Parenting babies, toddlers, tweens, teens and beyond.

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8 Ways to Update an Easter Egg Hunt

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What came first the chicken or the egg? Since it’s almost Easter, the egg comes before anything, and for 2014 we invite you to think of your Easter Egg Hunt as a pilot show for a new reality TV. That’s right, get creative with your Easter…
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Large and in Charge: 5 Pregnancy Books for the Alpha Mom

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Alpha moms-to-be know it's important to do their homework! With so many pregnancy books out there, you could spend nine months just trying to decide which ones to get. That's why we've done the research for you and come up with five fantastic…
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Social Media for Kids: When Are They Old Enough?

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Parenting in the 21st century means dealing with social media for kids. There is a big debate on whether kids under age 13 should be on Facebook and on social media in general. In 2011, when CEO Mark Zuckerberg suggested that his company might…
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Indigo Children Characteristics: What the Heck are Indigo Children Anyway?

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What are indigo children characteristics? Wait—what the heck are indigo children? If you tend not to shop in New Age bookstores, then you may have missed the emergence of the indigo children phenomenon. Are these kids who are purple, like…
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Getting Real About Your Birth Plan: Is a Water Birth Right For You?

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Having a baby is a crazy, magical and potentially terrifying experience for a lot of women, regardless of your birth plan. There are a lot of unknowns when you have a baby—when will I go into labor, how much will it hurt, will my baby be…
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Eyes Wide Open: New Illicit Drugs on the Streets Parents Need to Be Aware Of

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No mom wants to admit that her precious offspring would ever use illicit drugs. Unfortunately, the National Institute on Drug Abuse reports, "Most people use drugs for the first time when they are teenagers. There were just over 2.8 million…

Modern Mothering: 12 Parenting Tips & Rules that Could Use a Revamp

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The truth of the matter is that there is no perfect way to parent and all of us can use parenting tips from time to time. Can we all agree on that? Great. That said, the battle of old school versus new school parenting tips and styles continues…
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Circumcised Men & Circumcision for a Baby Boy: Yay or Nay?

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You just found out you're having a boy! Now comes a tough decision. There are more circumcised men in the U.S. than most (if not all) Western European countries though those numbers are falling. Regarding newborn circumcision, a 2014 study…
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Generation NOW: Everything You Need to Know About Gen Z

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What is Gen Z, you ask? We’ve all heard about generation X (aka, people born between the 1960s to the early 1980s, after the WWII baby boom), and generation Y (otherwise known as Millennials, born between the 1980s and 2000s). But what about…