Parenting

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The Parenting Path: Travel with Care

Kay Goldstein | Posted 11.19.2008 | Living

Read More: Relationships, Meditation, Mindful Parenting, Mindfulness, Parenting, The Four Fold Way, Helicopter Parents, Parent’s Prayer. Attachment, Angeles Arrien, Parenting Support, Living News

In a recent meditation class, a parent brought up how he was undergoing a great deal of external stress, finding it hard to support the busy and challenging level of activities of his teenager.

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Teaching Gratitude

Heather Cabot | Posted 11.19.2008 | Living

Read More: Heather Cabot, Gratitue, Parenting, Giving, Holiday Season, The Well Mom, Living News

Teaching gratitude is a big priority in my book and I do believe it's got to be an ongoing effort. Here are four fun and easy ways to keep the giving going beyond the upcoming holidays.

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6 Things Your Teen Needs to Know About Sex

health.com | Posted 11.17.2008 | Living

Read More: Teens and Sex, Parenting, Sex Education, Sex Talk, Sex, Living News

As awkward as it may be, educating your daughter about sex can keep her healthy--and even save her life. Unfortunately, most teens have different view...

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Why Girls With Asperger's Syndrome Don't Get Diagnosed

Newsweek | Jeneen Interlandi | Posted 11.14.2008 | Living

Read More: Women's Health, Aspergers Syndrome, Aspergers Girls, Parenting, Aspergers, Living News

Liane Willey watched from behind a two-way mirror as doctors at the University of Kansas performed a series of psychological tests on her 5-year-old d...

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18,000 in California Kicked to the Curb

Sara Whitman | Posted 11.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: LGBT Issues, Kids, LGBT Rights, Parenting, Marriage Equality, CA Prop 8, LGBT Families, Safety for Families, Civil Rights, Proposition 8, Gay Marriage, Politics News

In California, 18,000 couples have no idea what they are. Some have kids, some don't.

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Ten Tips For Parenting The Facebook Generation

beliefnet.com | Hesham Hassaballa | Posted 11.14.2008 | Living

Read More: Children Internet, Online Dangers, Parenting, Internet Rules, Facebook, Living News

Technology continues to speedily change, improve, and advance. Computers get smaller and faster, texting replaces phone conversations, and social netw...

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11 Injury-Prone High School Sports

abcnews.go.com | Posted 11.13.2008 | Living

Read More: Sports, Parenting, High School Sports, Personal Health, Injuries, Living News

With the school year well under way, and Thanksgiving on the horizon, many fall athletes are winding down their seasons while winter athletes prepare ...

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Mystic Mom Revisited

Susan Smalley | Posted 11.13.2008 | Living

Read More: The Inner Life, Parenting, Mystic Mom, Living News

A few years ago I wrote about what it means to be a mystic mom. As my children are now in college and beyond, I'm struck by how this mother-child relationship carries over throughout my life and theirs.

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Through Their Eyes

Heather Cabot | Posted 11.12.2008 | Living

Read More: Heather Cabot, Parenting, The Well Mom, Happiness, Living News

It's no biggie when a Mom yells out, "Wow! Look at that!" as she narrates the action on the street for her young children. But it feels a little sheepish when you catch yourself blurting, "Awesome!" to no one in particular when a noisy garbage truck crosses your way.

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Fat Kids Have The Arteries Of 45-Year-Olds, Study Shows

AP | MARILYNN MARCHIONE | Posted 11.11.2008 | Living

Read More: Childhood Obesity, Obesity, Fat Kids, Heart Disease, Parenting, Living News

NEW ORLEANS — Obese children as young as 10 had the arteries of 45-year-olds and other heart abnormalities that greatly raise their risk of hear...

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Hearing Ann Dunham

Ann Medlock | Posted 11.09.2008 | Living

Read More: Parenting, Election 2008, Barack Obama, Single Mothers, HuffPost Election Reaction, Ann Dunham, Election Reaction, Living News

Me, I'm looking for the first time at a President young enough to be one of my kids. Ann Dunham's son, Toot Dunham's grandson, is in fact younger than two of my sons.

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A Grandmother's Love

Dr. Tian Dayton | Posted 11.08.2008 | Living

Read More: Election 2008 Coverage, Obama Family, Obama Inspiration, Parenting, Inspiration, Parenting Magazine, Family Values, Grandparenting, Obama Grandmother Dies, Obama Grandmother, Grandparents, Living News

The strange timing of Obama's grandmother's death underlines what a grandmother's love is really meant to do; which is to prepare a child for a world that she may never lay eyes on.

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6 Steps For Raising A Charitable Child

Razoo.com | Lora Shinn | Posted 11.07.2008 | Living

Read More: Parenting, Volunteering, Charity, The Giving Life, Living News

Most kids love toys, video games, and Hannah Montana--and while they might know every Miley Cyrus song by heart, they wouldn't have a clue what the te...

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Barack Obama and My Kids

Julie Menin | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics

Without first acquiring a track record of reaching across the aisle, one of the greatest opportunities to create a modern "New Deal" to help Americans across the country will be lost.

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Community Organizer of the World

Joan Garry | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics

Obama stands today as the president-elect of the United States because of his credential as a community organizer. What a delicious irony.

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Preschoolers At The Polls

Heather Cabot | Posted 11.05.2008 | Living

Read More: Parenting, The Well Mom, Voting, Living News

Election Day got off to a rousing start over breakfast when my nearly three-year-old son stubbornly announced that he would not be going with me to "boat" because he did not want his feet to get wet.

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Third Screen: An Interview with Lisa Belkin of The New York Times

Vickie Karp | Posted 11.04.2008 | Living

Read More: New Age Parenting, Parents Texting, 21st Century Parenting, Parenting Styles, Financial Crisis, Virtual Parenting, Parenting, Parent Teen Relationship, Digital Parenting, Children in College, Living News

I don't have kids. Let's call it "Roomy Nest Syndrome." But that doesn't stop me from reading Lisa Belkin whenever I can.

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What To Do With An Overachiever

Christine Hassler | Posted 11.04.2008 | Living

Read More: Stress, Twenty-Something Advice, Parenting, The Balanced Life, College, Gen Y, Overachievers, Living News

Dear Christine, My son, a college student, has been on the honor roll his entire life. Getting a B on a quiz or a paper totally freaks him out. Whil...

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The Littlest Sex Educator

Dr. Logan Levkoff | Posted 10.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Obama Sex Ed Kindergarten, Parenting, Parenting Tips, Sex, Parenting Advice, Sex Education, Living News

In light of our hyper-sexualized culture, we often turn to other sources to teach our children about sex. Sometimes we avoid the conversations. But having information is empowering.

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Some Halloween Costumes Are Inappropriate for Kids, But Hollywood Didn't Get the Memo

Joel Schwartzberg | Posted 10.27.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Halloween, Parenting, Halloween Movies, Parenting Tips, Halloween Costumes, Kids, Parenting Advice, Health, Happiness, Entertainment News

A while back, my kids and I attended my town's annual Halloween Parade and Costume Contest. I was the Cat in the Hat, my son was Sam I Am, and my girl...

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Budget Conscious Beauty For Moms

Heather Cabot | Posted 10.23.2008 | Living

Read More: Women's Health, Beauty for Moms, Parenting, The Well Mom, Living News

The reality is that looking and feeling good don't have to cost much. Here are five tried and true ways to save some cash and still look gorgeous!

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Food Follies: Feeding Children

Kay Goldstein | Posted 10.22.2008 | Living

Read More: Food, Parenting, Childhood Nutrition, Living News

Food is our daily test against the Betty Crocker Scale of Motherly Competence, a relentless feedback so to speak, three meals a day for maybe eighteen years.

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Joe Biden's Tears Ease a Father's Fears

Chris Blake | Posted 10.22.2008 | Living

Read More: Vice President, Biden Gets Choked Up, Choked Up, Vice Presidential Debate, Joe Biden, Fear, Family Videos, Losing a Child, Masculinity, Parenting, Anxiety, Dad, Chris Blake, Fatherhood, Living News

Watching a US senator and VP candidate reveal his fear before a national audience was quite a remarkable thing. In doing so, Biden provided some much-needed release for fathers.

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Spring Break -- Just Say No.

Tracey Jackson | Posted 10.21.2008 | Living

Read More: Teenager, Parenting, Spoilt, Parenting Advice, Alcohol, Teens, Underaged Drinking, Natalie Holloway, Teen-Parent Conflict, Teen Drug Abuse, Teens Parents, Alcohol-Related Arrest, Teen Alcohol Abuse, Binge Drinking, Spring Break Destination, The Price of Privelige, Living News

These kids may be on their way to college but when they board those flights to Spring Break, passport and parent's Amex in hand, they are often still seventeen-years-old.

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Stressed About Money? Your Kids Might Be, Too

US News | Lindsay Lyon | Posted 10.15.2008 | Living

Read More: Financial Crisis, Kids and Money, Parenting, Living News

With nothing but dire financial news ruling the airwaves lately, you can be certain children have pricked up their ears. As hard times begin to hit ho...

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