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  • 5 Tips on How to Survive Back-to-School Shopping
    If you are like millions of other time-starved moms, the thought of back-to-school shopping leaves you feeling stressed and wondering how you can possibly get it all done within your budget and in the limited time you have.
  • What Parents Need to Know About Fussy Babies
    Parenting is a difficult job. Knowing what to do in every situation is impossible, especially when it comes to infant feeding.
  • Tips on Choosing a Pediatrician for Your Child
    Many managed-care plans limit your choices. Furthermore, many families will live in several different towns before their children are grown up, making it necessary to choose a new pediatrician more than once.
  • $300 Writing Prize Focuses Kids On Gender Equity
    Harry Potter would be eligible for entry into a contest sponsored by up-and-coming young adult novelist R.J. Nimmo - on one condition.
  • Your Tip for Calming Fussy Babies Could Be a Winner
    If you've found yourself soothing your baby by vacuuming in the dark, taking a car ride at 2 a.m. or singing "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" a cappella, then you're not alone.
  • How Common Is Your Child's Cold?
    The telltale sniffles. Ear infections. Sore throats. Picking up an ailment at school is practically a rite of passage for children nowadays. But it's important that you don't simply brush off these recurring illnesses as normal childhood health problems. A serious underlying disease might be to blame.
  • Putting the Magic Back Into Young Adult Fantasy
    As the market becomes saturated with young adult fantasy books in the "Harry Potter" mold, how long will it be before the genre loses its magic?
  • Help Your Child Learn to Read
    Is your son or daughter having trouble learning how to read?
  • Lay the Groundwork for A Lifetime of Reading
    At school, reading is the essential tool for success in every subject, so it is vital that you lay the proper groundwork for your child.
  • Game, Contest Teach Children Practical Life Skills
    In school, children learn about history, science and the three R's. What they might not learn, however, are practical skills to get them through life's ups and downs.
  • School Violence: A Deadly Pattern Calls for Action
    Are schools safe? Considering the number of tragic events that have occurred at schools across the country in recent years, this is one question every parent, teacher, administrator and community member is having a hard time answering.
  • Get Your Children to Read: Put in a 'Reading Movie'
    Today, children are more interested in television, video games and chatting on the Internet than they are in reading. Many parents probably would say, in fact, that getting a child to pick up a book is a significant challenge.
  • Sleep Experts Conclude That Kids Don't Get Enough Sleep
    A recent National Sleep Foundation poll on children's sleep habits revealed what many sleep experts have suspected for years: Children aren't getting enough sleep.
  • Lions Clubs Encourage Early Childhood Vision Screenings
    Health screenings are a traditional part of the back-to- school season throughout the country. Eye screenings in particular are important for children entering school for the first time, since vision and learning are inextricably linked.
  • Even if you're not, make sure your child's immunizations are
    One thing that never goes out of style is making sure your children are in good health. And the best platform for that is a timely and accurate immunization schedule.
  • Youth Sports Schedules: Alerts Keep Parents in the Know
    When sports and recreation directors make last-minute schedule changes, such as canceling a game due to inclement weather or having to change practice times, they may have to inform several people at the same time. But with limited time to spread the word to players, parents, coaches and officials, some people may miss out.
  • Program Combats Prejudice, Intolerance Among Youth
    In an effort to alleviate prejudices and promote tolerance, Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA) and The Allstate Foundation have created "Youth for Unity," a program designed to teach young people about the advantages of diversity.
  • New Alert System Raises The Bar on School Safety
    A school district in Klein, Texas, isn't waiting for a crisis to occur to see how it fares. Thanks to funds through grants and private sponsorship, the 39,000 students and 35 schools that make up the Klein Independent School District, one of the nation's largest school systems, is trying out a state-of-the-art alert system during the 2005-06 school year.
  • Research Shows Need Exists For After-School Program
    Every day, more than 14 million children in the U.S. are left unsupervised after school. According to experts, that leaves them in danger of becoming victims or perpetrators of crime or delinquent behavior.
  • Tips to Help Your Kids Succeed in School All Year
    Research shows that parental involvement in schools improves student achievement, reduces absenteeism and restores confidence among parents in their children's education.
  • Tips to Help Kids Concentrate in Class
    All of us want our children to succeed in school. But for many kids and teens, concentration in this always-pressured, starved-for-time era can be difficult.
  • Child's Chronic Infections Could Mean Something More Serious
    Trips to the pediatrician are common for children. But if your child has chronic ear infections, sinus infections or bronchitis, it could be a sign of something more serious.
  • Internet Safety Program Combats Online Predators
    While the Internet offers a world of information for kids, it also presents great dangers from online sexual predators.

    Every year, one in five children receives a sexual solicitation or approach over the Internet. With millions of children in chat rooms and sending instant messages, parents must take action to protect their kids.
  • Kids Celebrate Reading
    It's been proven that children who read achieve. They boast higher test scores and recognize letters and numbers more often than their peers who read less often. But getting children to crack open a book sometimes can be the tricky part for parents and teachers.
  • Mommy Second Child
    Since she's been there, done that, what do you get a veteran mom with a new baby?
  • Help Your Child Avoid Smoking
    Maybe your child already smokes. Perhaps you're a smoker and hope your child won't pick up your unhealthy habit. Maybe there is no history of smoking in your family, but you fear that your child's friends might serve as a bad influence.
  • Prosthetic Limbs Help Children
    Parents whose children have lost an arm or leg often blame themselves for the loss. They may feel responsible for the accident or prenatal condition causing amputation. They may worry their child will never be able to have the same experiences as other children.
  • A Weighty Issue: Does Soda Promote Weight Gain?
    As childhood obesity continues to increase, researchers are looking at a link between what kids drink and their expanding waistlines.
  • Program Puts Students On Path to Success
    Parents and teachers at Lexington Elementary School in Monroe, La., feared their school was slipping into mediocrity or worse. Attendance rates and standardized test scores were dipping. Suspensions were rising.
  • Diversity Education Program Addresses Teen Concerns
    With prejudice and violence continuing to cause problems in schools and communities nationwide, studies show many young people have hate-related words used against them at school and are often exposed to hate-related graffiti.

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