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Pool Safety Tips & Rules Every Parent Should Know

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UPDATED June 5th, 2018  It’s hot outside, and when you simply cannot keep your kids cooped up inside any longer, your first destination is to hit up the swimming pool—which means it’s time to relook at pool safety tips. While swimming…
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How to Talk to Your Kids About Current Events

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UPDATED June 4th, 2018 It’s hard to know how to talk to your kids about puberty, let alone ISIS. The world is a scary place, and the current events can be hard to process even for an adult, so imagine how traumatizing these topics would…
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Reverse Psychology and Other Awesome Parents Hacks

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UPDATED June 2nd, 2018  Raising kids is scary, stressful and exhausting, and anyone who tells you otherwise has never tried to do it. It’s totally normal to feel overwhelmed and totally fatigued by parenthood; in fact, there’s even a…
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Walking the Line Between Cool Mom & Dad and Good Parents

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UPDATED June 2nd, 2018  From the very moment you find out you are pregnant, you and your partner swear that you’ll be cool parents. You’ll listen to your kids; you’ll laugh and you won’t yell. You’ll let them stay up late and eat…
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Summer School Ideas to Help Your Kid Get Through It

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UPDATED May 30th, 2018 Ready to put a new spin on summer school ideas and attitudes? In movies, the second the bell rings kids start throwing their worksheets in the air, screaming “school’s out for summer!” and running around like…
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Papa, I'll Preach! 17 Father’s Day Quotes to Salute Yours

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Who’s ready for some awesome happy father’s day quotes? Father’s Day is around the corner, and it’s the perfect opportunity to salute the men in your life—fathers, husbands, friends, and siblings—all the dads who have influenced…
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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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Real Talk: How to Explain Transgender Definition to Kids

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When it comes to tough things to discuss with your kids (such as explaining the transgender definition), there is no shortage of topics to choose from. Current events alone provide more than enough content to stress a parent out, and yet,…
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Literary Love: 8 Awesome Kids’ Books on Teaching Tolerance

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When it comes to teaching tolerance to your kids, parents need all the help they can get. It can be difficult to discuss tough topics, and you want to teach them how to be a caring, compassionate person, without exposing them to some of the…