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The Science Behind Baby Gear
Decision fatigue It is a scene parodied frequently in movies and TV shows: A cheerfully naïve parent enters a big-box baby store, the flame of her confidence quickly extinguished by the towering aisles of baby gear... The daunting prospect of trying to make the right choice from an entire wall of b
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12 Tips for Being a Supportive Sports Parent
ParentMap thanks i9 Sports for making possible our Growing Character series. This month: Being a Supportive Sports Parent. Watching kids’ sports from the sidelines is pure pleasure for most parents who have active, sports-loving children. Some moms and dads coach teams or shuttle their young sport
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10 Healthy Family Habits for 2013
The editors at ParentMap are immensely lucky to be connected to an amazing universe of smart people who know an awful lot of cool things, and we grow incrementally better as parents through these associations. As 2013 gets underway, we asked some of our frequent contributors to share simple but powe
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10 Easy Ways to Boost Your Family's Nutrition
Drink water Water is critical to your health. It serves as the body’s delivery system, helping all the cells work well and talk to each other. Water carries the vitamins and minerals from food to the organs, cushions our bones and our joints, regulates body temperature, moistens the lungs and carri
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12 Healthy Super Bowl Snacks
Have your dip and eat it too with these adorable seven-layer dip mini tostadas featured on Brit + Co by sports reporter Jaymee Sire. Making last year’s messy double-dipped chip plate an afterthought by giving everyone all the tastes they’re craving in one happy bite, these sweet little tostadas offe
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Kids Don't Have to Get Cavities: When and How to Start Caring for a Child's Teeth
As a dentist and mother of young children, I get lots of questions from parents about how to take care of baby teeth. This tells me that parents are increasingly aware that oral health is an important part of their child’s overall health. In the past, baby teeth were often ignored because they fall
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Finding Mindfulness: The Path to Parenting in the Present
Everybody’s idea of calm is a little different. Perhaps yours looks like a peaceful vista of trees or sounds like a lovely, serene melody. Maybe you find that calm is a distant memory in a life full of lists and destinations.For today’s families, many therapists offer mindfulness training as a path.
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Underlying Causes and Cures of Picky Eating Habits
The family is seated at the perfectly set table, the dinner you lovingly (and laboriously) prepared from scratch is carefully placed in front of the children. Aaahhh.But before you can savor the perfect parent moment, you hear it: “This smells gross.” Or, “I’m not eating that!”Or perhaps the most an
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