Does hiding the truth protect children—and yourself—from grief? Join Lisa Sugarman in this gentle guide to talking about suicide loss with kids. There’s no good time to tell a child that someone they love has died by suicide. There’s no perfect sentence. No script that makes it hurt less. And no magical combination of words […]
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Discover practical de-escalation strategies for upset children from MD Sue Bagshaw & Michael Hempseed’s book, Calming Your Child. When a child is overwhelmed by strong emotions, standard discipline methods often backfire. They leave both parent and child feeling exhausted and frustrated. In this excerpt from Calming Your Child, authors Dame Sue Bagshaw, MD, and Michael
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Learn smart strategies for managing different school schedules when your kids are split across schools. Simplify logistics and save your sanity! Parenting often feels like a masterclass in logistics, but few moments test a family’s coordination quite like the day your children end up on completely different academic timelines. Whether you are navigating the sudden
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Discover 3 common backyard birds with fun facts, nesting habits, and calls in this excerpt from the ultimate birding guide, Hear Them Sing. Whether you are listening to morning birdsong or watching a feeder, identifying common backyard birds is one of the easiest ways for young explorers to connect with nature. From the cheerful robin
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Wondering if graphic novels and audiobooks count as reading? Discover why experts say yes—and how they boost your child’s brainpower. Picture this common household scene: You walk into the living room, thrilled to find your child engrossed in a story. But as you get closer, your enthusiasm drops. They aren’t reading a traditional novel filled
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Discover four simple exercises to explore color in nature with this excerpt from Kimberly Collins Jermain’s book, Nature of Color. Most of us spend our daily lives surrounded by artificial light and synthetic environments. This makes it easy to lose touch with how rich, subtle, and dynamic hue truly is in the wild. If you
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Go behind the scenes of A Quilt of Stars! Astronaut Karen Nyberg and author Ann McCallum Staats share the inspiring true story of how quilting in zero-G united a global community. What happens when a NASA astronaut and an award-winning author team up to write a children’s book about quilting in zero gravity? You get
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Tired of toy pressure? Discover the beautiful science of how babies play and easily decode their natural cues. In a world filled with high-tech toys and rigid developmental checklists, it is easy to feel the pressure to turn every waking second into a learning milestone. But child-development expert Laurie Hollman, PhD, offers a deeply reassuring
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Letting kids be bored is a lost art. Learn how to stop playing event coordinator and help your child build a lifelong habit of independent play. The scene is familiar to every modern parent. Within minutes of the screens turning off, a heavy sigh echoes through the house, followed by the inevitable four-word complaint: “Mom,
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Discover how play-based improv rules can beat burnout and turn everyday parenting moments with your kids into magic adventures. We’ve all been there: your child hands you a plastic block, insists it’s a prehistoric laser blaster, and looks at you with wide, expectant eyes. As exhausted adults, our default setting is often to shut it
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