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Academics
11 Ways to Help Your Middle Schooler Have a Peaceful School Year: An Excerpt From The Kids’ Guide to Working Out Conflicts: How to Keep Cool, Stay Safe and Get Along by Naomi Drew
Beyond Apples: Creative Ways to Say “Thank You” to the Teacher
Class Act Dad: Getting Involved With Your Child's School
Does Back to School Mean Back to Bullies? What Every Parent and Child Should Know
Dyslexia: A Different Way of Learning
Fall Conferences: Don't Be Spooked by the Teacher!
Getting Ahead: How to Benefit From "No Child Left Behind"
Grow Slow: Clothes Should Promote Playing on Monkey Bars, Not Monkey Business
Handwriting 101: Helping Your Child Learn Write Right
Home School Controversy
Home Schooling: Making the Decision
Homework Help: A Parental Refresher Course
The Junior High Years: Getting – and Staying – Involved at Your Child's School
Keeping Science Fair Projects Fair: How to Help Your Child Without Exhausting Yourself
The Main Idea: Smart Studying for Academic Success
Middle School Blues: Helping your preteen face the challenges of junior high
Middle School Honors Classes: Is Your Child Ready?
The Myth of Giftedness: Do You Want a Gifted or Hardworking Child?
Operation Organization: Help for the Middle School Transition
Our Last Best Shot
Partners in Education: Establishing a Strong Alliance With Your Child’s Teacher
Plenty of Z's Can Mean More A's and B's: Children Need a Good Night's Sleep for School Success
Reading Between the Lines: 10 Signs Your Child May Need a Tutor
Reading Rocks! Steps to Encourage Our Children to Read
Ready, Set, Read! Parents Play Key Role in Developing Solid Reading Skills
Stress Tests? Sizing up Academic Assessments
Too Late to Love Reading? Teaching Your Preteen the Joy of Books
Toy Challenge: Bringing Science to Life
Visual Success: 5 Tips to Help Kids Bring up Their Grades
Appearance
Bikini Babies: Preteens and Summer Body Image
Brace Yourself! Helping Your Child Adjust to Orthodontic Braces
Bracing for the Big Day: Good Hygiene Habits for a Healthy Smile After Braces
Fatal Trend: Pro-Anorexia Web Sites
Getting Real: 10 Ways to Help Your Daughter Learn to Love Her Body and Herself
Growing Up Too Fast
Making Up Your Mind About Makeup: Is she old enough to wear it?
Posture Perfect: Getting Kids to Straighten Up
Smelly Boys: Teaching Young Boys Good Hygiene Habits
Zits Are the Pits: Face Care for Preteens and Teens
Bedwetting
Absorbent Undergarments and Special Needs Children
Bedwetting and Special Needs Kids
Bedwetting and Summer Camp: Does Your Special Needs Child Have to Miss Out on All the Fun?
Childhood Baby Blues: The Effects of a New Baby on Bedwetting
The Effects of Divorce on Children: A Potential Cause for Bedwetting
Good Mornings: Bedwetting and Your Child
Oh, Brother! I Wet the Bed
Straight Talk About Bedwetting: Speaking to Siblings of Special Needs Kids
Summer Camp or Bust: Your Bedwetting Child Can Do It!
Talking About Bedwetting with Children
Under Special Circumstances: Sleep Disorders and Bedwetting in Special Needs Children
Wet Beds and Sound Sleepers: What's the Connection?
Wet, but Dry: How absorbent underwear may help your bedwetting child
Words That Heal: Incontinence Solutions for Special Needs Kids
Career
Building an Empowering Tradition: Girls head to workplace to learn skills and find inspiration
Raising a Financially Literate Child
Your Young Entrepreneur: Help Your Child Start a Business
Communication
10 Ways to Help Kids to Really Say No and Buck Peer Pressure
Affirming Your Children's Voice: How and When to Encourage Your Child to Speak Up
Angry Emotions – Your Child's and Yours
Arguing and Back-Talk
Cell Phones for Kids?
Corded Communication: Teaching Preteens Telephone Tact
Curing a Foul Mouth
Danny the Disrespectful Kid
Excuse Me, Please! How To Stop the Interrupting
How To Talk to Your Kids About Anything: 10 Tips
It’s Um, Like, You Know
The Lost Art of Letter Writing: How to Get Your Child to Pick up a Pen
My Kid, the Lawyer Wannabe
No Butts About It: Talking to Your Kids About Smoking
Peer Pressure Pointers: How Parents Can Make a Difference
Playing the Sporting Game: 12 Tips to Help You Show Support, Encourage and Teach
The Power of Bonding: It's Not Just for Babies Anymore
The Right Words: Talk to Your Daughter About the Human Body
Straight Talk
  • Giving Your Child the Facts About Drugs
  • Giving Your Child the Facts About Sex
  • Super Dads: Handling Parenting Challenges in a Single Bound
    When Bad Things Happen: Talking to Children About Disasters
    Driving
    Driver's Ed: Preteen Style: Why Starting Early Could Save Their Lives
    Essays
    The Back-to-School Economic Theory
    Far Too Easy: One Family's Brush With the Internet's Dark Side
    He'll Dance With Me: Life with Kids Doesn't Mean Life without Romance
    Hello? Anyone Home? The Modern Man's Hunt for the Cordless Phone Receiver
    The Ice Cream Man Cometh: Summer Comfort From a Musical Truck
    Not Good Enough: When Your Preteen Outgrows You
    Not "Just Another Trip"
    Parenting the Parents: Why Kids Need Parenting Magazines as Much as We Do
    A Reluctant Child
    Roller Skating: Has it Changed or Am I Just Too Old?
    General
    10 Great Tips to Motivate Boys to Read: Courtesy of FeatureSource
    Adult vs. Child: Where Does Your Preteen Fit?
    Avoid Procrastination and Do It Now!
    The Big Move: Moving With Kids Does Not Have to Be a Struggle
    Boy Basics: A Survival Guide for Parenting Male Tweens
    Building a Better World: One Pair of Socks at a Time
    The Bully Spectrum: Your Child Could Be a Bully or a Victim
    Clean That Room! How to Get Your Preteen to Help Around the House
    Color-Blindness: Teaching Children to Celebrate Diversity
    Culture Vultures: Introduce Your Preteen to the Traditional
    Cyber Bullies
    Crushed: Surviving Your Preteen's First Love
    Dealing With Divorce: 3 Steps to Help Your Preteen Cope
    The Deane Scene: Actor Meredith Deane on Teen Issues and Fame
    Dog Doo To Do
    Don't Divorce Your Children: Children and Their Parents Talk About Divorce
    Encouraging Community Service: A Lesson in Perspective and Personal Discovery
    Fear of Failure: One Expert Shares His Views on a Childhood Epidemic
    From Grandma With Love: A Legacy of Values
    Gadgets o' Plenty: Does Your Preteen Really Need That Stuff?
    Getting Fit With Furry Friends: How the Family Pet Can Get Your Kids in Shape
    Girls Gone Wild: Get Your Preteen Off the Fast Track
    Goal-Getters: Helping Your Kids Reach Their Dreams
    Grappling With Grief
    A Healthier Year: Tips From the American Academy of Pediatrics
    Heart, Hoof and Soul
    Holidays After Divorce: Keeping the Children First
    It's War! Helping Your Preteen Survive Friendship Fights
    Just Not "Cliquing:" Helping Your Preteen Survive Their Social Life
    Just Say Yes to Anti-Drugs: Keep Your Child Drug-Free
    Life Skills: Point Your Preteen Toward Future Success
    The Long Goodbye: Coping With the Death of a Friend
    Lunch Table Wars: Helping Your Preteen Survive This Rite of Passage
    The Making of a Man: Help Your Son in Transition
    Making the "A" List: How Popularity Pressures Your Teen
    Mama's Boy? The Key to Understanding Your Sensitive Male Child
    Muggles and More: The Allure of Harry Potter
    My Way on the Highway: Easing the Tension When Traveling With Preteens
    Negotiating the Mine Field: A Battle Plan for Parents of Preteens
    New School Blues
    Nothing to Do: Helping Your Preteen Beat Boredom
    Oh the Drama! Encourage Your Preteen's Theatrical Side
    Prayers and Preteens: Defining Spirituality in the Middle Grades
    Preteen Friendships: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
    Preteen Picassos: Encourage a Budding Artist
    The Role of Responsibility: How Much is Too Much?
    The Sky Is Falling! Helping Preteens Handle Tragedy
    The Sound of Music: The Influence of Music Education
    The Sound of Music: Your Preteen Can Benefit
    Sucking the Life From Your Child: The Dangers of Inhalants
    Taking Responsibility: You Can Help Your Preteen
    Teaching Tolerance: Guiding Your Preteen to Care, NOT Hate
    Thanks! Age-Appropriate Ideas for Thank You Notes
    Too Tense: 7 Things Parents Can Do to Help an Anxious Child
    Uniquely Herself: How Dominique Dawes Is Helping Preteen Girls
    The Value of a Dollar: Teaching Money Management Skills to Preteenagers
    When a Friend Moves Away
    When Your Preteen Sings the Blues
    With the Eyes of Love
    Words Will EVER Hurt Me: Girls as Bullies
    Health
    7 (Sometimes Surprising) Secrets for Stopping Childhood Obesity: Tips From the Authors of Overcoming Childhood Obesity
    ADHD Series
  • What's Wrong With My Child? An overview of attention deficit disorder
  • Is Ritalin the Only Way?
  • What is a School’s Responsibility?
  • Best Foot Forward: Healthy Feet Matter to Children
    The Bipolar Child: Early Onset Bipolar Disorder
    Brain Nutrients: An Excerpt from Brain Food for Kids by Nicola Graimes
    Curves Ahead! Surviving – and Helping – Your Preteen's Body Image
    Cut! 6 Tips to Help When Your Child Doesn't Make the Team
    Divorce and Diet: The Relationship Between Childhood Obesity and Single Parent Households
    Down the Road: Travel Teams and Your Preteen
    Eye Fitness: Natural Techniques to Improve Your Child's Vision
    Fit Camps: Losing Weight, Gaining Friends
    Food Allergies and Children: Is It Taking a Toll on Your Family?
    Girls on the Run: Embracing a Positive Life
    Heart-healthy Fitness: Great for All Ages!
    High Energy Drinks: Do Kids Really Need Caffeine?
    Hospitalization Separation: Coping With Your Child's Hospital Stay
    How to Celebrate Your Daughter's Coming of Age: Ideas for Mothers and Guardians
     Irritable Bowel Syndrome: How to Help Your Child Through IBS
     Is Your Child at Risk for Heat Exhaustion? 10 Strategies You Can Use
    It's Not Easy Being Green: Preteen Vegetarians
    Jeepers, Creepers, Protect Those Peepers: Be Aware of Potential Hazards to Prevent Eye Injuries
    Just Go Outside and Play! Fun Ways to Stay Active with Your Kids
    Kids Who Cut: Recognizing the Signs of Self-Injury
    Lifestyle Changes for Family Health: 10 Easy Back-to-School Tips to Help Children (and Parents!) Eat Smarter This Fall
    Making Fitness a Family Issue: Setting You and Your Children on the Path to Health
    My Mom, The Football Coach: Moms Tackle a New Program
    No Butts About It! Keep Your Kids Smoke-free
    Nutrition in a Box: What to Pack in Your Child’s Lunchbox for Good Health and Learning
    One Child Too Many: Preventing Bacterial Meningitis
    Parent Rage in Youth Sports: Giving the Game Back to Our Children
    PMS: Natural Cures for Your Teen's Discomfort
    Posture Perfect: What Is Your Child’s Posture Telling You?
    Princess Athletes: Avoiding Potential Body-image Problems
    Puberty Primer
    Puffing Up: Taking a Stand on Youth Cigarette Smoking
    Putting a Stop to Soda Pop: Why Too Much Is Hurting Your Kids
    A Real Pain in the Knee: Osgood-Schlatters in Young Athletes
    Seeing Clearly: Kids and LASIK
    Smallpox Vaccinations: What Parents Need to Know
    Standing Tall Against Alcohol: What You Need to Know to Keep Your Preteen Safe
    Strattera: A New Weapon in the Fight Against ADHD
    Sweet Dreams, Safe Dreams: Creating a Healthy Bedroom Environment
    The Terrible Dangers of Childhood Obesity: An Excerpt From