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Find the best eco-friendly advice for parenting infants to teens, plus tips on pregnancy, children's activities, family dynamics, and environmental education.

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4 Phrases That Kids Need to Hear

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Welcome to Your Kid's First Summer of Total Freedom

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Schools Should Reopen Outdoors

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Kids Prove to Be Capable and Resilient During the Pandemic
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Earth School Can Be Your Kid's At-Home Science Teacher
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Babies Like It When You Imitate Them
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Kids Are Suffering Worldwide From Ongoing Pandemic
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When Should a Person Be Considered an Adult?
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We Can't Lie to Our Kids About How Stressed We Are During This Pandemic
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How to Get Your Home and Family Ready for a Coronavirus Outbreak
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Photo Project Captures Togetherness, Even as Coronavirus Keeps Us Apart
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At What Age Should Kids Ride in the Front Seat?
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Are Bubbles Toxic?
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This Is What Pandemic Homeschooling Looks Like
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How to Work in a House Full of Noisy Kids
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Even in a Crisis, Children's Screen Time Needs to Be Controlled
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Esembly Cloth Diapers Offer Parents Peace of Mind
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The Problem With Diaper Composting
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10 Activities to Keep Kids Connected to Nature
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Teach Your Child How to Read a Paper Map
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How to Thrive During a Lockdown With Kids
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10 Green Ideas for Earth Day
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How to Make Leaf Skeletons
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This Is How Happy Couples Argue
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Why Kids Shouldn't Take Their Cell Phones to School
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How to Discuss Climate Change With Your Uncle
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Why We're Stuck on a Particular Side of the Bed
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Why Kids Need Recess More Than Ever
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Is Your Kid's Lemonade Stand Legal?
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Let's Make Recess Great Again
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Cork Bath Toys Are a Great Alternative to Soft Plastic Ones
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Berkeley's 'Adulting' Class Reveals Parental Failures
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One Mother's Recipe for Resilience
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9 Old-Fashioned Habits That I Stubbornly Cling To
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Every House Needs a Chalkboard
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Floating Ice Urn Makes for a Unique Eco-Friendly Memorial
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Let Sleeping Babies Lie: Chilly Temps Build Tough Nordic Tots
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When Should You Believe Your Kids?
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Free-Range Parents Need Affirmation, Too
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What Activities Can I Do When I Turn Off the Lights for Earth Hour?
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Progressive Baby Boomers Are Fighting Housing and Transportation Progress
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Academic Pressure Is Undermining Kids' Mental Health
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Dutch Playground Shut Down Over Noise Complaints
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Advice for When Your Kid Asks About the Climate Crisis
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Why 'Trunk-Or-Treat' Is a Terrible Idea
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3 Reasons Why Halloween Is Great for Kids
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Parents Need to Stop Making Excuses About School Drop-Offs
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The Insidious Rise of 'Toddler' Foods
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Paris Opens First Cemetery Dedicated to Green Burials
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Police Buy Drinks Instead of Shutting Down Kids' Lemonade Stand
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Let Them Play With Sticks!
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What My Mother Taught Me About Cooking
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'Let Them Roam' and Other Advice on Free-Range Summer Parenting
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Is Outdoor Play a Child's Want or Right?
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The Inuit Have a Simple Way of Teaching Their Children How to Control Anger
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Why Outdoor Education for Kids Matters
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This Dutch Tradition Would Horrify Most American Parents
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Teach Your Kids to Cook
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8 Children Who Were Raised by Animals
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Scientists May Have Found the Gene That Makes a Marriage Stick
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Summer Camp Is Being Ruined by Spying Parents
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Yes, Babies Can Swim — And Save Themselves From Drowning
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3 Rules for Parental Phone Etiquette
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10 U.S. Cities With Freshwater Appeal
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Cheering Kindergarteners Pack Courthouse for Boy's Adoption Hearing
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Hockey Fans Throw 45,000 Stuffed Animals on the Ice for Charity
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Why Camping Is So Good for Kids
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T-Shirt Campaign Shows Support for Free-Range Parenting
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Taking Baby to the Beach? Don't Spend a Fortune on Dumb Gadgets
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When Should Kids Start Swimming Lessons?
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The #1 Thing Moms Want for Mother's Day
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6 Ways to Help Kids Explore Nature This Summer
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Daycare Apps Notify Parents About Everything Their Child Does
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My Kids Don't Want to Do Anything This Summer
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Kids' Brains Are Wired for a Different Upbringing Than What They're Getting
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The Dinner Table Is Becoming Obsolete in the United States
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World's Oldest Married Couple Celebrate Their 80th Wedding Anniversary
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Why Every Parent of a Grammar School Student Needs to Thank This Celebrity Chef
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Give Your Kids Chores and They'll Thank You Someday
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Parents, 'No Loud Children Allowed' Policies Are About You, Not Your Kids
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On Sailing to Alaska With Two Toddlers in Tow
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5 Ways to Get Kids to Eat
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What Longer Paternity Leave Did for Men in Spain
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Why Dutch Parents Drop Their Kids in the Woods
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3 Ways to Raise Vegetable-Loving Children
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7 Reasons to Let Kids Play in the Streets
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5 Recipes for Homemade Baby Food (And Why You Should Make Your Own)
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It's Screen-Free Week! Turn Off Those Devices and Go Outside.
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Gymnast With 1 Leg Defies the Odds
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World Health Officials Crack Down on Kids' Screen Time
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Human Composting Soon to Be Allowed in Washington
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Is Your Child an Orchid or a Dandelion?
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5 More Kid-Friendly Meals for 5 Days
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Outdoor Children Are Happier Children
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7 Great Ways to Pull a Loose Tooth
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Yes, Your Kid Can Eat Snow
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This Earth Day, Take Your Kids Outside to Play
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Speak Positively to Kids About the Weather
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Parents, Don't Be So Scared of the World!
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11 Things to Do With Cremated Ashes
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No Country Is Doing Enough to Protect Children's Health and Wellbeing
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How One Nonprofit Is Silencing 'Lunch Shamers'
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7 Breast Milk Pumping Problems and How to Solve Them
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8 Steps for Using a Paper Planner Effectively
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Kids Need These 3 Things, but Parents Aren't Delivering
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Baby Can't Stop Laughing After Finally Hearing Clearly for the First Time
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Why You Should Teach Your Child to Argue
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7 Ways to Get Kids Talking at the Dinner Table
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Don't Wait for a Doctor to Prescribe Play for Your Kid
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This Family's 8-Year Odyssey Brought Them to 418 National Sites Across America
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6 Strategies for Getting Your Kid Outside Every Day
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Climbing Trees Is Safer Than Organized Sports
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Students Get Better Grades When Phones Are Banned
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How to Tie Chores to an Allowance
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Choose Print Books Over Digital When Reading to a Toddler
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Snowplow Parents Prevent Their Children From Ever Growing Up
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10 Ways Babies Are Really Weird
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This Very Good Grandson Is Road-Tripping With His Grandma to All the National Parks
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Little Girl Feeds Crows; In Return, They Bring Her Gifts
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Ohio Teen Sends Out an S.O.S.
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Let the Kids Be Bored
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11 of the Best Competitive Board Games for Your Next Family Gathering
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Two Quebec Schools Experiment With 'Rough Play' Zones for Kids
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Why Are We So Fixated on Keeping Kids Indoors?
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Gen Z Is Skipping College in Droves — and That's Not a Bad Thing
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How Do Kids Feel About Helicopter Parenting?
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UK Doctors Advise Parents to Limit Kids' Screen Time
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Why Later School Start Times Are a Smart Idea
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Why You Shouldn't Freak Out When Your Dad Calls You by the Dog's Name
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Is Montessori School Right for My Child?
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Stop Trying to Find Meaning in Your Kid's Artwork
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Don't Stress About Moldy Bath Toys
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Children Glued to Screens Show Alarming Developmental Delays
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'The Power of Play' (Film) Shows Why Kids Need Playtime More Than Ever
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French Study Finds Harmful Chemicals in Disposable Diapers
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12 Amazing Plastic-Free Toys for Summer
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After Failing Exam, Autistic Boy Gets Amazing Letter of Support From His Teacher
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Parents Get Giddy as Kids Head Back to School
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What Is Letterboxing?
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Could You Get Your Kids Outside for 1,000 Hours This Year?
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10 Dads Who Are Doing Parenting Right
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Rap Star Nelly Has Been Quietly Sending 2 Kids to College Every Year for a Decade
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Why Free Play Matters and How to Encourage It
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Hong Kong Scientist Develops Tool to Measure Kids' Connectedness to Nature
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7 Eco-Friendly Ways to Keep Your Home Safe While You're Traveling
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9 Athletes Who Got Better With Motherhood
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This Kid Dices Onions and Wields a Kitchen Torch
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Want Baby to Eat Less Sugar? Don't Give It to Them.
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How I Work From Home With Kids Underfoot
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6 Reasons We're Fascinated by Twins
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Are There Any Options for Girls' Clothes That Don’t Include Princesses, Hearts or Rainbows?
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5 Free Allowance Apps
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Why Kids Are Learning to Ride Bikes at School
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Majority of Car Seats Contain Toxic Flame Retardants
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Join Michelle Obama's #62MillionGirls Campaign
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Teen and Her 82-Year-Old Grandfather Dive Into College Together
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Should You Request a Teacher Change for Your Child?
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Volunteer for National Public Lands Day
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What Is a 'Rainbow' Baby?
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Teen Drunk Driving
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'There's No Such Thing as Bad Weather' Is a Scandinavian Mom's Guide to Raising Kids
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Why Aren't More Co-Working Spaces Offering Childcare -- And a List That Do
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Internet Rallies to Grant Dying Boy's Wish
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7 Ways to Make the Most of Your Gap Year
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When Did Baby Bottles Get So Cool?
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Got a Problem? This Rent-A-Mom Can Help
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14 Things Your Lifeguard Might Not Tell You
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Mom Creates 'American Boy' Doll for Her Son
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LEGO Responds to 7-Year-Old's Viral Critique
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Zuckerberg, Obama Stand With Ahmed Too
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9-Year-Old Girl Creates App to Coordinate Play Dates
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Huge New Study Will Track Effects of Screen Time on Kids' Brains
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7 Great Green Daddy Blogs
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No Impact Man on Green Parenting
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Get Your Kids Recycling
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Messy Crafts for Kids
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School Offers Paper-Free Handouts
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School-Age Lead Exposure Damages IQ
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The Call of Conservation Camp
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Mom, Will This Chicken Give Me Man-Boobs?
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World's Oldest Dad May No Longer Be Lonesome
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Green Your Pic-I-Nic Basket
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Eco-Savvy Changing Tables
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Save Green With Cloth Diapers
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America's Greenest School
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Toy Safety Tips
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Greening the Family Road Trip
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Building the Perfect Sand Castle
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Green Your Family Reunion
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DC Kids: Lead Levels Were 'Wildly' Underreported
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Green: It's More Than Just a School Color
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7 Tips for Back-To-School
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Greener Reading for the Whole Family
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Eco Ideas for the Classroom
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Is School Drinking Water Safe?
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Learning About Leaves
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Schools Cut Unhealthy Foods
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7 Schools That Drop Tuition Costs for Students in Need
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Tobey Maguire Asks Congress for Healthier School Lunches
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Egg-Shaped Burial Pods Feed the Trees and Turn Cemeteries Into Forests
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Working Together: Cooperative Board Games
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Nature Can Teach Your Kid Resilience
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Having Lots of Books as a Kid Helps Later in Life
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Baby Names Inspired by Nature Are Hotter Than Ever
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Girl Gets Amazing Response When She Shows Off New Prosthetic Leg at School
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Kind Young Actor Takes in His Ailing 89-Year-Old Neighbor ... And Her Cat
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Teaching Kids the 3R's
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Why Do So Many Kids Drop Out of College?
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Dad With Cancer Writes Over 800 Notes on Napkins to Daughter
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At What Age Should Kids Be Allowed to Date?
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Composting With Kids
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The Arts Help Kids With Math, Critical Thinking
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Do You Need a Landline for Emergencies?
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Thoughts From a Chef on How to Teach a Kid to Love Food
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Is Nostalgia Stealing Our Kids' Future?
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How to Make the Most of the Season's Shortest Days
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Why You Can’t Remember Being a Baby
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A Tale of Two Families Sharing a House
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Is It Possible to Keep My Kids From Picking Up Germs at Day Care?
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Chewable Diapers?
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6 of the Web's Best Laughing Baby Videos
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"Junk Playgrounds" Show the Value of Free Play for Kids (Video)
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Could Your Child Survive Alone in the Woods?
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Ithaca Is First to Declare Itself a 'Free Range Kid City'
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The Rise of Silicon Valley's Screen Abolitionists
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Why Kids Benefit From a Summer To-Do List
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Go Knock Yourself Out With Unconventional Parenting, but Please Stop Talking About It
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How Can Parents Have a Successful Morning Routine?
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Meet Mike Lanza, the Anti-Helicopter Parent of Silicon Valley
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Britain Embraces Riskier Playgrounds
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The Older Kids Get, the Less Time They Spend Outdoors
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Hockey-Playing Sisters Compete for 2 Different Countries at Winter Olympics
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How to Survive When Your College Kid Comes Home for the Summer
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School Pictures Show Kids How Special They Are
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Third-Grader Born With No Hands Wins National Handwriting Contest Again
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Mall Rips Out Play Equipment, Puts in iPads, Because "Active Play Can Result in Children Being Hurt"
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How Emotional Work Adds to the Gender Gap
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Why I Don't Do Emotional Work (And You Shouldn't Either)
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What to Get a Teenager for Christmas: A DIY Muon Detector
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Fill Your Home With Books!
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Is Your Teen Materialistic? Give Them a Daily Gratitude Journal
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How to Connect Children With the Natural World in Your Own Backyard
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How the 'Mushroom Death Suit' Breaks Down Your Body for Nature
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When You Drive Your Kids Everywhere, They Never Learn Where They Are
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Instead of a Message in a Bottle, These Scottish Boys Launched a Tiny Pirate Ship
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Chicago Mom Investigated After Letting Her Daughter Walk the Dog Alone
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Organic Baby Formula
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What Is a Safe Sleeping Environment for a Baby?
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How to Fly With Kids and Keep the Peace
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Dad Launches Autism Eats, a Judgment-Free Dinner Club for Families of Kids With Autism
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Tips for Helping Kids Adjust to the Time Change
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8 Things Happy Couples Do Every Day
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What Is a Doula?
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Baby on Rollicking Road Trip to Visit All 50 States
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4 Natural Ways to Relieve Baby's Teething Pain
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What Should You Do if You Get Stuck in an Elevator?
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7 Strategies for Keeping Kids Entertained Without Screens
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Create a Cozy Escape (And Save on Heating) With a Grown-Up Blanket Fort
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'Lotus Birth' Advocates Leave the Umbilical Cord Attached to Newborn Babies
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7 'Old-School' Parenting Ideas That Would Never Fly Today
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How Do We Solve the School Drop-Off Debacle?
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This Couple Cycled From Canada to New Mexico With Their Toddler
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7 of the Greatest "Soldier Surprise" Videos of All Time
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Tech-Addled Kids Have Trouble Holding a Pencil
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Can This Professor Save the Lost Art of Dating?
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Celebrate National Poetry Day by Reading Nature Poems to Children
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Would Your Kid Pass the Marshmallow Test? Depends on Your Parenting Style
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The Dirt on DIY Funerals: What Is Legal?
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Childhood Obesity Still on the Rise
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'What Were You Thinking?' Answers the Questions Every Parent Wants to Know
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What You Need to Know About the New Child Car Seat Guidelines
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Some Thoughts on Camping With Children
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9 Kids Singing Hit Tunes That Are Better Than the Originals
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5 Freaky Wax Museums
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This Little Girl Is So Over Her Shadow Following Her All the Time
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How I'm Raising a Family in a 1,200 Sq. Foot Home
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Need a Hand? Try Babywearing
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Painting Your Pregnant Piggies
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8 Things We Tell Kids, but Should Listen to Ourselves
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Should Kids With Lice Stay in School?
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Victory! Recess Guaranteed for New Jersey Elementary Students
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6 of Your Childhood Movies Your Kids Will Love
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Experience the Rainbow With Skittles and Water
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Gender-Neutral Baby Names Surge in Popularity
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If You're Over 12, Trick-Or-Treating Could Land You in Jail in Chesapeake, Va.
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5 Ways to Get Kids Into Nature Photography
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Amaze People With the Magic Water Marker Trick
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What Happened to Good Manners — And Can We Get Them Back?
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8 Little-Known Facts About Your Favorite Games
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Just Because Your Baby Is Crying Doesn't Mean You Should Feed Her, Research Says
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Kid-Friendly Ocean Websites
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What Makes a Great Dinner Party?
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Kids Play Better When They Have Fewer Toys
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One Very Good Reason Why Your Kid Should Walk to School
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5 Tips for Having Good Relationships With Your Adult Children
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Want to Grow an Engineer? Add Legos
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Want Happy Kids? Give Them More Experiences and Less Stuff
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Should Kids Get an Allowance?
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Why This Denver-Area School District Is Taking Mondays Off
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7 Chemicals and Toxins to Avoid When Buying Baby Products
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How Schools Around the World Protect Students From Cars
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No, You Don't Have to Keep Your Kid's Artwork
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What Not to Eat When You're Pregnant
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Millennials' Lower Divorce Rate Is Good for the Planet
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3 Ways to Make Recess Better
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Teens Have Replaced Reading With Texting and Social Media
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Kids Suffer Deeply When Playtime Is Not Prioritized
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Finally, Parents Are Putting the Fun Back Into Playgrounds
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What's New at This Year's Winter Olympics
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Pickiness, Begone! How to Handle a Kid Who Doesn't Want to Eat
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How to Talk to Kids About Money
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Around the World, Girls Work While Boys Play
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Student Finds Long-Lost Brother, and It Turns Out They Go to the Same College
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U.S. Birth Rate Has Dropped to Lowest in 30 Years
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5 Backyard Nature Activities for Kids
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Finland's Amazing Baby Box Program Arrives in the U.S.
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Why Your Kid Needs Time Just to Be
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Why Doesn't the U.S. Have a Children's Day?
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Mom May Be Gone, but What About All Her Stuff?
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9 Green Crib Mattresses to Ensure Your Baby Has a Healthy, Chemical-Free Sleep
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School Cafeterias Are Pulling a Switch
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Are Teens Giving Themselves ADHD?
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Why Dads Are Happier Than Moms
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Why Kids Should Work (And 10 Ideas for Jobs)
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11 Ways to Reduce Kids' Screen Time This Summer
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Young People Feel Unprepared for Adulthood
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It's Good for Kids to Feel Uncomfortable Sometimes
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Babies in the Womb Respond to Their Mother's Touch
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5 Ways to Help Children Help Bees
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7 Tips for a Successful Camping Trip With Baby
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'The Coffin Club' Faces Death With a Song
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How to Exercise With Kids of Any Age
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What to Say if Someone Challenges Your Free-Range Parenting
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This Stroller Has a Built-In Air Filter to Protect Kids From Air Pollution
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5 'Capital' Ideas for Learning the State Capitals
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Helicopter Parenting Is Bad for Kids, Psychologists Warn
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Why Are Kids So Bored, Impatient, and Fragile These Days?
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Why Does Divorce Run in Families?
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5 Ways to Be an Awesome Parent
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5 Ways to Foster a Love of Nature in Kids
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Woman Plans a Dolphin-Assisted Birth in Hawaii
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How to Raise an Independent Child
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Baby-Food Subscriptions Take Culture of Convenience Too Far
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Kids Leading the Charge to Green
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No Snow to Sled On? Try Ice Blocking
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11 Baby Toys That Are Green, Sustainable, and Too Cute to Resist
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7 Things Every Newborn Gets at the Hospital
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Why Is the Sky Blue? A Parent's Guide to Common Questions Kids Ask
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10 Tips for Raising a Zero Waste Baby
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Man Dubbed 'ICU Grandpa' Cuddles Atlanta Hospital's Tiniest Patients
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Parenting 'Experts' Want to Ruin Summer. Let's Fight Back.
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4 Reasons to Skip Battery-Powered Toys
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The Secret Language of Cryptophasia
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Why Would People Hang Their Babies Out the Windows in Cages?
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Stay Safe on the Slide
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How to Get Your Child to Take a Nap
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When Is It OK to Discipline Other People's Kids?
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The Bride Wore Rolls and Rolls of Toilet Paper
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Top 10 Environmental Scholarships
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How a Grieving Mother Set Out to Reclaim Death
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Good Movement, Bad Name: Does 'Free Range' Make Kids Sound Like Chickens?
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What if Funeral Urns Helped Plant Trees?
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How to Handle After-School Snack Time
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What the Front Porch Means to Me
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Dying Runner Shares Her Medals to Spread Hope
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Trying to Conceive? The Do's and Don'ts to Boosting Fertility
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Why Do Japanese Mothers Spend So Much Time on Their Kids' Lunch Boxes?
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Parents Are 'Morally Outraged' About Those Who Go Childless, Study Finds
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Can You 'Unspoil' a Child?
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How to Recognize Drowning
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5 Videos of Babies Riding Roombas
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Babies Go Diaper-Free With the 'Elimination Communication' Potty-Training Method
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'The Idle Parent' Is the Most Unconventional Parenting Book I've Ever Read
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How Children Are Taught to Stop Loving and Start Eating Animals
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It's Time to Let Go of the Excessive Baby Gadgets
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Mathematical Formula Predicts if Your Marriage Will Last
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Holidays Are Good for Children's Brain Development
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Atrocious Makeup Set for Young Girls Earns Worst Toy of the Year Award
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Adventure Playgrounds Are Safer for Kids Than Fixed Playgrounds
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I Grew Up in a House That Looked Like a 'Hygge' Postcard. It Was a Lot of Work.
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Is It Better to Be a Young Mom or an Older Mom?
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Let Your Kids Pack Their Own School Lunches
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Want Successful Kids? Let Them Play.
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4 Ways to Help Your Kids Play Freely Outside
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New Yorkers Seek Out 11-Year-Old for Emotional Advice
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In Praise of Old-Fashioned Summers
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No Wonder Dutch Kids Are the Happiest in the World. They Eat Chocolate for Breakfast!
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'Free-Range' Parents Are Investigated After Letting Kids Walk Home Alone From the Park
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Start “adulting School” When Your Kids Are Young
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Kids Unite to Help the 'Grandma in the Window'
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How to Talk to Kids About Climate Change
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Swiss Kids Spend More Time Playing Outside Than Using Phones
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Do Babies Dream?
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Sperm Donations From Older Men More Likely to Result in Pregnancy
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Dishwashing Is the Chore That's Hardest on Your Marriage
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11 Barriers That Prevent Kids From Playing Outside
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Never Post a Picture of Your Kid With These Hashtags
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British Kids Don't Want to Get Muddy or Wet, So They Stay Inside
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The Simple Art of Teaching Kids to Eat