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Safe & Natural Sunscreens and Organic Summer Hats for Babies from Inhabitots

By Inhabitots

Summertime, and the livin's easy -- until it comes time to choose a safe sunscreen for your little one, and slather it on his wriggly body from head to toe. » Read more

Ten Things Parents Need to Know about Keeping their Kids CyberSafe

By Gwenn Schurgin O'Keeffe, MD, FAAP, author of CyberSafe » Read more

Monitoring Your Kids’ Online Video Viewing

By JustMommies

Do you know what your kids are watching? Sure, you monitor their shows on TV, but what about on the computer? Anyone who has spent more than a few minutes on YouTube lately will tell you that for every kid-friendly video you might find, there’s bound to be at least one not-so-kid-friendly video that will pop up to follow it. How do you know what is safe, and how do you find it? » Read more

Music Lessons For Children

By Jan Roberts, Parent Educator and Coach

Dear Parent Coach,      We have a very musical kindergarten daughter who is chomping at the bit to start piano lessons.  We do not have a piano, so this would be a big investment.  We are unsure if this is too early, or if she would actually stick with it.  What do you say? » Read more

Vulture Culture: How we encourage bullying

By By Susan Lipkins, PhD child psychologist, www. Realpsychology.com

Our vulture culture emphasizes a winner/loser mentality that encourages dominance and aggression. Extreme bullying, often using sexual slurs such as "gay, fag, slut and whore," is becoming a common experience for students of all ages, and in particular, for children aged 11-13. » Read more

What Children Fear Most These Days

In a media-saturated world, children nowadays worry about things that we didn’t have to – like the state of our precious planet and pollution. LiveScience reported on several studies done recently, which reveal that children are definitely not worry-free and deal with many more ominous issues. » Read more

Ask The Parent Coach: The Death of a Child's Pet

By Jan Roberts, Parent Educator and Coach

Dear Parent Coach, » Read more

Is Your Child Being Bullied?

By Derek Randel, www.stoppingschoolviolence.com

Keith is a ten year-old student who has always liked school. That was until recently and now he does not want to go to school each morning. This of course is very frustrating for his parents. The reason Keith dislikes school does not have anything to do with academics. Keith is being bullied before school, at school, and on the school bus. » Read more

Bullying: How a Parent Can Help

Bullying is an enormous problem in our schools.  The impact of being bullied carries on far into adulthood.  It is not something that you can just ignore and hope will go away.  Many people think that kids need to get a thicker skin or toughen up; perhaps, these people have never been through the experience of being bullied.  Kids have been known to get physically sick, refu » Read more

Six Tips for Less-Stress Parenting

By Paula Statman, M.S.S.W. www.kidwisecorner.com

Nobody ever said parenting was easy, but here are some practical tips for how to worry less and enjoy parenting more. » Read more