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What Is Really Behind the Current "Over-Parenting" Syndrome?

Lisa Firestone | Posted 12.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Child Development, Over-Parenting, Psychology, Child Rearing, Parenting, Helicopter Parents, Lisa Firestone, Parents, Living News
Lisa Firestone

But when we do the opposite, when we hover over our children, although we are physically present, we are cut off from feeling their true vulnerability and love.

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Is My Baby Angry?

parenting.com | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Raising Children, Psychiatry, Child Development, Psychology, Anger, Parenting, Babies, Baby, Children, Living News

Your 4-month-old looks amazingly like that always-furious boss you once had, but what is she really feeling?...

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Masculinity In Boys Affected By Plastic Softeners

Los Angeles Times | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Child Development, Health, Plastic, Masculinity, Boys, Femininity, Hormones, Living News

Boys born to mothers who have above-normal levels of the controversial chemicals known as phthalates in their urine are less likely to exhibit masculi...

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It's All Happening at the Playgound (Apologies to Simon and Garfunkel)

Stanton Peele | Posted 10.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Child Development, Independent Children, Playgrounds, Playground, Childhood Obesity, It's All Happening at the Zoo, Simon and Garfunkel, Child's Play, Relationships, Living News
Stanton Peele

I am fascinated by playgrounds as mirrors of our society. And, lately, I have jumped back into playgrounds with both feet as I accompany my 20-month-old grandson Cash to one or another playground in Queens.

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Rogue Mothering

Meredith Lopez | Posted 07.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Child Development, Children, Brooklyn, Raising Children, Motherhood, Baby Books, Children's Health, Child Development Experts, Living News
Meredith Lopez

There are many reasons why I'm going to Mommy Hell when I die, but the latest reason is this: I have stopped reading baby books.

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"Oh Good, More For Me!"

Donna Fish | Posted 04.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Child Development, Picky Eaters, Childhood Nutrition, Family Nutrition, Living News
Donna Fish

It is useful to look at eating habits of younger children as partly developmental. If you think about it, food is the earliest thing our kids can do to control their lives.

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Eat Like a Kid

Donna Fish | Posted 03.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Child Development, Diet, Healthy Eating, Childhood Nutrition, Living News
Donna Fish

Food is the last thing you want to have to struggle with. My goal is to take the worry and fret out of feeding, and to help mealtime be a time for connecting and enjoyment.

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