Parenting
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CrossFit for kids: A love of movement can start earlyApr 22, 2016 6:00 am - No one questions the wisdom of parents reading to their children to further their intellectual development. That is a well-established parental responsibility. One's dut...
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Exercise apps for kids can motivate them to stay healthyApr 22, 2016 6:00 am - Below are three iPad apps that will motivate your child to exercise and stay healthy. NFL PLAY 60 Cost: FreeAges: 9 to 11 Your child runs, jumps, and turns, while a c...
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Why I'm teaching my 6-year-old to meditate
Apr 18, 2016 5:55 am - My teenage years weren't the easiest. I struggled with popularity (or lack thereof), bad skin and what I was convinced, at the time, was irreparable heartbreak. No one ...
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Raising a tween who has autism
Apr 16, 2016 5:55 am - Being a tween is about discovery and change. It's about evolving and growing and becoming. It's the age when kids start learning what real life is all about, branching ...
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How will your teen get to prom?Apr 15, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK - Prom is as much about the journey as it is the dance, so how will all those teens heading into the annual rite of spring handle their wheels? Limos and charte...
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France responds to watchdog criticism with parenting leaflet
Apr 14, 2016 7:00 am - PARIS (AP) - A year after Europe's top human rights body said France was not doing enough to prevent corporal punishment of children, the French government is sending gu...
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How Highlights has transformed its classic children's magazine for the app generationApr 14, 2016 6:00 am - At the ripe old age of 70, Highlights - that magazine staple of pediatricians' offices and often the first piece of mail a kid used to get - is moving into the digital a...
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Mom crafts book out of texty pearls of wisdom for new grads
Apr 11, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Becky Blades wrote her oldest daughter a letter after she left home for college offering all the advice and words of wisdom she wished she had dispensed ...
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Banned chemical still used in hospital IVs is linked to attention deficit disorder
Apr 09, 2016 7:00 am - A chemical used to make plastic IV tubes and catheters has been linked to attention deficit disorder in children who received treatment for a serious illness, according ...
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Parents can teach children it's OK to be imperfectApr 09, 2016 1:00 am - There are few things I enjoy as much as being a father. There are also few things I find as challenging as being a father. This was true when our children were young and...