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Parents are Asking: Should I Let My 4 Year-Old Pick Out Her Own Clothes?
- Betsy Brown Braun
Mar. 10, 2010 - 2 days ago
When it comes to getting them dressed and ready for school, do you feel like it's a battle each and every time? Well, today, Parents Ask expert Betsy Brown Braun says that this may be a war worth surrendering... Read on!
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Sibling Rivalry: What's Normal? What's Not?
- Betsy Brown Braun
- Foster Cline MD
- Joanne Stern
Feb. 23, 2010 - 2 weeks ago
Your hope when you decided to have a family was that your children would grow up and protect each other-- that they would become the best of friends and love their siblings at every age. Unfortunately, however, your dream was crushed early on... perhaps the minute you brought the second baby home and the older baby became jealous. Today, Parents Ask experts Betsy Braun Brown, Foster Cline, and Joanne Stern share their thoughts about sibling rivalry and offer tips and solutions for parents trying to work through and even prevent this common problem.
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Dealing With Bullies
- Betsy Brown Braun
- Bonnie Zucker Psy.D.
- Foster Cline MD
Feb. 18, 2010 - 3 weeks ago
Today, Jessica Gottlieb is asking how parents can help a child who's been bullied and how we can help our child not be bullied in the future. Parents Ask experts Foster Cline, Betsy Brown Braun, and Bonnie Zucker offer helpful tips on how to handle bullying- whether it's another child... or even your own.
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The Food Battle: What Works? What Doesn't?
- Betsy Brown Braun
- Cara Natterson MD
- Lisa Belkin
Feb. 1, 2010 - 5 weeks ago
Do you feel like getting your child to eat their fruits and veggies and what's on their plate is a constant battle? Then today's video on the epic food battle we all experience is something you don't want miss. Parents Ask experts Betsy Brown Braun, Lisa Belkin, and Dr. Cara Natterson weigh in and share their top tips for what works and what doesn't work when it comes to fighting food....
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Balancing your child's "media diet": How much is too much?
- Betsy Brown Braun
Jan. 11, 2010 - 8 weeks ago
Would you allow your child to eat and eat and eat, whatever and whenever he wanted? Of course not. It’s not much different with a child’s media intake. Just like a parent implements portion and quality control with food, so must he implement the same controls with media. Parents Ask expert Betsy Brown Braun asks "How much is too much video?" and offers her suggestions for a healthy "media diet" for your child.
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Best Parenting Books of the Decade
- Parents Ask
Dec. 30, 2009 - 10 weeks ago
Want to update your library with the Best Parenting Books of THE DECADE? Our Parents Ask experts share their top picks!
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The Overscheduled Child: Giving children downtime.
- Betsy Brown Braun
- Eli Davidson
- Lisa Belkin
Nov. 5, 2009 - 18 weeks ago
Our Parents Ask experts Lisa Belkin, Betsy Brown Braun and Eli Davidson weighed in on the perils facing a generation of overscheduled kids and their parents. Our readers joined in and raised a new question: "What do you do when your child wants to bow out of an activity?" Do you remind them of the commitment they've made (and that maybe your parents let you quit and you regret it!) or do you let them drop out?
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Gender roles: 9 things parents can do to keep balance between the sexes.
- Romi Lassally
Oct. 30, 2009 - 19 weeks ago
According to recent studies and surveys, the good news is that girls and boys share chores equally at home. The bad news is that they (the boys that is) don't think they should have to. Parents Ask expert Betsy Brown Braun weighs in and offers suggestions on how parents can avoid gender sterotyping and create more balance between the sexes at home.
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Parents and professionals believe Where the Wild Things Are is TOO wild. Maurice Sendak says: "Go to Hell!"
- Romi Lassally
Oct. 16, 2009 - 21 weeks ago
Parents Ask expert Betsy Brown Braun says "proceed with caution", author and former pre-school teacher says, "leave the buggers (kids) at home, and to all this, Maurice Sendak says "GO TO HELL!" to those who say the film version of his beloved book is too scary. Will you be heading to see Max and the Wild Things this weekend with your little ones?
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News Alert Update: Boy in balloon fiasco is found safe, but sorry. Is this a teachable moment?
- Romi Lassally
Oct. 16, 2009 - 21 weeks ago
The news that 6 year old Falcon Heene was found safe at home, led to a collective sigh of relief heard across the country. But after the relief subsided however, the speculation began: why was Falcon so afraid to come forward? Was Falcon's brother guilty of spinning the story of the supposed stowaway flight? Will Falcon's parents punish him (and should they?). And as parents, do you see this as a teachable moment about telling the truth?
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