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What Kids With Special Needs Want Your Child to Know

What Kids With Special Needs Want Your Child to Know

Here are a few tips from a mom who found herself on the receiving end of some uncomfortable moments.

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Is Coffee Okay During Pregnancy?

Is Coffee Okay During Pregnancy?

What to do if that cup-of-joe-to-go is a no-go? Get the facts!

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10 Big Changes in Kids’ Health

10 Big Changes in Kids’ Health

Medical knowledge changes constantly. Here are some things we didn’t know we didn’t know.

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Bigger Desks, Bigger Clothes … Bigger Kids

Bigger Desks, Bigger Clothes … Bigger Kids

Makers of all things kiddo are adding versions specially made for hefty tykes. It’s not pretty.

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Let’s Get Real…

Let’s Get Real…

What would Barbie be like if she was real? Maybe kind of scary?

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Mother’s Love Changes a Child’s Brain

Mother’s Love Changes a Child’s Brain

It’s not like we didn’t know, but it always helps when research provides medical evidence for what we thought all along …

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What Were You Thinking??

What Were You Thinking??

So THAT’s why they do what they do! Good to know.

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Is Kiddo too fat? Mom’s just part of the story …

Is Kiddo too fat? Mom’s just part of the story …

We shoulder much of the responsibility for food purchases and meal prep, but does the buck really stop here?

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Message to Kids: Read to Live, Live to Read

Message to Kids: Read to Live, Live to Read

Our National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature wants you to know: to do well in life, you have to read well.

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Too Harsh or Just What the Dr. Ordered?

Too Harsh or Just What the Dr. Ordered?

Is this blaming the victim or a healthy dose of reality?

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