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Meaningful Family Ideas to Spend the Summer Days

The summer can provide bountiful time for fun family activities that promote play, togetherness, travel for kids, and healthy fitness. These family ideas can add zest to your summer.

A Parent’s Development Journal

Becoming a parent is a journey with many wonderful lessons to be learned along the way. Keeping a parent's development journal can help you slow down and enjoy each daythoughtfully.

Separation Anxiety: Babies and Young Children

Many children fear separation at some point. Separation anxiety in babies and children occurs frequently with daycare providers and preschool teachers. Is this normal baby behavior?

Does Your Daycare Provide Educational Care For Your Child?

Choosing the right childcare is extremely important to all babies' development. Does your baby's daycare provide enough infant activity for your child, or is it time for a change?

Child Development Research: A Look at Kids' Sleep Disorders

Sometimes it's not just a problem of kids fighting bedtime. If your child sleepwalks, wets the bed, or has night terrors, child development research can help you figure out what you can do.

Family Ideas for Grandparenting at a Distance

When grandparents are far away, it takes creativity to come up with fun family activities to keep close to the grandkids. Here are some family ideas that can help.

Children of Special Needs Deserve Special Grandparents

Children of special needs deserve special grandparents. Here's the story of one grandma and her cherished grandson, Eric.

Home Away from Home

What to do when your child sleeps in different beds throughout the week.

For Crying Out Loud!

How to teach babies to sleep when neighbors are nearby.

Hush, Little Baby

Singing is a tried and true method for lulling babies to sleep.

It’s Raining, It’s Pouring, the Baby Is Snoring

In this Lessons Learned column from Start magazine, the author shares sleepytime tips she's picked up over the course of 9 years of parenthood.

How Much Sleep Is Enough?

Daily sleep requirements by age, according to the National Sleep Foundation.

KnowHow: Good Night, Sleep Tight

Sleep is crucial to growing bodies and minds. Help your child get the rest she needs at every age and stage.

Bedtime Stories: Dreaming of Sleep

One family struggles with sleepless nights. EduGuide asks two experts for advice.

Progress Report: From Preschool to Kindergarten and Beyond

A mother of elementary-aged kids looks back at the early days of school.

Learning Together

Playful ways to give your child the best beginning for preschool, kindergarten and beyond.

What Vacation? The Bauer Family’s Story

With school ending for the summer, one family struggles with a childcare challenge. EduGuide asks two experts for advice.

Who Will Love the Children? Name a Guardian

Most of us don't want to think of who might care for our children if something happens to us. But as parents, we have to prepare for anything.

Separation Anxiety: A Case of the Jitters

Kids react in different ways when it's time to say goodbye. Here's how to cope when kids have separation anxiety.

S.O.S. (Stressed-Out Survival) Tips: Keep a Journal

Parenting is wonderful and stressful. Preserve your memories and vent your frustrations in a journal.

Understanding Baby's Stages

Do you wonder if your baby is leading the pack or behind the curve? Relax. Here's a common-sense look at baby stages.

What Do I Do About an Aggressive Sibling?

Sometimes, older siblings aren't so thrilled to welcome new baby home. What should you do about an aggressive older sibling? Dr. Brazleton offers advice.

Play it Safe with Babies Who Have Learned to Move

The world can be full of adventure now that your little one is on the move. It can also be full of new dangers. Here are some tips on making her world as safe as it can be.

Pacifiers -- Are They In or Out?

Where do you stand on the pacifier issue? Get balanced perspective on the pros and cons, then make your decision. Of course, your baby may have other ideas.

One True Family

Creating memories and traditions within a blended family isn't easy, but it's also not impossible.

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