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Safety

Water Safety for Children Under Three

Water safety for very young children requires a comprehensive approach that goes beyond simple rules or swimming lessons. Children under three are dev...

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Safety

How to Choose a Car Seat by Age

Choosing the right car seat for your child can seem overwhelming given the many options and specifications available. However, selecting the appropria...

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Safety

Car Safety for Children: The Rules That Actually Save Lives

There is no other domain in child safety with such a stark gap between what's known and what's done. The seats are good. The crash data is unambiguous...

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Family Life

Flying With Infants: Realistic Expectations

Flying with an infant under 12 months is a fundamentally different challenge than flying with a toddler. Infants can't be entertained with activities....

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Emotions

What Helps Infants Calm Down More Easily

Every parent who has spent hours trying to settle a screaming infant understands the importance of knowing what actually works — and why. The strategi...

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Emotions

Stress in Infants: Causes and Manifestations

Stress in infants is not a metaphor. The physiological stress response — the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis producing cortisol — is fully functio...

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Emotions

How Fear Develops in Infancy

The fears that show up in your baby's first year — wariness of strangers, panic at separation, terror at the vacuum cleaner — are easy to mistake for...

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