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Reformed Beet-Hater Frank Bruni: Didn’t Like it as a Kid? Try It Now.
Are there really foods that we don’t like, or just foods that we haven’t liked yet? Read More...
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Wed, Feb 26 2014 7:35 AM
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A Lesson on the Common Core
The state standards have been in the works since 2009 and are now in place at public schools all over the country. But many parents remain confused about what that means. Read More...
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Thu, Feb 27 2014 7:17 AM
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Parent-Teacher Conference
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No Child Left Behind Act
Getting Up in the Night Is Your Wife’s Job
When I complained to my mother about how little sleep I was getting when my oldest son was an infant, she asked me why I'd get up in the night — that, she said, was my wife's job. Six years later, I'm still getting up in the night, but now...
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Fri, Feb 28 2014 7:41 AM
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Sleep
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Marriages
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For Treatments, Some Unexpected Help From a Stranger
When fertility treatments seemed to be coming to an end, a stranger offered to help. Read More...
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Mon, Feb 03 2014 5:39 PM
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in vitro fertilization
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Pregnancy and Childbirth
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Fertility Diary
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Fertility and Sterility (Journal)
Which Is Your Favorite Modern Love Column?
Why spend Valentine's Day Eve helping children with their classroom valentines when there's a good book at hand? Read More...
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Thu, Feb 13 2014 2:25 PM
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parenting
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Valentine's Day
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new york times
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Books and Literature
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Love (Emotion)
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Highlights
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Waldman, Ayelet
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Olen, Helaine
The Dog’s One Big Headache, but My Kids Adore Her
She's a 125-pound nervous, incontinent beast with a carpet-destroying digestive system, but I can't bring myself to find her another home. Read More...
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Sun, Feb 16 2014 5:13 AM
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parenting
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Dogs
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This Kind of ‘Picky Eater’ is Made, Not Born
In six weeks, we were able to make changes to the habits of one 4-year-old "picky eater" that made mealtimes much more pleasant for his family. Read More...
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Wed, Feb 19 2014 6:06 AM
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parenting
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Food
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Cooking and Cookbooks
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Boston Children's Hospital
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Highlights
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Ludwig, David
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The Picky Eater Project
Miscarriage, Superstition and the Jewish Baby Shower
After my first pregnancy ended in miscarriage, I spent my second following every superstition in hopes of avoiding a repeat of my misfortune. Read More...
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Fri, Feb 21 2014 8:01 AM
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Considering a New G.M.O.: Baby
An F.D.A. panel will convene to consider a fertility procedure that genetically modifies a fertilized or unfertilized human egg. Read More...
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Tue, Feb 25 2014 12:18 PM
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parenting
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infertility
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Genetics and Heredity
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Mitochondria
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Genetic Engineering
Letting the Kids in on the Charitable Giving Conversation
One family's experiment in letting their daughter help decide how to divide the money it gives away each year. Read More...
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Thu, Feb 06 2014 4:49 PM
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Motherlode
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parenting
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Philanthropy
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The Opposite of Spoiled
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Heifer International
When Marijuana Looks Like Candy, Not Drugs
Marijuana as candy doesn't just change how people use it. It changes how parents need to talk about it, and how we need to ask that new laws be designed to balance legal use with protecting those who shouldn't use it at all. Read More...
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Tue, Feb 11 2014 7:54 AM
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parenting
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Marijuana
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Students Who Lose Recess Are the Ones Who Need It Most
Taking away recess as a punishment for behavior problems or academic lapses won't help, and might hurt. Read More...
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Thu, Feb 13 2014 6:34 AM
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_featured
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Children and Childhood
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Teachers and School Employees
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Physical Education and Training
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School Discipline (Students)
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Highlights
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Parent-Teacher Conference
Need to Fund School Programs? Just Sell Your Kids’ Clothes
A website that allows parents to fund a school's "extra" educational programs by selling their children's' "gently used" clothing highlights just how askew our system has become. Read More...
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Wed, Feb 26 2014 10:31 AM
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Motherlode
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parenting
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Education (K-12)
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Highlights
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Parent-Teacher Associations
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Libraries and Librarians
Waiting for Disney’s First ***, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Teenager
Whenever a teen crush plot line is enacted on any of the many teen sitcom programs designed for maximum pre-teen appeal, the path to true love may take many agonizing twists and turns, but the "love" will be straight every time. Read More.....
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Thu, Feb 27 2014 10:08 AM
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Television
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parenting
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homosexuality
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Teenagers and Adolescence
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Walt Disney Company
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