your first child with a husband who has children from a previous relationship.
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Why Do Dads Want Sons?
It is
disheartening how many forum topics address this question. Why are sons
so important to fathers? If the question was asked 50 or 60 years ago,
the answer would be simple – fathers want to pass on the family name and
keep the bloodline alive.
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Is Maternal Instinct Real?
There are experts who believe maternal instinct is not a genetic, basic
drive at all, but rather a learned behavior developed during pregnancy
and infancy via hormonal changes and close bonding.
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Are You Defined by a Parenting Style?
The idea of describing a set of parents based on a set of pre-determined
characteristics is not a new concept, though the need to define parents
and place them into parenting style categories is a modern ploy.
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Is Being an OAP a Badge of Courage?
Recently,
I’ve noticed a huge influx of men and women putting themselves in the
exclusive OAP group as if it is a badge of courage. OAP stands for only
active parent, which means the other parent is not active from a
relationship or parenting angle.
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Older Parenting - Killing Generations
Older parents are just as capable of giving birth to and raising
children, but what does pushing that parenting clock do to the
foundation of a child’s life. Is older parenting killing generations?
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Practical Tips for New Parents
You can read every book, take every piece of family advice and listen to
all the experts but you'll never learn the most important tips for
being a new parent from any of those sources. Here's what I learned
through four children, including a set of twins.
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Answering the Tough Questions as a Parent
From
conception to pregnancy and childbirth to child rearing, you probably
think you've heard and seen everything. Until your child drops one of
those common but tough questions. I've always welcoming the tough
questions my children pose.
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How Early is Too Early to Talk About Personal Body Parts?
One late
fall afternoon, a coffee shop was booming. The line of patrons waiting
to order espressos, lattes and cappuccinos stretched out the door and
around the corner. A couple with a small child took their place at the
end of the line.
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