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What Time of the Day Does Your Kid Meltdown?
- Jennifer Brandt Herschko
Mar. 11, 2010 - -12 hour ago
Is there a certain point in the day that you can almost predict a meltdown or temper tantrum from your child? For Parents Ask Managing Editor, Jennifer Brandt Herschko, the mornings are always the hardest. Apparently, she's not alone... Read on!
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My Child Hates Reading: Ten Tips to Make Reading Enjoyable
- Parents Ask
Mar. 11, 2010 - -7 hour ago
Does your kid hate reading? Parents Ask literacy expert shares 10 Tips for Parents to Help Make Reading More enjoyable! This is a must read!
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The Bully in Pigtails: Girls and Bullying...
- Parents Ask
Mar. 10, 2010 - 11 hours ago
All across the country, more and more stories are surfacing about brutal types of bullying among girls. Today, contributor Erik Fisher, author of "The Art of Empowered Parenting" provides tips for parents to help their daughters through these challenges.

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The Race to Nowhere: The Dark Side of America's Achievement Culture
- Parents Ask
Mar. 9, 2010 - 1 day ago
Is your child overscheduled? Are you worried about the pressures that your children will face as our society becomes more an more obsessed with success and achievement? A new documentary examines the consequence of these pressures. Check out the trailer!
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Obesity: Could It Be Better Managed With Manners?
- Lisa Gache
Mar. 8, 2010 - 2 days ago
March is National Nutrition Month and there's no question that the obesity epidemic, especially for children, is getting worse. Obviously, families need to make a shift towards healthier lifestyles which includes more physical activity and healthy foods. But could there be more? Should we be paying attention to other lifestyle choices for our children such as good manners? Parents Ask expert and manners and etiquette educator Lisa Gache "weighs in" (no pun intended)...
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Protective vs. Paranoid: Is Stranger Danger Real?
Mar. 4, 2010 - 6 days ago
Are you freaked out by "stranger danger"? Do horrible stories on the news make you feel like you'd rather keep your kid in a bubble than risk something awful happening to them? Today, Parents Ask experts Lenore Skenazy, author of Free-Range Kids, Joanne Stone, Ph.D., author of Parenting is a Contact Sport, and Susan Stiffelman, MFT, author of Parenting Without Power Struggles, discuss protective vs. paranoid parenting. Just how how real is stranger danger and what should parents do to take precaution?
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I Peed on My Kid: Brave NUDE World
- Rick Suvalle
Feb. 24, 2010 - 2 weeks ago
Last week, Parents Ask expert Carin Goldstein weighed in on a much debated parenting issue: When to stop walking around naked in front of your children. Well today, Guest Blogger Rick Suvalle talks about the no-nudity policy he tries to uphold in his house... That is, until his wife bares it all...
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Indoor Playground: My Kid Took Off His Socks. So What?!
- Jennifer Brandt Herschko
- Rick Suvalle
Feb. 19, 2010 - 2 weeks ago
Feel like the world is watching and judging you as you parent your child? Guest Blogger Rick Suvalle has some tips for ways to combat "Playground Mommies" and their evil glares....
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Talking to Kids About Death: Do it With Books!
- Parents Ask
Feb. 19, 2010 - 2 weeks ago
Literacy leader and expert Pam Allyn of LitLife.com shares a list of books for parents to use to help their child through tough times. A great resource for every parent. Read on!
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