Parenting & Pregnancy
Assessing obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in toddlers
Does your 2-year-old spend hours stacking and restacking books? Does she line up her toys in straight, even rows? Is she rigid about her bedtime routine? If so, your toddler may have Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). According to the Surgeon General, about 0.2 to 0.8 percent of children suffer from OCD, which is considered an anxiety disorder and is characterized by uncontrollable and re... read more
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If you're at term (more than 37 weeks) why not induce labor? You're pregnant, you're miserable, y...read more
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by Samantha Vee
It is NEVER okay to interfere with the natural process of labor and birth. IF you do need to be i...read more
Adolescence
- Raising children to adulthood: Preparing for the rapids of the teen years
- Understanding teens increasing need for privacy
- Unique tensions faced between teenage girls and their moms
- College kids return home for summer: Transitional challenges for kids and parents
- Reducing teen anger requires empathy and independence
- Does competition help or hurt young people?
- Teens views: How I got my parents to listen about bullies
Childbirth & Labor
- Factors to consider in using midwives for home births
- Birth by induction: The increase in induced births
- How to avoid unnecessary operation during childbirth
- Testimonies: Positive birth stories
- What does it mean to have labor induced?
- Is an epidural a wise choice or not
- Preparing your two year old to watch his siblings' birth
Diapering
- Should you use disposable diapers instead of cloth during the holidays?
- Product reviews: Boudreaux's Butt Paste diaper rash ointment
- Assessing infant nursing and diaper products
- The diaper free movement: How to learn baby's elimination cues and never use diapers
- How to prevent diaper rash
- When to talk to your pediatrician about diaper rash
- Product reviews: Tesco My Baby's Ultra Soft Wipes
Teen Challenges
- Testimonies: Loss of a teenaged son
- Understanding but not approving of teens' experimentation with drinking/drugs
- Crystal meth drug slang
- Curfews: Setting and sticking to them
- Talking to your teenager from the teenage's point of view
- Getting along with your daughter's boyfriend...or not
- Teen pregnancy: Statistics and effects
When my husband and I married, we never thought we would have trouble having a baby. Neither of us had ever had any physical p... read more
by Jane Gilgun
Sex education in the schools is controversial. Some parents are for it. Some are against. Still others want to examine the cur... read more
It has been eighteen months now. Eighteen months since I felt those little kicks slow down. Eighteen months since I felt the ... read more
by Amy Weekley
Going to the doctor can be a stressful time for a child, but you can help him get through it calmly and bravely. - Schedule ... read more
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- Adoption
- Finding your way through the maze of adoption: Tips on easing the way
- Employer programs to help with adoption costs
- Testimonies: We adopted a baby from China
- Tips for adopting a baby from China
- Adoption records becoming more open in Texas: Your reactions
- Tips for keeping your adopted child happy during the holidays
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- Adoption
- Is it appropriate for gay couples to adopt children?
- Breaking the adoption language barrier: Should parents learn the child's native language?
- Should adoption by those over age 50 be permitted?
- Southeast Asian adoption: Fad or new reality?
- Should children with AIDS be available for adoption?
- Russian adoption: Over or thriving
