Safety
When to Take a Child to A&E After a Fall
Children fall constantly. Most of the time it's a bump, a cry, a hug, and back to play. The job for a parent is to know the relatively short list of s...
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Parenting
Parental Values: Where Upbringing Begins
Most days, parenting decisions get made fast. Time-out or time-in. Push the broccoli or move on. Help with the puzzle or wait. The decision speed make...
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Parenting
How to Set Priorities in Parenthood
The mismatch is not in your head. A typical day with a young child has roughly 14 waking hours, and almost all of them are already spoken for: feeding...
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Parenting
How to Filter Parenting Advice and Information
From well-meaning relatives to social media experts, parenting advice comes at you from all directions. Some of it is helpful; some contradicts other...
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Parenting
How Confidence in Parenting Decisions Is Formed
New parents often ask themselves, "How will I know if I'm doing this right?" The answer is that confidence isn't something that magically appears. It'...
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Parenting
How to Choose Resources Based on Your Needs
A parent today has access to roughly the same volume of parenting content as the medical literature had on pediatrics in 1950 — every week. The proble...
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Parenting
How to Choose Parenting Books Without Pressure
The parenting section at any bookstore is large enough to look like an emergency. Roughly 8,000 new parenting and child-development titles publish in...
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Family Life
Making Parenting Decisions Together
Every day brings parenting decisions: What should the child eat? How do we respond to aggression? Is the child old enough for this activity? Should we...
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Daycare
How to Tell if a Daycare Is a Good Fit for Your Child
The "best" daycare on a list is rarely the best one for any specific family. The right fit depends on a 2-year-old who needs 45 minutes to warm up to...
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