All parents need a little advice now and then. Get the lowdown on parenting basics like discipline, homework help, and how to talk to your child about tough subjects, like sex, tobacco, and alcohol. Plus, find out where you can turn for help and support.
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Kids' Health Issues: 2012
- Helping Teens Take Charge of Their Health Care
- Prenatal Surgery: Helping Babies Before Birth
- The Rise of Eating Issues and Disorders
- The Risks of Postponing or Avoiding Vaccinations
Kids' Health Issues: 2011
- Acting Locally to Help Globally
- Cyberbullying: New Problems, New Tactics
- Epigenetics – How Grandma's Health Affects Your Child's
- Fighting Nature Deficit Disorder
- Obesity-Related Health Problems in Kids
- Supporting LGBT Kids
- Teens & Sexting: What Parents Need to Know
- The Rise of Psychiatric Diagnoses in Younger Kids
- Understanding Health Care Reform
- What Electronic Records Mean for Health Care
All About Reading
- Creating a Reader-Friendly Home
- Everyday Reading Opportunities
- Finding the Right Read
- Helping Reluctant Readers
- Raising a Summer Reader
- Reading Books to Babies
- Reading Milestones
- Reading Resources
- School-Age Readers
- Story Time for Preschoolers
- Storytelling
- Toddler Reading Time
- Your Child's Handwriting
Learning & Education
- 5 Ways to Bully-Proof Your Kid
- 7 Ways to Raise a Global Kid
- Autism
- Back to School
- Backpack Safety
- Balancing Academics and Serious Illness
- Getting Involved at Your Child's School
- Help Your Child Get Organized
- Helping Kids Deal With Bullies
- Helping Teens Learn to Drive
- Helping With Homework
- Helping Your Child Adjust to Preschool
- Helping Your Gradeschooler With Homework
- Helping Your Teen Decide What to Do After High School
- Helping Your Teen With Homework
- Individualized Education Programs (IEPs)
- Play & Learn Center
- Smart Toys for Every Age
- Talking to Your Child's Preschool Teacher
- The Magic of Play: How It Inspires & Aids Early Development
- Top 10 Homework Tips
- What Is ADHD?
- Your Child's Handwriting
Tough Topics
- 5 Ways to Bully-Proof Your Kid
- Am I 'Too Tough' When I Discipline My Kids?
- Amphetamines: What Parents Need to Know
- Anxiety Disorders
- Becoming a Stepparent
- Biting
- Caring for Siblings of Seriously Ill Children
- Child Abuse
- Cocaine & Crack: What Parents Need to Know
- Connecting With Your Preteen
- Cough and Cold Medicine Abuse
- Cyberbullying
- Date Rape
- Depressants: What Parents Need to Know
- Developing Your Child's Self-Esteem
- Disciplining Your Child
- Disciplining Your Toddler
- Drugs: What Parents Need to Know
- Ecstasy: What Parents Need to Know
- Encouraging a Healthy Body Image
- Financial Woes? How to Talk to Kids When Money Is Tight
- GHB: What Parents Need to Know
- Helping Kids Cope With Cliques
- Helping Kids Cope With Stress
- Helping Kids Handle Worry
- Helping Your Child Deal With Death
- Helping Your Child Through a Divorce
- Heroin: What Parents Need to Know
- How Can I Teach Kids to Be Smart About Strangers?
- How Do I Handle the Transition When My Husband Returns From War?
- How Do I Help My Kids Deal With My Husband's Deployment?
- How to Talk to Your Child About the News
- If Your Child Is Raped
- Inhalants: What Parents Need to Know
- Ketamine: What Parents Need to Know
- Kids and Alcohol
- Kids and Smoking
- LSD: What Parents Need to Know
- Making the Holidays Less Materialistic
- Marijuana: What Parents Need to Know
- Methamphetamines: What Parents Need to Know
- My Child Is Stealing
- My Son Is Being Deployed; How Do I Help My Other Kids Cope?
- Nicotine: What Parents Need to Know
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
- Preparing Your Child for a Move
- Preparing Your Child for a New Sibling
- Preventing Abductions
- Questions and Answers About Sex
- Raising Confident Kids
- Raising a Child With Autism: Paige and Iain's Story
- Rohypnol: What Parents Need to Know
- School Violence and the News
- Sexual Attraction and Orientation
- Support for Parents of Kids With Special Needs
- Talking to Your Child About Drugs
- Talking to Your Child About Menstruation
- Talking to Your Child About Puberty
- Talking to Your Daughter About Puberty
- Taming Tempers
- Teaching Your Child Tolerance
- Telling a Child About Deployment
- Tips for Divorcing Parents
- Transgender People
- When Your Teen Is Having a Baby
- When a Parent Goes to War
- When a Pet Dies
Family Life
- 10 Kids' Health Issues to Watch in 2009
- 5 Ways to Bully-Proof Your Kid
- 7 Ways to Raise a Global Kid
- A Safe and Spooktacular Halloween
- Allowance Basics
- Am I 'Too Tough' When I Discipline My Kids?
- Balancing Academics and Serious Illness
- Becoming a Father
- Becoming a Stepparent
- Birth of a Second Child
- Biting
- Bonding With Grandparents
- Booster Seat Safety
- Breath-Holding Spells
- Camps for Kids With Special Needs
- Car Seat Safety
- Caring for Siblings of Seriously Ill Children
- Children's Health Issues to Watch: AIDS: A Push for Prevention
- Choosing Child Care
- Choosing and Instructing a Babysitter
- Community Service: A Family's Guide to Getting Involved
- Competitive Sports: Helping Kids Play it Cool
- Connecting With Your Preteen
- Disciplining Your Toddler
- Errands Survival Kit
- Financial Planning for Kids With Special Needs
- Getting Kids to Give: Lynda's Story
- Giving Teens a Voice in Health Care Decisions
- Healthy Habits for TV, Video Games, and the Internet
- Helping Teens Learn to Drive
- How Becoming Parents Can Affect Your Relationship
- How Can I Bring Peace to the "Witching Hours"?
- How Can I Teach Kids to Be Smart About Strangers?
- How TV Affects Your Child
- How to Find Affordable Health Care
- Internet Safety
- Kids' Health Issues to Watch: Battling the Superbug
- Kids' Health Issues to Watch: A Mobilized Youth Movement
- Kids' Health Issues to Watch: Dealing With Financial Turmoil
- Kids' Health Issues to Watch: Hoping for Health Care Reform (Finally!)
- Kids' Health Issues to Watch: Reflecting on Race
- Kids' Health Issues to Watch: Safer Water and Sanitation for the World
- Leaving Your Child Home Alone
- Making Sense of Medical News
- Making Sure Your Teen's Job Is Safe
- Making the Holidays Less Materialistic
- Medical Issues in Adoption
- Natural Disasters: How Families Can Help
- Nine Steps to More Effective Parenting
- Parenting Multiples
- Play & Learn Center
- Preparing Your Child for a New Sibling
- Rainy Day Fun
- Raising Earth-Friendly Kids
- Road Rules for Little Passengers
- Road Trip Boredom Busters
- Rules of the Road for Teen Drivers
- Sending Your Child With Special Needs to Camp
- Sibling Rivalry
- Signing Kids Up for Sports
- Smart Toys for Every Age
- Staying Healthy While You Travel
- Support for Parents of Kids With Special Needs
- Taking Care of Your Grandchildren
- Taking Your Child to a Therapist
- Talking Politics: What to Say to Your Kids
- The Magic of Play: How It Inspires & Aids Early Development
- Traveling Without Your Child
- When Your Child Outgrows Pediatric Care
