Parenting

A Few Tricks for Halloween Treats
It's important to encourage good eating habits, while allowing kids to enjoy the fun of the holiday.

A Guide to Jogging Strollers
Jogging strollers come in a variety of shapes and sizes to match almost anyone's needs, including parents with twins or children with physical disabilities.

A Holiday Help Guide for Stepfamilies
No one is fond of change, and big changes during the holidays can be particularly difficult to cope with for everyone involved.

Balancing Work and Home
To keep the scales of work and life balanced, you must be organized. This means you must not only organize your stuff, but also your time.

Blood Pressure Rising Among Children
High blood pressure has joined type 2 diabetes and high cholesterol on a list of ailments that once struck only adults but now afflict children.

Building Bonds with Your Grandchildren
Spending dedicated time with your grandchildren enables you to play many roles in their lives, including family historian, teacher, and spiritual guide.

Does Your Child Have Exercise-Induced Asthma?
"Asthma is a disease with many triggers, including allergens and viral infections," says a clinical assistant professor of pediatrics. "But for a small set of patients, exercise is the sole trigger."

Eating Together Is Good for Kids
How often do you and your family all manage to sit down together for dinner? Your answer means far more than a chance to find out what's going on in school.

Eczema in Kids: Annoying, but Treatable
A scaly, red, itchy, dry rash can show up in the first weeks of life. It signals a vexing but treatable skin problem called atopic dermatitis (AD), often known as eczema. Most children outgrow AD, but in some cases, it may recur in the teenage years or in

Exercise Your Duty to Keep Kids Fit
It's important for parents to be aware of how much exercise their kids are getting so they can make adjustments.

Find Safe, Fun Ways to Keep Young Kids Active
Kids need to move to build cognitive and motor skills and to learn that physical activity is fun.

For Seniors: Pass On Your Love of Music
Introducing some of your cherished tunes to a grandchild may provide a great catalyst for imparting information about your past.

Get Serious About Playtime
Since the late 1970s, children's playtime has fallen 25 percent and their outdoor activities have dropped 50 percent.

Get Your Kids to Log Off
Rising "screen time" can cost kids the exercise they need to keep fit.

Grandparents Can Provide a Critical Need: Attention
Being a cheerleader for your grandchildren doesn't require any special training. All you need to invest is some time and energy to become their biggest fan.

Help Girls Stay Active as Teens
The teen years often bring a sharp drop in physical activity, especially for girls.

Help Your Children Breathe Easier
Air pollution hurts infants and children more than adults, studies show. Kids' lungs are still developing, they breathe faster and they spend more time outdoors.

Help! My 9-Year-Old Wants to Dress Sexy
With so many mall shops offering sexy styles for the youngest girls, some parents wonder whether their daughters are risking sexual harassment for the sake of fashion.

Helping Kids to Avoid Cigarettes
Every day, nearly 6,000 teens and pre-teens try cigarettes for the first time, according to the American Lung Association. A third of these first-timers will end up becoming smokers.

How Is Your Child's Backpack?
The Consumer Product Safety Commission found that in one year, more than 10,000 children ages 5 to 14 see doctors with backpack-related complaints.

How Music Can Help Your Child
A flute or a bow or a drumstick may be just as fine an instrument of success as a bat or ball or racquet.

How to Babyproof Your House
Once your baby begins to walk, you'll need to keep a close eye on your child to protect your roving tot from hazards in the home.

How to Find Good Child Care
A lot of firsts in your child's life will make you smile: first laugh, first step, first word. One first that isn't as appealing is the first day you have to leave your child with someone else.

In Language, Two Is Better Than One

It's Great to Be a Great-Grandparent
Great-grandparents are living ancestors. They're the keepers of family histories and legends. They can also serve as mentors and role models while grandparents are still working.

It's in the Bag: Five Great Lunches for Kids
Fruits and vegetables that are peeled, sliced, or bite-sized are easy to eat.

It's Time to Bench Bad Behavior
Experts say you should look at your child as a kid who happens to be playing sports, and not as an athlete who happens to be a kid.

Keeping Kids Safe at Home
Children have fun exploring, and you can keep them safe by controlling the household terrain.

Lead Poisoning: A 'Must-Know' Guide

Leave No Children on Their Behinds
As concern grows over children's harmful weight, physical education gets less and less emphasis in many schools.

Let Your Children Raise Their Kids
So who's in charge, the parent or grandparent? Experts say it's the parent's job to parent unless grandparents are told otherwise.

Phys Ed: What's Up at Your Child's School?
The new PE focuses on total wellness and developing lifelong health habits rather than just teaching students sports.

Save Your Child From Injuries
Every day, injuries send 25,000 children to emergency rooms. Simple precautions could head off most of those trips.

Set Limits to Keep Your Teen Driver Safe
There are no magic words to make a teen drive like an adult. But by setting rules, parents can make a dramatic difference in preventing crashes.

Take a 'Back in the Day' Tour
Grandchildren really do like learning about how life used to be, even if they don't directly say so.

TV and Toddlers
As the scientific community continues to study how babies and young children grow and develop, the issue of television watching becomes even more complex.

Ways for Working Parents to Tame Stress
As a working parent, do you need some relief from the stress of managing a career and a family?

What to Do When the Family Feels Claustrophobic
There comes a time when even the closest families find themselves too close together.

When a Child’s Tonsils Need to Come Out
While it doesn't take long -- about 20 to 30 minutes -- for an ear, nose and throat specialist to remove a child's tonsils, a tonsillectomy should be recommended only after careful consideration.

When a Reward for Kids Becomes a Bribe
A reward usually doesn't need to be extra large to modify a child's behavior, says a Vermont professor of psychiatry. An extravagant promise, however, "suggests that there's a struggle between parent and child."

When Grandparents Raise Grandkids
More than 3 million American children currently live with grandparents or other relatives. In nearly one-third of these households, grandparents are the primary caregivers.

When Kids Want to Buy, Buy, Buy
Don't argue about cost. Do talk with your children about money management and media messages.

Whole Grains in the Teen Diet
Better health for your teen could be as close as your breadbox. The more whole grains teenagers eat, the leaner they are and the less likely they are to develop diabetes.

Working Mom? Aim for Less Stress
In the United States, 78 percent of all mothers with kids ages 6 to 17 work in paid jobs. Most—including married working moms—also are responsible for child care and housework.