Parenting
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What to do if your child gains too much weightSep 11, 2021 7:00 am - It can make you feel helpless. The pediatrician has noticed your child's weight gain - the same weight gain that has been troubling you. As pediatricians, we help famili...
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Kimberly Palmer: Do video games level up kids' money skills?
Sep 05, 2021 6:00 am - Every few days, my 8-year-old son, Neal, asks if he can "earn something" on Roblox, a popular online video game platform. That's his way of suggesting I buy him Robux, t...
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Is long COVID a concern for children?Sep 04, 2021 7:00 am - Millions of U.S. children and teens have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Fortunately, they have been less likely than adults, so far, to ...
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Elgin Fringe Festival continues with Family FringeSep 04, 2021 1:00 am - Parents and kids filled the new Civic Center Plaza in downtown Elgin on Saturday for Family Fringe, a part of the Elgin Fringe Festival geared toward the younger set. F...
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'Miracle' baby, once one of the country's smallest, now a teen who 'always gives it her all'Sep 04, 2021 1:00 am - The envelope sent to the hospital for "Baby Zoe" had no return address. There was no note inside, nothing stuffed in the envelope but a precious gift for the premature i...
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The news these days is, well, a lot. How do you talk to kids about it?Aug 31, 2021 5:30 am - The news lately has been one crisis after another: the death of U.S. servicemen and women in Afghanistan, the devastation left by the earthquake in Haiti, and Hurricane ...
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China limits children to 3 hours of online gaming a weekAug 30, 2021 1:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - China is banning children from playing online games for more than three hours a week, the harshest restriction so far on the game industry as Chinese regu...
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Pay for your kid's college? 3 times to think twice
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Why autism in girls is often missed until adulthoodAug 28, 2021 7:00 am - While the needs of those with an autism spectrum disorder are better understood than ever, many of the struggles they face are caused by the biases of the people around ...
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Parents must pay $30,441 for getting rid of son's porn cache