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Top 10 Parenting Tips for Children with Autism

  Most parents who discover that their child is autistic go through a number of different emotions and feelings.  It can be a shock at first but ends up answering so many questions at the same time.  Finding out that your child has autism means that there are a few things that you will need […]

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4 Tips For Raising A Transgender Child

As any parent can tell you, parenting isn’t easy. It amazes me how many people take it for granted, but parenthood is a privilege. There are plenty of people who want to be parents who never get the opportunity. However, when you do become one, you’re entrusted with the responsibilities of ensuring this living breathing […]

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7 Steps to Take for Precaution During a Measles Outbreak

As a parent few things are scarier than the idea of my child being exposed to something like the measles.  I realize that many people just think of measles like a rash but it is a disease that we have developed immunizations against for a reason.  Prior to having these immunizations people died from the […]

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Strange Parenting Methods from Around the World

  While something might seem completely normal for people in one part of the world, it can seem completely strange where you live.  For instance, in some parts of the world, what seems like a great thing is something that other parts of the world frown on.   No Praise in China   Chinese parents […]

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Comforting a Child Who Lost Their Pet

Many children feel like their pets are members of the family.  So when a pet dies, it can be a tragic loss for them that might hurt far worse than a parent could imagine.  Since parents know that their child might suffer, many try to protect them by trying to tell them something that might […]

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Fun Crafts to Make with Toddlers     

Toddler craft time can be quite difficult.  You might not believe it but there are some amazing crafts that you can make with your toddlers to use as gifts.  These are things that your toddler gets to help you with and can be perfect for any of the important people in their life.   Creative Canvases […]

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Why You Should Allow Your Child to Spell on Their Own

Children have a hard time learning to spell because so many words are not phonetic in the English language.  With that being said when a child is first learning to read and write it is important that they be able to spell words on their own and learn to do so.  So many parents get […]

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On why I make my kids do things they don’t want to do

I don’t love the idea of forcing kids to partake in an activity they aren’t thrilled about just because the parent thinks they should. I’ve watched in horror as parents forced their children onto little league fields, or as parents stood by while their toddler screamed through a ballet class, vowing that I would never […]

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Make Room For: Rizzo

Like many people my age, I grew up with a steady diet of Grease. (The movie, of course.) Throughout my childhood, that VHS tape was always on-hand and my cassette with the film’s soundtrack on continuous repeat. I mean—what is there not to love about that movie? As a kid, I always identified with Sandy—the timid transfer student who was never […]

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