Parenting babies, toddlers, tweens, teens and beyond.

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Work Hard, Live Right: 12 Life Lessons Kids Learn from their Working Parents

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Working parents are our heroes (okay, all parents are our heroes, but hear us out). Since September 16 is Working Parents Day, we’re celebrating the lessons that these mamis and papis impart to their children. Studies have shown that kids…
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The Art of the Wind Down: 12 Ways to Slow Your Baby Down in Preparation for Bed

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UPDATED: August 1st, 2016 No matter what stage your baby is in, from those first days of endless nap-eat-poop loops to months later when he is sleeping mostly at night, you will never stop wanting to refine his bedtime routine and find better…
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Sunny Side Up? 15 Facts About Your Baby Sleeping Positions

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If your mom or mother-in-law is vocal and gives you baby advice, baby sleeping positions is probably one of your most common clashes. Medical views on how to keep babies safest while sleeping have changed since previous generations who, fearing…
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The Safe Makers: 13 Ways Moms Can Help Kids Stay Out of Gangs

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When it comes to keeping our children safe and sheltered from youth gangs, we often feel helpless. Despite our feeling of powerlessness, educators and law enforcement officials agree that effective parenting and being a positive role model…
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Sacred Spanish: 13 Ways to Ensure This Generation Speaks Our Tongue

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According to a 2013 Pew Research Report, Spanish is the most spoken non-English language in the U.S. Seventy-five percent of Hispanics in the U.S. speak Spanish, yet many are not raising bilingual children, and the number of Spanish speakers…
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9 Breastfeeding Tips That Make it Suck (get it?) Less

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There's a lot about motherhood that no one ever tells you. People are quick to share the good (how beautiful childbirth can be, how babies are such a miracle, how much love you will feel…) They're not lying, it's mostly all true, but what…
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20 Things Latina Moms Can Do to Save Hispanic Culture

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As moms, we sometimes forget how crucial it is to teach Hispanic culture to our Americanized kids. At its core motherhood is very simple—keep your children healthy, safe and happy. Raising kids is hard and life can be complicated. Especially…

10 Ways Music Will Make Your Baby Awesome

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Thankfully, music is one of the forces in our lives that we can always turn to for awesomeness in the form of calm, inspiration, entertainment, emotion and more. The even better news is that music for babies is just as beneficial. As reported…
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Tiny Warriors: 12 Ways to Prep Your Kid for Bullying this Fall

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Bullies are a sad reality for us all, but especially for our kids. It’s one of our responsibilities as a parent to give our children the tools they’ll need for dealing with bullies for the rest of their lives. In addition, we should all…