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How to Know You’ve Turned Into a Country Bumpkin

by ParentCo.

When you first move to the country, after living in the city your whole life, you stick out like a perfectly manicured thumb.

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On Halloween, by a Candy-Loving, Dentist's Daughter

by ParentCo.

I’ll admit, as a dentist’s daughter and a lover of candy, I’m a little Jekyll and Hyde over the matter.

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New Healthy Media Habits for Young Kids

by ParentCo.

Media and tech are and will continue to be huge in their lives. Start now to create a balanced approach that keeps everyone healthy.

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A Sexual Assault Pun is Not a Halloween Costume

by Brian Rosenworcel

I thought maybe we if we all contacted Spirit Halloween, they’d take this costume off their shelves next year:

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What Exactly Does Great Faith and Great Courage Look Like?

by ParentCo.

I suppose faith has come easier to me these days. Spending time around children does that to you, I think. But courage? No way.

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What You Need to Know About Protecting Your Kid From Identity Theft

by Alyssa Colton

With their squeaky-clean credit histories, our children’s data are the crown jewels to identity thieves.

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The Not-So-Selfish Question Parents of a Sexually Abused Child Are Afraid to Ask

by Joanna Evans

Your child is protected and receiving counseling. You are left with a big, old vacuum. What about me?

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How Kids Can Cope With Stress in Our Unpredictable New Reality

by Whitney Stewart

This practice gives kids strategies for developing self-awareness, improving mental focus, handling emotions, and increasing kindness and empathy.

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Lessons From Dyeing My Hair Blue

by Sarah Bregel

As a mother who sometimes screams, who is unsure of herself, I’m still practicing how to accept my own imperfections. My own failings.

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According to Study, This Personality Trait Might Bully-Proof Your Kid

by ParentCo.

Researchers have identified one key personality trait can mean the difference between bouncing back from bullying and being incapacitated by it.

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Surviving the Common Cold: What the Research Says

by ParentCo.

While everyone has a cold treatment they swear by, scientific research has its own favorites. Here are a few therapies the data does (and doesn’t) support.

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The Social Spookiness of Halloween

by ParentCo.

Lessons about crossing dark streets, waiting for others to catch up, and sharing goodies emerge from this strange and spooky holiday.

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Who Decides What Makes a Toy "Safe"?

by ParentCo.

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Illness and Family Dynamics: What Happens When We Get Sick?

by ParentCo.

It’s what we do as a society when we or our children get sick that highlights a lack of flexibility in our lives.

Father and child on a grassland at evening

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The Easiest Thing You Can do to Improve Kids' Eyesight

by ParentCo.

Scientists have now found a fascinating link between the amount of time children spend outside and their eyesight.

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Raise Your Hand if You Don’t Like Scary Movies

by ParentCo.

In all honesty, I don’t think it was my age that ruined it for me. I think some people just aren’t cut out for the scary stuff.

Little boy and girl playing with smart phone, sitting on sofa in dark room at night.

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The Dramatic Shift in Kids' Screen Time Since 2011

by ParentCo.

Based on a sample of more than 1,400 parents from all over the US, Common Sense Media's survey paints a complex portrait of increasingly mobile families.