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Storytelling in the Age of Screens

John McCormick | Posted 05.30.2012

How do I tear the kids away from flashing lights and explosions and get them to sit with a book or tell a story?

Airlines Respond About Keeping Families Together

Corinne McDermott | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Flying With Children, Family Travel Guides, Family Travel Expert, Travel News, Parents-Moms-on-the-Go, Flying With Babies, Corinne McDermott, Flying With Toddlers, Parents News, Travel Blogs, Travel News

I figured if an airline would not guarantee a young child be seated with their parent or guardian, they were in violation of their own unaccompanied minor policies. In order to get to the bottom of this, I reached out to the airlines.

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The One Thing Politicians Can Agree on

Michael Zacka | Posted 05.22.2012

The magic that happens over shared meals can help preserve the American family, strengthen all of its members and enrich their lives. I'm sure America's Republicans and Democrats both agree that more families should be sitting together at dinner.

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The Same Story? Again?! Storytelling as an Emotional Security Blanket

John McCormick | Posted 05.18.2012

I used to wonder why my sons asked for the same story night after night. I came to the conclusion that kids simply enjoy the comfort of repetition. Think of it as an emotional security blanket.

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It's Not Porn, People, It's Food

Lisa Belkin | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Nursing, Breastfeeding, Time Breastfeeding Cover, Breast vs. Bottle, Parentry, Hiding Pregnancy, Changing Views of Pregnancy, Changing Views of Breastfeeding, Parents News, Parents News

Can we look at a woman nursing and think "lunch"? We have learned to stop blushing at the sight of a pregnant woman. It's more than time to give nursing mothers the same break.

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Flying The (Still) Friendly Skies. With Kids!

Corinne McDermott | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: Motherhood, Toddlers, Flying-With-a-Toddler, Flying With a Baby, Travel News, Raising Children, Travel Blogs, Family Travel, Moms-on-the-Go, Parents News, Travel News

Regardless of what Internet commenters would have you believe, people are polite, courteous, even, when you're traveling with small children.

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An Infant's Pierced Ears, A Teen's Pierced Nose?

Lisa Belkin | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Jewish Tradition, Nose Piercing, Teen Pierced Nose, Infant Ear Piercing, Parentry, Ear Piercing, Teen Piercings, Parenting Rules, Parents News, Parents News

Pierced ears? Pierced nose? Nose ring? Intricate tattoos? Where are your parenting lines?

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Lots Of Cake Indeed: Anna Quindlen Looks Back On Motherhood

Lisa Belkin | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Parenting Memoirs, Motherhood, Raising Grown Children, Lots of Candles Plenty of Cake, Anna Quindlen, Parents News, Parentry, Video, Parents News

While most of Anna Quindlen's columns were from the trenches, this book is a look back with a widened lens -- and her message, as she prepares to turn 60, is that it just gets better (hence the cake).

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Autism and the Hypothetical Child

Todd Drezner | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Healthy Living Health News, Autism Awareness, Autism, Autistic Children, Mental Health, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Autism Awareness Month, Parents News, Healthy Living News

Given how many autistic people there are in the world, it's odd how much of the conversation about autism revolves around children who don't exist.

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We're Not the Bad Guys, the Executives at Disney Are

Lori Day | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Pink, Lolita, Comments, Mommy Wars, Marketing, Princess Wars, Parenting, Media, Disney, Disney Princesses, Parents News, Parents News

It's not about anti-girly, anti-pink, anti-sparkle or anti-princess; it's about anti-limitation.

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Humiliating Children In Public: A New Parenting Trend?

Lisa Belkin | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: School Discipline, Juvenile Delinquency, Video, Strict Parenting, School Drop Outs, Discipline, Punishment, Tweens, Punishing Teens, Extreme Parenting, Teen Crime, Disciplining Teens, Parentry, Teens, Slidepollajax, High School, Parents News, Parents News

Maybe it's because the weather has been unseasonably calm this year, but there has been a rash of examples of parents forcing their children to stand out in the open with signs declaring the ways in which the youngsters have misbehaved.

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Surrounded By Child Obesity Advice, What Is A Parent To Do?

Lisa Belkin | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Obesity Research, Obesity, Conflicting Research, Child Obesity, Parents News, Parentry, Parents News

We are lucky enough to live in an age of scientific parenting, which allows us to make choices based on fact and data. Except when it leads to utter paralysis and confusion.

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Why Our Daughters Are Going in 'One Direction' (and Why It's Mother Approved)

Barbara Hannah Grufferman | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: The Beatles, The Today Show, Women Over 50, One Direction, Life After 50, Barbara Hannah Grufferman, Today Show, Turning 50, Teenage Girls, Parenting, Hoda Kotb, Grandparents, One Direction What Makes You Beautiful, Teenagers, Motherhood, Parents News, Paul McCarnety, Video, Fifty News

I, for one, am thrilled that our girls have the opportunity to experience something close to what iyr generation had with the Beatles.

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Everything There Is To Say About Parenting Has Already Been Said. Often.

Lisa Belkin | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Mommy Bloggers, Parenting Trends, Parentry, Parents News, Parenting History, Parents News

A study will come out, or an essay will be written, or a blogger will opine. Few will notice that the same was asked, and answered, days, or months, or years ago. Because for you, back then, it was just noise. You can't know what you don't know until you need to know it.

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Mom, There's A Tracking Chip In My Shirt!

Lisa Belkin | Posted 05.28.2012

Read More: Monitoring Children, GPS Chips, Parentry, Tracking Children, Pet Tracking, Technology, Tracking Chips, Parents News, Slidepollajax, Parents News

In one school district, student uniforms are equipped with tracking chips that send confirmation texts to parents when children enter the school building, along with notification texts once a child is 20 minutes late.

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How To Manage Toddler Meltdowns

Anjali Varma | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: Toddlers, Parenting Tips, Parenting, Parents-Kids, Parenting Advice, Parents News, Temper Tantrums, Tantrums, Parents News

The scene was one I had been judgmental about before I became a parent. My youngest child was lying in the dairy aisle kicking and screaming -- it was a full-fledged tantrum.

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Why Men Opting Out Should Make You Angry -- And Create Change

Lisa Belkin | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Opting In, Opting Out, Economic Power, Parentry, The Richer Sex, Women and Sex, Stay at Home Moms, Stay at Home Dads, Men and Sex, Economics and Gender, Liza Mundy, Parents News, The Opt-Out Revolution, Slidepollajax, Women News

I have always wondered whether there would be the same anger at a story about men choosing to ratchet back their careers -- work less, earn less, climb less of the ladder. It looks like I am getting the chance to find out.

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Whose Pink Hair Rules Rule? Parents Or Teachers?

Lisa Belkin | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: School Rules, Parentry, Parental Discipline, School Suspension, Teachers, School Discipline, Brianna Moore, Parents News, Parents News

The story of 12-year-old Brianna Moore being suspended last week for something her parents said she could do hit a little close to home for me. I have gotten my child in trouble more than once for my own behavior.

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Why Do Some See My Daughter's Life As 'Wrongful'?

Amy Julia Becker | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Medical Ethics, Kids With Disabilities, Down Syndrome, Genetic Testing, Prenatal Testing, Discrimination Against Disabled, Wrongful Life, Disability, Parents News, Parents News

We live in a culture where disability is celebrated as a mark of human diversity (think of Becky on Glee) and even, in some cases, genius (think of Stephen Hawking). We also live in a culture where disability is viewed as an obstacle to be overcome through prenatal testing.

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Who Cares If My Child Can't Tie His Shoes?

Lisa Belkin | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Children Can't Tie Shoes, Parenting of the Future, Children's Shortcomings, How to Tie Your Shoes, Futurism, Parents News, Parentry, Slidepollajax, Parents-Families-Tech, Parents News

My father was a whiz with an abacus. His father wrote with an inkwell pen. My sons use their laptops to take notes, write letters, and do math. Is our job as parents to raise our children to master the world we grew up in or the one we can't fully envision yet?

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Teens Will Do WHAT For Their Phones

Lisa Belkin | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Risky Teen Behavior, Teen Cell Phone Love, Cell Phone Addiction, Parentry, Teens and Cellphones, Teens Saving Cell Phones, Teenagers, Parents News, Parents-Families-Tech, Parents News

Watch your back -- and your teens' -- if anything comes between them and what one researcher calls their "electronic security blanket."

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A Toddler Is Kicked Off a Plane... Why Is This Headline News?

Corinne McDermott | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Toddlers, Flying-With-a-Toddler, Flying With a Baby, Travel News, Travel Blogs, Family Travel, Parents News, Travelling With Toddlers, Toddlers on Airplanes, Toddlers on Planes, Traveling With Kids, Flying With Toddlers, Flyling With Kids, Travelling With Children, Parents News

Last week a 2-year-old girl had a tantrum. Why is this headline news? Is it because toddlers delaying flights is a real issue facing the airline industry, or because stories like this garner hundreds of heated comments and page views?

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Another Decade, Another New Way To Parent

Lisa Belkin | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Science of Parenting, Gen X, Millenials, Parenting Philosophies, Gen Y, Parenting, Parenting Trends, Raising Kids, Parents News, Generations of Parents, Ucla, Center on Everyday Lives of Families, Spoiled Kids, Parentry, Modern Parenting, Raising Spoiled Kids, Baby Boomers, Celf, Parents News

How quickly does American parenting change? Are today's parents different than they were 10 years ago?

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Holding on to the Memories, One Photo at a Time

Anjali Varma | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Photography, Parenting Tips, Parenting, Organizing, Parenting Advice, Photos, Parents News, Parents News

In this digital era, we all have photos of our children floating around on various devices and it takes added effort to organize and archive these photos. Here are a couple of best practices that I have found to be effective:

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Beach Resorts For Babies...

Corinne McDermott | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Parents-Moms-on-the-Go, Family Travel Guides, Travel With Children, Travel With Babies, Family Travel, Family Travel Ideas, Winter Sun, Caribbean, Raising Children, Travel Blogs, Parents News, Riviera Maya, Slidepollajax, Travel News

Whether it's baby or parent who needs a dose of natural Vitamin D, these resorts will make sure every member of your family enjoys a well-deserved beach vacation.

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