Tablets, Transitions, and Tantrums

by Carrie Howe

Transitioning out of screen time doesn't always go so well. Luckily there's plenty of research to help ease the turmoil.

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Who Will Teach Our Kids Sex Ed?

by ParentCo.

Is the combination of social media and online pornography becoming the new sex ed?

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A Timeline for When Kids Should Master Basic Kitchen Skills

by ParentCo.

There are real benefits to cooking with kids, for you and for them. Here's a timeline of developmental cooking milestones for kids.

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Questions to Ask Your Kids: If Aliens Came to School...

by ParentCo.

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What Do Your Girl Scout Cookie Choices Say About You?

by ParentCo.

Trefoils or Thin Mints? The Unofficial, Un-scientific, Definitive Guide to Your Girl Scout Cookie Choices.

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I Worry About Teaching My Son About Music

by ParentCo.

I’m not worried about teaching my kid to eat healthy foods. I feel confident about teaching my son to read. But teaching my son about music does worry me.

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But When?

by ParentCo.

Every answer to this question means another milestone, another growth spurt, another step my daughter takes away as she finds her footing in this world.

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5 Characters I’d Dress My Daughter As For World Book Day

by ParentCo.

And there's not a willowy whiner in the lot.

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Kiddle, the New Kid-Friendly Search Engine Not Great for Anatomy Lessons

by ParentCo.

Finally a place for our kids to safely navigate online research for school reports and their endless barrages of questions we can't answer. Well, unless those questions are about anatomy. (Or Paris Hilton.)

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5 Great Books For Storytime As Winter Winds Down

by ParentCo.

There’s little better than staying inside with a good book or two. Here are five wintery books that we've enjoyed this year.

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PBS to Launch New 24 Hour Streaming Network for Kids

by ParentCo.

Just like grownups, kids now watch their favorite shows when and where they want them - not necessarily when they were originally programmed.

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Links We Love This Week (2/19/16)

by ParentCo.

You’ve been busy this week. Here’s our round up of the interesting parts of the internet.

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Can You See A Color if You Don't Know Its Name? Ask a Baby.

by ParentCo.

A new study shows that infants aged between 5 and 7 months categorize colors, even before they can use language.

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New Harry Potter Book Drops This Summer

by ParentCo.

NEW HARRY POTTER BOOK COMING IN JULY!!

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Students Perform Better When They See Nature Outside

by ParentCo.

New research shows that students perform better and recover from stress faster in a classroom with a view of green nature outside.

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Links We Love This Week (2/5/16)

by ParentCo.

You’ve been busy this week. Here’s our round up of the interesting parts of the internet.

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Milo the Robot Helps Kids With Autism Spectrum Disorder

by ParentCo.

Milo the humanoid robot was developed to help kids with Autism Spectrum Disorder engage, learn and navigate life.

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Only Known Jaguar in the U.S. Aptly Named "El Jefe" By Schoolchildren

by ParentCo.

Conservationists have released video footage of the only known jaguar in the U.S. In a 2015 nationwide contest, schoolchildren aptly named him El Jefe.

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What to Expect from the New SAT

by ParentCo.

The NEW SAT comes in March 2016 – are you ready?

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Think You're Sharing Safely On Instagram? Maybe Not.

by ParentCo.

I consider myself among the tech-savvier of my friends. Yet, I had no idea until recently that hundreds of photos I'd shared on Instagram had essentially converged to form a heat map of my most frequented haunts. The top hit? (Wait for it...) My house.

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Review: The Tea Party in the Woods, by Akiko Miyakoshi

by ParentCo.

There’s one book that you should keep your eyes out for this winter: The Tea Party in the Woods, by Akiko Miyakoshi. It’s a wonderful, heartfelt story

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30 Years Ago Today the Space Shuttle Challenger Exploded Before the Eyes of a Nation

by ParentCo.

Not more than a minute after launch, just ten miles above earth, space shuttle Challenger exploded before the eyes of a nation, killing everyone on board.

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Interview With Entrepreneur and Water Rights Advocate Jenneth Fleckenstein

by ParentCo.

An interview with Jenneth Fleckenstein of Clear Water Filtration about healthy home water and her advocacy work for clean water in Honduras and Haiti.

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The Benefits of "Because I Said So"

by Carrie Howe

I begin this post with an apology to my mother for the millions of times the words “I don’t want to” came out of my mouth.

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