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3 Steps Fathers Can Take to Become Better Role Models
— When you think about achieving success, your career probably comes to mind. While climbing the pay scale, receiving a promotion, and gaining the admiration of your colleagues are all laudable goals, there are other areas in life that deserve the same concentrated effort. Many men make the mistake of assuming that paternal instincts will…
Fatherhood: Top 10 Things First Time Dads Must Have
When it comes to expecting a baby, a lot of people focus on the mother, giving her advice and checklists on what she should do to prepare for the big day. Not that many take some time to look at the dads-to-be.
When it comes to expecting a baby, a lot of people focus on the mother, giving her advice and checklists on what she should do to prepare for the big day. Not that many take some time to look at the dads-to-be.
10 Fun Activities to Do With Your Kids
Being a father doesn't have to be difficult.
Being a father doesn’t have to be difficult.
We Need To Talk About Body Image With Our Kids Early and Often
Here are a few ways we can help kids develop a healthy body image.
Here are a few ways we can help kids develop a healthy body image.
Text Messages to Parents Can Help Boost Children’s Reading Skills
Providing text-message tips to parents on how to make their children stronger readers can make a difference, but only if parents don't get too many or too few text messages, researchers find.
Providing text-message tips to parents on how to make their children stronger readers can make a difference, but only if parents don’t get too many or too few text messages, researchers find.
For the Parents of Gender-Nonconforming Kids, a New Approach to Care
The signs might be there. But parents and clinicians will still wonder if there's some foolproof way to determine whether their children are actually trans. There isn't one – and that's okay.
The signs might be there. But parents and clinicians will still wonder if there’s some foolproof way to determine whether their children are actually trans. There isn’t one – and that’s okay.
How Do You Find Your Parenting Tribe? [Video]
If it takes a village to raise a child (it does), where the heck do you find this tribe?
If it takes a village to raise a child (it does), where the heck do you find this tribe?
What Teenagers Need To Know About Cybersecurity
A cybersecurity expert offers tips to keep high schoolers safe on mobile devices, computers, games and social media.
A cybersecurity expert offers tips to keep high schoolers safe on mobile devices, computers, games and social media.
Are You Raising Robots? Or Critical Thinkers?
When children begin contemplating these issues on their own, kids often begin with a black-or-white, all-or-nothing perspective.
When children begin contemplating these issues on their own, kids often begin with a black-or-white, all-or-nothing perspective.
Do You Let Your Kids See You Cry? [Video]
How do you deal with grief in front of your children? Or do you hide it away?
How do you deal with grief in front of your children? Or do you hide it away?
Is There Such a Thing as a Stress-Free School Lunch? Here’s How to Pack One
Nutrition is a key part of learning, but it's often hard to get students to eat a healthful lunch. It can be even harder to pack one. Here are some nutritional and organizational tips.
Nutrition is a key part of learning, but it’s often hard to get students to eat a healthful lunch. It can be even harder to pack one. Here are some nutritional and organizational tips.
What is Healthy Co-Parenting?
Here are 12 of the most important characteristics of healthy co-parenting.
Here are 12 of the most important characteristics of healthy co-parenting.
Why It Matters That Teens Are Reading Less
In 1980, 60 percent of 12th graders said they read a book, newspaper or magazine every day for pleasure. By 2016, only 16 percent did.
In 1980, 60 percent of 12th graders said they read a book, newspaper or magazine every day for pleasure. By 2016, only 16 percent did.
Are Your Lofty Goals Actually Holding You Back? [Video]
Do you feel like you didn’t get anything done today?
Do you feel like you didn’t get anything done today?
Back to School Challenges as a Divorced Dad
The end of the summer and beginning of school can trigger this single father's depression.
I’m sad sometimes about the amount of time I have lost of my kids’ childhoods. I long some days for them to be 5 and 7 again and be loving, cuddling little beings. But they are teenagers heading back to high school. I find myself getting depressed as school starts back up for my children.