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10 Signs Your Parent Is Overscheduled
When a parent is so dependent on color-coded calendar reminders for each child that he keeps calling you "Purple," you may need to encourage him to loosen up. Read More...
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Fri, Oct 11 2013 2:54 PM
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Motherlode
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Children and Childhood
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Feiler, Bruce
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Highlights
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Car-Pooling and Ride-Sharing
A Headstand Without a Helmet? The Postal Service Halts ‘Just Move’ Stamps
Why is the Postal Service holding a series of stamps with images of active children? Because some of those active children might get hurt. Read More...
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Fri, Oct 11 2013 10:54 AM
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Motherlode
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Playgrounds
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helmets
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Highlights
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Postal Service (US)
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Health and Human Services Department
Parents Offer Best Advice to Steer Clear of Teenage Drinking
Older parents discuss their strategies and approaches when it comes to drinking by the newer generation's teenagers. Read More...
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Fri, Oct 11 2013 9:18 AM
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Motherlode
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parenting
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Teenagers and Adolescence
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Drunken and Reckless Driving
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Alcohol Abuse
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New Parent, Old Parent
Growing Up With a Disabled Sibling
Does the sibling with Down syndrome inevitably get all the attention? Read More...
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Thu, Oct 10 2013 12:50 PM
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Motherlode
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parenting
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Down syndrome
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Disabilities
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Children and Childhood
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Highlights
When Sports Defeat Homework
Looking for advice from the teacher when a child's sports schedule leaves him facing his homework in tears. Read More...
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Thu, Oct 10 2013 7:07 AM
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Motherlode
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Homework
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parenting
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Sleep
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Children and Childhood
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Bronson, Po
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Merryman, Ashley
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Highlights
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Parent-Teacher Conference
Better Access to Contraceptives for Parents Means Better Outcomes for Children
An economist finds that individuals’ access to contraceptives increased their children’s college completion, labor-force participation, wages and family incomes. Read More...
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Wed, Oct 09 2013 12:48 PM
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Motherlode
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parenting
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Children and Childhood
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Women and Girls
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Birth Control and Family Planning
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Highlights
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Planned Parenthood Federation of America
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Preventive Medicine
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National Bureau of Economic Research
A ***-Feeding Latina Mother Looking for Support
Statistics have Latina women leading the way in nursing our infants — so why don't the older Latina women in my community support my nursing my sons? Read More...
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Wed, Oct 09 2013 10:35 AM
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Motherlode
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Breastfeeding
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Babies and Infants
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Puerto Ricans
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Hispanic-Americans
Survey Says: Parents Are Happy, but Tired
How parents feel about child care is too complex a question to evaluate with a few assorted adjectives and a scale of 1 to 6. But researchers don't stop trying. Read More...
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Tue, Oct 08 2013 3:29 PM
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parenting
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Children and Childhood
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Emotions
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Polls and Public Opinion
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After the I.V.F., the Wait
When you're trying to conceive, the "two-week wait" is a thing: the "seemingly interminable time period after you ovulate and before you can take a pregnancy test." After I.V.F., it's even harder. Read More...
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Tue, Oct 08 2013 8:24 AM
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Motherlode
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parenting
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infertility
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in vitro fertilization
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Pregnancy and Childbirth
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Highlights
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Fertility Diary
What Happened to Recreational Sports?
Sports should not be the province only of children and families willing to sacrifice afternoons, dinners and weekends on their Spartan altar. Read More...
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Mon, Oct 07 2013 12:55 PM
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Children and Childhood
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Athletics and Sports
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Highlights
The Crazy, Intense Schedule of Competitive Youth Soccer? Bring It On
Why do we spend thousands of dollars a year on team fees? Why do we shuttle her to the field three to five days a week, 50 weeks a year? Why do we organize weekends around game schedules? Because it's worth it. Read More...
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Mon, Oct 07 2013 11:31 AM
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Motherlode
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parenting
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Soccer
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Children and Childhood
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Athletics and Sports
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Highlights
A Dad Grows in the Bronx
In our Bronx neighborhood, fatherhood was shot through with unspoken rules that I learned slowly. Read More...
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Sun, Oct 06 2013 5:04 AM
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Motherlode
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parenting
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_featured
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Families and Family Life
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Crime and Criminals
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Highlights
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Bronx (NYC)
How Parents Handle Teenage Drinking
Looking for advice from parents who successfully handled the question of raising teenagers to drink responsibly as adults — or those who muffed it, and think they know where they went wrong. Read More...
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Fri, Oct 04 2013 9:12 AM
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Motherlode
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parenting
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Teenagers and Adolescence
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Alcoholic Beverages
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Alcohol Abuse
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New Parent, Old Parent
Both Men and Women Should ‘Uncover’ Family Responsibilities at Work
Employees who "cover" their family needs at work (calling doctor appointments meetings, and waiting until no one can see them to leave early for the school concert) contribute to workplace cultures that don't respect the need for flexibility...
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Thu, Oct 03 2013 11:16 AM
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Motherlode
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parenting
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Women and Girls
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Families and Family Life
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Careers and Professions
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Working Hours
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Work-Life Balance
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Family Leaves
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Highlights
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Yoshino, Kenji
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Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Ltd
The Accumulated Wisdom on Bribing Your Children
Many parents offer their kids money for good grades or behavior, even though some experts despise the practice. Read More...
Published
Thu, Oct 03 2013 6:42 AM
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Motherlode
Filed under:
parenting
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Children and Childhood
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Education (K-12)
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Personal Finances
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Levine, Madeline
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The Opposite of Spoiled
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Fryer, Roland G Jr
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