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Parents work hard to give their kids the best, but sometimes they forget to nurture and care for themselves. Learn how to alleviate the stress and challenges that often accompany the wonders and joys of parenting.

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Websites Often Cause Confusion and Stress in Children

It's important to look at children behaviors online. Studies show complex Web sites cause stress in children who can't navigate them.

Parent Stress Lessens When We Ask for Help

As hard as it is to ask for help, parenting isn't a private job. Develop a network to relieve parent stress. These friends, relatives, and neighbors can offer suggestions for both children's and parents' development.

Baby Teaching and Support Relieves Parent Stress

Baby Teaching: Informal networks and mentoring are some of the best gifts you can give new parents. Whether you're offering tips on newborn sleep or just reassuring the parents, you're helping both babies and parents.

Special Needs Parents Must Trust Their Instincts

Being the parent of children of special needs can be overwhelming. While professionals and special education articles help, special needs parents need to remember to trust their gut instincts.

Dealing with Separation: Baby and Parents Can Adjust to Child Care

Little causes a parent stress more than witnessing an onset of baby separation anxiety when starting child care. Yet, there are things to do to make it easier for toddlers, babies, and even parents.

Dad in Charge: Single Parent Stress

Parents have a lot to deal with on a daily basis. And when one parent is traveling, their spouse could use some single parent support. A dad shares his method to calm a baby.

Stress in Children and Babies: Reducing Separation Anxiety

Separation anxiety causes stress in children and parents. Read on for strategies to decrease baby separation anxiety. Learn how to return your screaming child to that loving, normal baby.

Prenatal Parent Stress and Postnatal Care: Boost Baby Brain Development

Add parent stress to the list of dangers during pregnancy. It turns out that parent stress during pregnancy can inhibit baby brain development. The good news? You can help your child overcome early disadvantages.

Real Life Parents' Stories: Adjusting to Glasses for a Toddler

When a doctor examination revealed an eyesight problem, a toddler family found itself adjusting to the reality of glasses for their young child. With the toddler learning to wear glasses, the parents dealt with their own anxi...

Reduce Parent Stress: Get the Scoop Before Choosing Your Child's School

Parent involvement in education includes choosing the right school for your child. For couples or single parents support and valuable first-hand advice are available from other parents and teachers.

On Launching Daughters

This poem, written by a mother who knows, expresses the heartache involved in sending our children away to college.

Starting a Parent Stress Journal

Adolescent parenting can be both wonderful and stressful. A journal can help preserve your parents stories, record your family ideas, plan your goals to set, and vent your frustrations.

Tips for Successful Adolescent Parenting When Blending Families Through Remarriage

New marriages can cause stress in children as they adjust to a step-parent and step-siblings. A parent's relationships with the new spouse and any set of kids should be handled carefully and with planning.

Helping the Shy Child

When a child withdraws, parents stress over child social development issues. A little patience and waiting can help everyone feel happier as the child grows through the phase.

Prepare a Fun Plan for Kids After School Year Ends

Summer is fun for kids but making plans can cause a parent stress. One mom shares her family ideas and babysitting tips that keep her children busy during the summer months, letting her keep up her home work schedule.

Real Life Story: Homeward Bound from a Year Abroad

Find out what it feels like to have a child away from home for a year in a high school student exchange program. To this exchange student, France was a wonderful experience. What was it like for her parents?

Want a Long, Healthy Life? Stay in School

According to the Commission to Build a Healthier America, abundant evidence links higher educational attainment to better personal health and wellness. Read a summary of the Commission’s report.

Teens, Body Image, and Self-esteem

This article on body image explores how to tell the difference between normal teenage behavior and actions that are cause for concern. The article goes on to explain what to do if your teen’s behavior is worrisome.

Eating Disorder Facts for Parents of Middle School Girls

If you have a teenage or preteen girl, you will want to read the alarming gender behavior statistics about eating disorders and other adolescent behaviors that are presented in this article.

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