Parenting
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Pink or blue? Some gender reveal parties take dangerous turn
Nov 01, 2019 1:00 am - It was supposed to be a happy moment, a chance to declare the sex of a soon-to-be-born baby with a blast of color and burst of attention on social media. But the gender ...
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Stick with soap and water to keep kids' hands cleanOct 26, 2019 8:00 am - A note comes home from your child's teacher. Several children in the class are sick with strep throat. Should you stock up on germ-killing "antibacterial" soap? Save yo...
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4 ways to help your child 'fall back'Oct 20, 2019 7:00 am - Daylight Saving Time for 2019 will come to an end in a little more than a week. Though this means only falling back one hour, any parent can tell you what that hour mean...
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Teens find circumventing Apple's parental controls is child's play
Oct 20, 2019 6:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO — Helen Glaze didn't think anything of it when her two sons told her they were looking for ways to get around Screen Time, Apple's built-in tool that gives...
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Learning disguised as fun: How DuPage Children's Museum in Naperville ignites kids' potentialOct 18, 2019 6:00 am - It's about shapes and sounds and colors. It's about excitement and education. It's about learning and laughter. Mostly, though, it's about kids. It's a place called the ...
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Parents, teens: Wake up to the truth about 'dream schools'Oct 13, 2019 6:00 am - The college admissions scandal — which recently led to a 14-day prison sentence for actress Felicity Huffman — exposed a group of wealthy parents' obsession with getting...
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Analyzing a child's gait: What's normal and what's worrisomeOct 06, 2019 7:30 am - Concerns about gait and leg alignment in children are common. It's hard to tell when to worry and when to just be reassured. Here are four of the most common gait and l...
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Young girls and women are twice as likely to receive depression diagnosisOct 06, 2019 7:20 am - Prior to puberty, the prevalence of depression in boys and girls is similar, but once they reach adolescence, girls are almost twice as likely to be diagnosed with the c...
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Too much social media use hurts youths' mental health
Oct 05, 2019 6:30 am - Might time spent on social media - YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and the like - affect young people's mental health? Yes, says a report by Johns Hopkins and oth...
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Suburban woman's donor-conceived sons both have autism. Should someone be held responsible?
Oct 03, 2019 1:00 am - After Danielle Rizzo's first son and then her second were diagnosed with autism, she has struggled with the how and why. She wondered whether she could have prevented th...