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Four Easy Diet Changes for Kids

Many parents want to improve their children’s diets, but don’t know where to begin. Here are four easy changes you can make today that can start kids down a path towards better nutrition.

Managing Tantrums - Focus on Communication

There are two discrete issues in every tantrum – the cause of the tantrum, and the problem of the tantrum itself. Before you (or your child) can deal with the former, you have to move away from the latter.

Managing Tantrums - Big Feelings

Before trying to address the cause of a tantrum, a focus on communication will help children to gain control of big feelings and find a more effective way to express those feelings.

Managing Tantrums - First Steps

The first step of managing public tantrums is assessing location. Only then can parents focus on changing the communication and moving towards addressing the cause of the tantrum.

Kids and The Hunger Games

Should kids read The Hunger Games? I read the series to assess the appropriateness for my daughter. Here's what I decided...

“Brave’s” Merida as a Role Model for Girls

There has been much discussion about whether Merida would finally be a “princess role model” that parents could get behind for their girls. This is an awful lot of pressure to put on one small character, but such as it is, I’d say she fits the bill nicely. Why I like Merida for my daughters...

A Mom Reviews Disney/Pixar's Movie, “Brave”

My review of the Disney/Pixar movie, "Brave." Here's what a mom or dad needs to know.

Choosing Attachment Parenting

In my experience, parents don't usually "choose" attachment parenting, but find that it describes one of more of the practices that instinctively feel right to them.

What is Attachment Parenting

Attachment parenting (AP), sometimes considered a "fringe" parenting practice (I would argue this notion) received much mainstream attention after a May 2012 Time Magazine article featured a nursing four-year old. My take on what the term "attachment parenting" really represents.

The Media and Mommy Wars

Thoughts on the media's use of the overused and harmful term, "The Mommy Wars."

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