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Jenn Horton: '4' Is the Magic Number: A Birthday Reflection for My Daughter

2012-05-30T16:04:27Z

Since graduating from college, I've often grouped periods of great significance to me in sets of four years.

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Business Leaders: Greater Preschool Access Crucial To State Future

2012-05-30T17:16:10Z

MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich. -- Inadequate preschooling is causing Michigan students to fall behind early, making it harder to develop the talented workforc...

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Antsy Toddler Kicked Off Flight

2012-05-30T11:15:19Z

UPDATE:
Mark Yanchuck, the father of the toddler kicked off an Alaska Airlines flight, says his son Daniel was being fussy, but was wearing his seat ...

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Rhiana Maidenberg: A Letter To The Preschool Class Of 2012

2012-05-30T10:00:01Z

When did completing two years of preschool begin meriting a diploma? If anyone deserves to be celebrated, it is the parents who survived the trying preschool years.

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Jason Good: Surviving A 2-Year-Old's Attack

2012-05-30T09:37:19Z

Though I fear for my skin and internal organs, my son is goddamn adorable. He's my first choice for "People I would let excavate my throat," and "If you had to pick someone to accidentally give you a spleenectomy, who would it be?"

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Farah L. Miller: The Trait I Never Knew I Had Until I Became A Mom

2012-05-29T11:56:11Z

My daughter thinks I'm a riot. I think the same about her. And, while I may not be the first mom to hold funny- face contests or start up a game of Simon Says that involves wiggling, all to make a toddler laugh, every giggle makes me feel proud, alive and ready to be unabashedly silly.

Read more: Colic, Funny Faces, Trick to Make Toddlers Happy, Parents Being Silly, Fun Mom, Colic Remedies, Dancing With Kids, Parents-Moms, Parents-Toddlers, Parents News

Jason Good: Self-Help From a 2-Year-Old

2012-05-24T14:48:05Z

De-clutter! Start by throwing all your dishes in the garbage. After that I suggest toothbrushes and important paper work.

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What Happens When Toddlers Zone Out With An iPad

2012-05-22T11:04:51Z

More than half of the young children in the U.S. now have access to an iPad, iPhone or similar touch-screen device. For parents, their children's love...

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Hilary Sheinbaum: 3 Things I Wish They Had When I Was A Kid

2012-05-21T16:04:36Z

"I'm not pregnant," I explained throughout the day, as vendors at the New York Baby Show glanced toward my mid-section, searching intently for a baby bump.

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Devon Corneal: There Must be 50 Ways to Say I Love You

2012-05-18T12:55:27Z

She said that peace isn't a noun, it's a verb. Meaning, peace isn't a state of being, it's an action -- a choice that requires constant tending. Seems to me, love is an action too.

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Jamie Anne Richardson: The Power of Corn Starch

2012-05-14T14:11:59Z

hen I was growing up, my parents worried about me getting in a fistfight after school. Now parents have to worry about guns and knives in the school cafeteria.

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Why I Breastfeed My Toddler (VIDEO)

2012-05-13T12:21:13Z

How old is too old? Katie Hamilton says mothers should decide how long they want to breast-feed their children, not society.

One is an arbitrary numb...

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Toni Nagy: How Late is Too Late?

2012-05-11T17:35:52Z

When I saw that picture for the first time I almost threw my phone in disgust, but I didn't' want to disturb my 2-year-old, who was about to fall asleep while sucking on my breast. Let me explain.

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Gov. Bev Perdue's Budget Could Save Nation's Leading Early Childhood Programs, Advocates Say

2012-05-11T16:42:17Z

Children's advocates are applauding the latest state budget in North Carolina, hailing it as the latest victory in a long and drawn-out battle over th...

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Dionna Ford: TIME Magazine Mom Opens Up About Breastfeeding Her 4-Year-Old

2012-05-11T08:46:44Z

My son is no more dependent on me because he has nursed for four years than the child who never breastfed. He does not view my breasts in a sexual light; there is nothing perverse about him nursing.

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Four-Year-Old Locked In Stifling School Bus For 5 Hours

2012-05-10T17:10:00Z

Kizzy Emerson, a 4-year-old girl from Mansfield, Ohio, was accidentally locked inside a school bus for nearly six hours, WJW reports.

“Her dad p...

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Devon Corneal: The Long Ride Home

2012-05-10T14:50:07Z

My husband did not believe me when I told him I had PTSD from my car trip with Little Dude. Apparently, the universe decided that I hadn't been sufficiently humbled.

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Sherri Edwards: A Mother's Scorecard

2012-05-10T12:57:30Z

Year 7: Nothing will be more endearing than coming home to find your husband with his hair in barrettes having a tea party with your daughters.

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Where The Wild Things Still Are

2012-05-09T07:09:11Z

NEW YORK — The claws and teeth of wild things are a near-nightly affair at bedtime for Gregg Svingen's 2-year-old, Tessa. She raises a tiny inde...

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Dina R. Rose: Do Kids Need to Snack? What the French Know That We Don't

2012-05-08T13:48:07Z

Americans try to prevent hunger. The French cultivate it.

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Rhiana Maidenberg: How to Thank A Preschool Teacher

2012-05-08T08:20:53Z

Thanks for allowing Maisy to proudly sing her "favorite" song, repeatedly (I expect "Set fire to the range" is a remark on my cooking ability) and for loving my children between 8:45 and 12:45.

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Corinne McDermott: Flying The (Still) Friendly Skies. With Kids!

2012-05-06T08:30:00Z

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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Racism Study Yields Big Surprise About Bias In Babies

2012-05-04T12:44:57Z

By: Wynne Parry, LiveScience Senior Writer
Published: 05/04/2012 09:51 AM EDT on LiveScience

Adults have more difficulty recognizing faces that ...

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David Sciarra: Time to Make High Quality Early Education a Legal Right

2012-05-04T09:43:46Z

Without a legal guarantee to early education, our most vulnerable children will continue to be deprived of the single most effective education reform, and the United States will continue to struggle to keep up with our global competitors.

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Annette Powers: Will My Son Remember Life Before Divorce?

2012-05-03T19:40:14Z

My three year old's daddy phase is driving me crazy. My married friends tell me their kids went through the same thing, but when my son asks for his daddy it, it feels so loaded.

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