Family Life: Advice for Parents on Children's Behavior, Home Organization, Health, and Seasonal Activities

Seasons & Celebrations

Parent Guide to School Involvement
Help your child succeed at school by becoming a parent who participates in his education. Getting involved is one of the most significant ways you can help your child stay in school and get better grades.

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Raising Kids Today

Let's Be Friends

Help your child's friendships flourish — even in the face of difficulty.

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Health & Safety

Sleepless Everywhere

Today's kids are a groggy group. That not only makes them moody and irritable — it prevents them from learning.

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Time Management & Organization

The Joys of Doing Nothing

In a world of instant messages, iPhones, and toddler soccer, allowing kids unstructured time may sound like heresy — but it's the greatest gift of all.

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Behavior & Development

The Importance of Tolerance and Respect

Our children will experience more change, see more places, learn more things, and be exposed to a greater variety of people and cultures than any other generation in the history of humankind.

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Other Family Life Resources

Green Living
Try these activities, book suggestions, and talking tips to help your family act green!

Little Scholastic
Introduce babies and toddlers to a lifetime of reading.

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Parenting Community

Blogs

Adele Brodkin

A Startling Ten Days
It’s been a startling ten days since I was first asked to advise parents and teachers about how to talk to children about the tanking economy. Reassurance has grown more elusive.

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