While playtime with Mom and friends are important, playing with Dad offers 8 unique benefits kids won’t get anywhere else. One of the best things about being a kid is getting to play every day, and it turns out that playing with parents is important to their development too. Playing with both parents and peers […]
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You’ve heard about postpartum depression, but what about depression during pregnancy? Here are some strategies to help new moms feel better. I wanted a baby, didn’t I? But why do I feel like this? Now I’m pregnant, and I feel like my life is over. Feeling like your life is over during pregnancy can be
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Imagine this: your hands are full and you need your child to open the door, but they won’t. Here’s what you can do to help them listen. Have you ever been busy working, cooking, or folding laundry, and when you ask your child to grab something for you, they won’t? There are plenty of reasons
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The postpartum experience comes with many new thoughts, some exciting and some scary, and these are the five most common types of intrusive thoughts. After giving birth to a new baby, a mother’s thoughts might sound like this: What if I drop him? What if I snap and hurt my baby? Mothering is so hard—I
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Life changes when you bring a newborn home for the first time. Here are five things you need to know for an amazing (and easier) first few months. Trying something new is scary, and bringing home a living, breathing newborn for the first time adds a whole new level of fear. What do you do
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Scrapbooks are treasures pieced together with scraps of paper and memories. Create your first traditional scrapbook by following these ten easy steps. We have photos to keep our memories, and we have scrapbooks to keep our photos. Nowadays, it’s more common to see digital scrapbooks: social media posts, photo albums on our phones, and slideshows
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Whether it’s Mother’s Day, baby showers, birthdays, or another special occasion, these five books are the perfect gift for Mom. Books are a timeless gift for birthdays, anniversaries, holidays, and any occasion, really. So why not gift Mom and the extraordinary women in your life a book that celebrates them? Whether your mom is an
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Moms bring us into this world and then never stop having our backs. These are the top eight reasons why you’re never too old to need your mom. The bond between mother and child—biological or chosen—is unparalleled. From the tender moments of infancy to the complexities of adulthood, a mother’s love and guidance remain constant.
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School is meant for learning, but sometimes kids learn bad habits instead. Use these tips to break those habits and build healthy friendships. There’s a quote from motivational speaker Jim Rohn that says we are the average of the five people we spend the most time with. And for the most part, this is true.
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Use these three messages to get a better understanding of Robert Frost’s poem—for yourself or to help your child with homework. The joy of poetry is that there’s more than one path you can take to the end. Much like the diverging paths in Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken,” there are three essential messages
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