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10 Steps for Grandparents of Stepfamilies

10 Tips for Raising Children of Character

101 Ways to Soothe a Crying Baby

20 Most Common Reasons Parents Call their Child's doctor

30 common Myths about Children debunked!

80 Organizations Support 10th Annual TV-Turnoff Week

A Grandparent's Toy Shopping Guide

A Nontraditional Families Recipe for Failure

A Prayer for Children

After the Immunizations... what to do if your child has discomfort

American Academy of Pediatrics Updates Firearm-related Injury Policy

And How are the Children?

Are you spoiling your baby?

Being Grandparent Requires Love-Tact

Benefits of Having Kids

Census Bureau Says 7 Million Grade School
Children Home Alone

Child care and child socialization

Children Grieve in Their Own Ways

Children Left in Cars at Risk for Burns and Heat

Cost of Raising Kids

Developmental Milestones

Divorced or Separated Parents can make holidays bright for children

Do Parents Care if their Kids are Fat?

Do You Smoke? So do Your Kids and Grandkids

Evaluating the Treatments for Colic

Failure to Thrive

Five Important Reasons to Immunize Your Child

Five tips for successful grandparenting

Getting Along

Getting Children away from the Television

Getting Kids To Bed

Grandparenting

Grandparenting Do's and Don'ts

Grandparenting in Today's world

Granparenting Tips for Traveling with the Grandchildren

Growth Milestones - 2 Months

Halloween and Hounds

Handling Unwanted Advice

Happy Holiday Season Depends on Family Financial Planning

Health Insurance Coverage For Every Child - What every parent can do

Healthy Eating and Physical Activity: What Should my Child Eat?

Hearing Damage from Noisy Toys

Helping Your Child Cope with Anger

Helping your Overweight Child

Here's to the Kids who are Different

How are Our Boys Doing?

How can Parents tell how sick their child really is?

How Many Cigarettes Did Your Child Smoke Today Without You Knowing It?

How not to Verbally or Emotionally Abuse your Child.

How to be a Better Grandparent

How to keep your teen safe on the Internet

How to Raise a Healthy Baby: The Newborn

Hurricanes: Coping with Children's fears

I Want my Blankey!

Immunizations: Not just for Kids!

Include Grandparents in the Lives of your Children

Index of Sleep Resources

Inhalants - A Middle-School addiction that kills

Injury Prevention

Just Say YES

Kids of Separated Parents: The Annual Holiday Access Dispute

Magazines for Kids

Marketing to the Young: The Tobacco Industry and Flavored Cigarettes

Mistakes Grandparents Make

Myths about Kids and Sleep

Nurturing your Child's Development

Over wrapping infants in the winter can lead to increased risk of SIDS

Overweight: A Weight Reduction Program

Parenting Magazine Printouts

Parenting Tip of the Week: Simple Ways to Boost Your Child's Self- Esteem

Parenting Tip of the Week
Family Overload and How to Manage It!

Parents Certainly are Misunderstood!

Parents' Involvement Helps Kids Overcome Peer Influence on smoking

Passing the Torch - When do Parents stop worrying?

Play: Caution, Child at Work!

Preventing accidents and injuries during your child's bath

Preventing and Treating Burns

Reducing Sibling Rivalry

Safety Tips for Grandparents

SIDS Facts for Grandparents

Start your (Parenting) Year off Right!

Stepfamilies - Facts and Fictions

Summer Can Bring Sun, Fun and Trouble

Ten Tips for Nurturing Your Child

Testing the Newborn for Metabolic Birth Defects

The Brain's Response to Drugs

The Good Parent

The New McCarthyism: Vaccines & Autism

The Tragedy at Fort Hood: Helping Your Children Cope

The Ultimate Quiz for Parents

The Value of Time

Thirteen Ways to Raise a Nonreader

Tips for Parents: Helping Kids say No to drinking

Tips for Protecting Your Child from Dog Bites

Tips for Traveling with Grandchildren

Toy Safety Warnings Issued for the Holidays

Traveling with Children this Summer

Treading on Sacred Ground

Tune into baby, not TV

Understanding Grief.... When Your Child Dies

Weathering the ’Tween Years

What Is a Grandmother?

What is antibiotic resistance and why is it a problem?

What Your Kids Should Know About Gun Safety

Health Information from our Experts

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One of my grandsons is very overweight. My daughter-in-law is always commenting on his weight and refuses to give him dessert although she makes it or the other children. I know he's teased at school. How can I help him without creating (more) tension betw...

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I'm about to be a grandmother for the first time. Any suggestions?...

Our three year old daughter has very doting grandparents who satisfy her ever whim. How can I keep her from being spoiled?...

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My teenage grandson and his girlfriend are coming to spend a weekend with me. Although they’re both eighteen (and adults), I don’t feel comfortable having them share a bedroom. What should I do?...

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My daughter-in-law never uses my gifts. I gave her a beautiful picture that had been in my son’s nursery for the baby’s room and she’s never put it up. She exchanges the clothes I buy for the baby and other than a brief thank you note, never mentions them....

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My grandchildren age two and six are allowed to get up and down from the dinner table. It drives me and my husband crazy. I think they should sit with the family until we are all done. Do you agree?...

My little one loves his security blanket but my mother thinks that at four he is too old to have one. What do you think?...

My nine-year-old grandson’s dog is going to have to be put to sleep soon. How can I prepare my grandson to deal with the loss of his beloved pet? ...

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We have recently moved closer to my in-laws and my mother in-law is now taking care of my 19-month-old son while I am at work. She has repeatedly been giving him junk food (i.e., french fries, chicken mc nuggets, gummy bears, chocolate chip cookies, pork...

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My in-laws have been putting pressure on me to bring our 16 month old son to their house for long visits. I feel very unconfortable with this because I feel their home is not very safe for a young child. They live on a lake, have a pool and hot tub with...

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My father-in-law is very critical about the way I raise my according to him spoilt 5 year old son. I know my son is spoilt and hard to handle and very active, but I'm doing the best I can. He always praises his other grand-daughters, who is much older th...

I have recently taken over "custody" of my 5 1/2 year old grandson at the request of my daughter. This is not legal guardianship in the sense of having gone through the courts but rather an agreement between my daughter and myself (she said she could no l...

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Our 11 month old grandson does not like to eat solid food, which was introduced at six months. He will eat small amounts of some finger food (cheerios, bananas), but cries as soon as he is put in his high chair, or a spoonful of anything is presented. His ...

My husband and I would like advice on our situation. We were married in February. We are a young couple-in our early twenties, we have two children ages 3 1/2 and 10 months. The 3 year old is his child from a previous relationship, and he has full custody....

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My grandson is 4 years old and still sleeps in a crib. Is that too old to be sleeping in a crib? ...

My in-laws think giving my 5 month old food like chocolate is okay. I have told them many times that I am trying to introduce foods one at a time so I can detect any allergies or sensitivities, but they don't listen to my concerns. The latest "food" they i...

My granddaughter is age two. She is still being fed infant food because her parents say she throws up on real food. They are still giving her infant vitamins and several bottles of milk a day. Is this diet adequate for her growth? ...

7-YEAR OLD WITH HEADACHES My 7-year granddaughter has an excessive number of headaches. She has been checked by her doctor and he found nothing out of the ordinary. Any nutritional suggestions on how she should be handled?...

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My 3 and a half has just recently been saying that he hate or does not like me when he does not get his way. What should I do when he does this? Should I act like I did not hear him, or should I tell him that that is not nice and it really hurts my feelngs...