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Even After Boy's Death, States Say Children Are Not Getting Medicaid Dental Care

AP | ANN SANNER | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Kids, Children, Dental Care, Health Care, Gao, Medicaid, Health Care Reform, Medicare, Deamonte Driver, Low Income, Poverty, Dentists, Public Option, Dentistry, Universal Health Care, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Two years after a 12-year-old Maryland boy died from an untreated tooth infection, low-income kids continue to face barriers to den...

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Kids on Kitchen Patrol

Charlotte Safavi | Posted 09.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Early-Child-Education, Parenting Tips, Children, Kitchen, Raising Children, Multicultural, Parenting, America, Domestic Chores, Iran, Marriage, Education, Kids, Parent-Child-Connections, Food, Parenting Advice, Division-of-Labor, Living News
Charlotte Safavi

Boys and men need to do more housework. Despite the sexual revolution, the traditional division of labor-at-home remains firmly entrenched in our society.

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Nutrition: 9 In 10 High Schoolers Short On Fruits, Veggies

usatoday.com | Posted 09.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Public Schools, Fruits, Healthy Living, The Balanced Life, Parenting Tips, Prevention, Kids, Health, Nutrition, Vegetables, High School, Parenting, Wellness, Living News

Less than 10% of U.S. high school students are eating the combined recommended daily amount of fruits and vegetables, a finding that the U.S. Centers ...

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More Than Half Million Kids React Badly To Drugs

AP | LINDSEY TANNER | Posted 09.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Hospitalization, Kids, Children, Prevention, Health, Side Effects, Prescription Drugs, Antibiotics, Medical Treatment, Drugs, Medicine, Penicillin, Children's Health, Drug, Wellness, Living News

CHICAGO — More than half a million U.S. children yearly have bad reactions or side effects from widely used medicines that require medical treat...

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Should the Poor Be Denied the Right to Bear Children?

Rohit Chopra | Posted 11.24.2009 | Business

Read More: Raising Children, College Tuition, Money, Personal Finance, Public Schools, Kids, Children, Poor Children Health Care, Poor, Health Insurance, Business News
Rohit Chopra

Here in America, could we better protect the environment, reduce crime, and increase school performance if the poor had fewer children? Maybe.

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Green Schools: Is Your Child's School Flunking the Environment?

thedailygreen.com | Posted 11.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Schools, Green Living, Green Schools, Kids, Green News

You'd think schools would be role models for good behavior now wouldn't you? Oh sure they might talk a good game about the importance of recycling pap...

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Child Health as a Critical National Security Issue

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 11.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Insurance, National Security, Children's Health, Child Health, Health Benefits, Kids, Medicaid, Schip, Politics News
Marian Wright Edelman

Our national security manpower needs -- as well as our nation's overall needs for healthy, educated citizens prepared to compete in a globalized economy -- are more serious than ever

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Kids and Self Esteem: The Real Deal

Donna Fish | Posted 11.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Confidence Building, Kids, Parenting, Eating Disorders, Self-Esteem, Substance Abuse, Parenting Advice, Teens, Living News
Donna Fish

How do you as a parent help give your kids the skills to do their best, which involves trying over and over and over?

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Stop, Drop and Pay Attention

Jeana Lee Tahnk | Posted 11.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Parenting, Kids, Children, Parenting Advice, Kindergarten, Living News
Jeana Lee Tahnk

As busy parents, juggling the hustle and bustle of daily life and trying to stay one step ahead of everything we're responsible for, it's so easy to miss the simple, precious moments.

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Sleep Tips: Making Sure Your Child Gets A Good Night's Rest

realsimple.com | Teri Cettina | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Routine, Kids, Children, Discipline, Insomnia, Parenting, Sleep Deprivation, Sleep Disorders, Sleep, Exhaustion, Parents, Living News

Your child can't sleep? Put bedtime bugaboos--and your kids--to rest with these expert solutions....

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Familese

Tess Ghilaga | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living

Read More: The KidDictionary, Kids, Parents, Family, Eric Ruhalter, Living News
Tess Ghilaga

My husband's 'college friend' has turned his wit to good use and became an author of a dictionary-style handbook filled with witty expressions they can use to describe their children's lives and behavior.

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Back to School: Recipe(s) for Success

Ashley Koff | Posted 11.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Flu, Childhood Nutrition, Kids, Children's Health, Children, Nutrition, Living News
Ashley Koff

For many parents, back-to-school presents mixed emotions tipping the balance in favor of anxiety.

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The Techno-Loner Generation: Are You Raising a Socially Illiterate Child?

Keith Ferrazzi | Posted 11.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Relationships, Technology, Kids, How to Improve Your Life, Generation Y, Texting, Keith Ferrazzi, Business News
Keith Ferrazzi

Teenagers send and receive 2,272 texts a month and spend nine hours a week absorbed in social networking sites. Does the Digital Age stupefy the next generation?

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Injuries Occur When Kids Are too Active in Sports

Ramon Resa, MD | Posted 11.08.2009 | Living

Read More: Pitching, The Balanced Life, American Sports Medicine Institute, Children, Curveball, Orthopedics, Practice, Connecticut Children's Medical Center, Childhood Obesity, Stress, Cheerleading, Carl Nissen, Kids, Summer, Muscle, Academics, Sports Injury, Medicine, Health Care, Sports Medicine, Family, Healthy Living, Baseball, Healthy Lifestyle, Football, Glenn Fleisig, Parenting, Basketball, Obesity, Athletics, Competition, Sports, Coach, Exercise, Health, Mark Hyman MD, New York Times, Ramon Resa MD, Curve Ball, Recuperation, Schools, Young People, Living News
Ramon Resa, MD

I advocate for our kids to become more balanced. Stressful organized sports take away from family time, and the experience no longer remains a simple and pleasurable experience.

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12 Minutes, 43 Seconds

Sherry Moss | Posted 11.08.2009 | Living

Read More: Soccer Moms, Moms, Kids, Flexible Work Schedules, Working Moms, Living News
Sherry Moss

Are less than 13 minutes of my daughter's glory worth enduring 10 hours of sweat, questionable concession stand food, and whining from the sometimes tag-a-long younger brother?

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Friday Talking Points [92] -- The End Of Silly Season

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Blue Dog, Floor, Children, Al Franken, Reform, Casey at the Bat, Town Hall, Midotw, Nancy Pelosi, Brown, Vetoes, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, West Wing, Budget Reconciliation, Health Care, Schoolchildren, Reid, Reconciliation, Lincoln, President Bartlet, Signs, Joint Session, Conference Committee, Committee, Public Option, Democrat, Congress, Address to Congress, Floor Vote, School, Democrats, Silly Season, Barack Obama, Progressive, Mddotw, Health, Harry Reid, Bill, Senate, Healthcare, Law, Senator Brown, President Obama, Speech, Sherrod Brown, Obama, Democratic, Friday Talking Points, Legislation, Pelosi, Senator, Insurance, Kids, Schoolkids, Ohio, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, Speaker, Baseball, House, Franken, Blanche Lincoln, The West Wing, Chris Weigant, Health Insurance, Indoctrination, Veto, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Sadly, Obama's speech to school children has become mired in manufactured controversy from the right, with typical sky-is-falling rhetoric about the evil, evil man who occupies the Oval Office.

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WATCH: President Obama's Video Address To Our Schoolchildren

Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 10.20.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Fearmongering, Video, Van Jones, Crazy, Hypnosis, President Obama, Right Wing, Obama, Michelle Malkin, Barack Obama, School Children, Obama Speech, Glenn Beck Van Jones, Rightwingers, Kids, Satire, Glenn Beck, Political Satire, Obama Kids, Adolf Hitler, Comedy News
Matthew Filipowicz

We have obtained "leaked footage" of President Obama's speech to our nation's children. Take a look. But be warned, it may shock and horrify you.

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How to Be a Divorced Dad on the First Day of School

Joel Schwartzberg | Posted 10.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Divorced, Education, Father, Dad, Parenting, Divorce, Kids, School, Classroom, Living News
Joel Schwartzberg

On my children's debut morning of school -- my first as a newly-minted divorced parent -- I arrive nearly an hour early and wait across the street for them to show up.

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The Tenderness in the Autism Journey

Amanda Copeland | Posted 10.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Autism, Parenting, Children's Health, Medicine, Civil Rights, Alternative Medicine, Parenting Challenges, Living With Autism, Kids, Love, Living News
Amanda Copeland

Mothers experience a more shattering level of love than they have ever known, the day their baby is born. I had that experience. Then, there was the afternoon when I first heard my child had autism.

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She's Leaving Home

Sharon Waxman | Posted 09.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Parenting, Kids, College, Ted Kennedy, Living News
Sharon Waxman

Of all the many things they don't tell you when you have children, here's a new one I've learned: They will eventually leave you. If you're lucky. And you're gonna hate it.

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Girlfriends' Guide To Divorce: When Parents Attack, The Kids Are The Injured Party

Vicki Iovine | Posted 09.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Girlfriends' Guide, Children-and-Divorce, Coley Lafoon, Divorce, Kids, Celebrity Kids, Anne Heche, Anne-Heche-Divorce, Relationships, Vicki-Iovine, Living News
Vicki Iovine

Yes, Anne Heche, you can say "lazy ass" on television. The question is, should you? And the answer is, it's never appropriate when you are talking about the father of your child.

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Balanced Life -- 8 Items To Carry When Traveling With Kids

Gretchen Rubin | Posted 09.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Travel, Children, Packing, Parenthood, Happiness, Travel With Kids, Gretchen Rubin, Kids, Luggage, Vacation, Parenting, Parents, Living News
Gretchen Rubin

Every Wednesday is Tip Day. This Wednesday: Eight tips for what to carry when you travel with kids. In general, I aim to travel light, but I've learn...

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Robert Rodriguez Comes Up Short

Jackie K. Cooper | Posted 09.25.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Robert Rodriguez, Magic Rock, Kids, William H Macy, Entertainment News
Jackie K. Cooper

em>Shorts is a movie aimed at kids that will force tedium on the adults who accompany them. In short it is not short enough!

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The Healing Power of Fatherhood

Tom Matlack | Posted 09.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Fatherhood, Kids, Living News
Tom Matlack

When I listen to Cole snore and stare up in the dark at the bottom of top bunk, my mind is empty of any thoughts.

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Ponyo: Finally, A Great Family Movie

Maria Rodale | Posted 09.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Japanese, Kids, Movies, Cinema, Animation, Ponyo Movie Review, Family, Living News
Maria Rodale

If you haven't seen it in the theatres yet, Ponyo, a new Japanese animated film by Hayao Miyasaki, is one of the rare gems of a movie that the whole family will enjoy, and that is worth seeing on the big screen.

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