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Moving: How to Reduce Stress in Children When Making a Transition

On the list of life's most stressful events, moving is right up there near the top. Read one mom's advice on how to help kids deal with the emotions and the logistics of a cross-country move.

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.

Parent Involvement in Education: Choosing an Excellent School

Parents' problems include finding the best school for their children. If you are not sure how to launch a school search, read over these questions and take them with you as you begin your research.

Bullying, Other Fears Cause Stress in Children

Parents may not realize all of the fears that cause stress in children. Bullies, strangers, even Chuck E Cheese can be frightening. Listen and learn how to help them cope.

Grief Issues in Children Require Tender Guidance

Grief issues in children vary widely with the ages and child development stages of the youngsters. Understanding these needs can help adults respond appropriately.

Parent Involvement in Education: A Summer To-Do List

Summer break doesn't have to mean a vacation from learning for your child. And vacation shouldn't be a break from parent involvement in education for you. This to-do list will help you stay involved.

Learning with Disabilities: A Mother's Letter to Her Kindergartener

What do you say to children of special needs as they begin kindergarten? Is special needs inclusion the path to follow? Learning with disabilities is never easy. It takes special parents.

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.

Parent Involvement in Education Begins with Choosing the Right School

Choosing the best school for your child is the first step in parent involvement in education. Your child's personality, family values, and education priorities are all part of school choice.

Child Development and Kindergarten Readiness

Can you tell whether your child is ready for kindergarten? Here are some signs to help.

9 Questions to Build Parent Teacher Communication for a Parent Teacher Partnership

For a successful parent teacher partnership, ask the nine questions in this article. Build parent teacher communication to make sure you get off on the right foot with your child's teacher.

40 Ways To Help Your Child Be Successful

You want to raise your child to encourage personal health and wellness, not to mention happiness and productivity. Consider these external and internal assets that can help your child be successful.

Home Away from Home

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

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.

Emma's Story: Too Young for School?

With her November birthday, Emma will be one of the youngest in her kindergarten class — if her parents enroll her this year. Should they hold her back? EduGuide talked to two experts.

Kindergarten Readiness Checklist

A quiz for parents wondering whether their child is ready for school.

Write a Letter to Your Child's Teacher

To start the school year off on the right foot, build a bridge to your child's teacher. Consider writing a letter that introduces your child and tells the teacher you want to work together.

New Schools, New Challenges and Bullies

Starting school is stressful and the "new kid" can be a target for bullies. Read how one family overcame the challenges of one of life's hardest transitions.

Making the Most of a New Year

The new school year brings about fresh notebooks, new teachers, and a chance to start over. Parents and students alike need to be prepared to go back to school.

Get Your Child Ready for School

Different personality traits can affect how a child reacts to starting school. Here's how to deal with children who are shy, excitable, anxious and more, as well as ways to help them adjust to the back to school environment.

Lessons at Bedtime: My Little Man and the Moon

After a hectic day, many parents can't wait to relax. But sometimes kids can teach one last lesson before bedtime.

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