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I Failed the Marital Rating Scale

by ParentCo.

I recently came across “The Marital Rating Scale” created by Dr. George Crane, a psychologist from the 1930s. It's exactly what you'd expect.

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How Parental Stress Impacts Kids

by ParentCo.

From the time they are in the womb until they are young adults, our kids can pick up our stress and anxiety.

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Teen Depression: How We Can Help

by ParentCo.

What can we do to help our child – or another – if we suspect depression? Thankfully, there are ways to help.

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How to Spark Your Young Hiker's Imagination

by ParentCo.

To keep you and your family motivated to hit the trail, use these seven questions to spark conversations and imaginations.

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The Final Sex Talk Before Sending My Kids to College

by ParentCo.

The word “consent” needs to be part of the sex talk.

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Easing My Son Off His Seizure Meds

by ParentCo.

It’s been three years since his last seizure, but also three years with the steadying medication coursing through his veins.

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The Beauty We Can Find With the Right Light, and a Little Distance

by ParentCo.

If, like me, you need it, here's the reminder: True beauty is in everything. It's all around us.

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What Being Fierce in Your 40s Really Looks Like

by ParentCo.

I’ve realized that being fierce in your 40s is so much more than Botox and electrolysis.

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8 Ways to Get Your Kids to Eat More Than Just Cheese Puffs

by ParentCo.

In my efforts to get my kids to eat right, I’ve failed more times than I’ve succeeded, but I have succeeded on occasion.

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How Focused Attention Can Help Our Kids Battle Stress and Anxiety

by Sandi Schwartz

With focused attention we can actually change the physical structure of our brain.

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The True Weight of 300 Pounds

by Brynn Burger

More fit people look at me when we're at the park with our kids and their glances to me feel like 1000 pounds of judgment.

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Does Your Kid Have Constant Heel Pain? It Could be Severs Disease

by ParentCo.

Sever’s disease, also known as Calcaneal apophysitis, is the most common cause of heel pain in children.

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5 Ways to Create Intimacy Without Taking Your Clothes off

by Pam Moore

While it’s the rare marriage that thrives without sex, she says there are many ways to be intimate without it.

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Selected Instructions for Helping Non-Babies Fall Asleep (Based on Advice for Babies)

by ParentCo.

It turns out the techniques parents use to get baby to sleep can be more widely applied to ... just about anyone!

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Determined...to Lighten Up

by ParentCo.

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Why Turning Your Clocks Back Gives Your Brain A Boost

by ParentCo.

Getting that spark of natural light first thing in the morning can bring several welcome benefits to our body and mind this time of year.

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When One "Snore" Closes, Another Door Opens

by ParentCo.

People fall apart over money, stress, jobs, lies, but not freaking snoring, unless the issue is of course not about snoring at all.

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Women vs. Other Women and the Myth of the Zero-Sum Game

by Michelle Ridell

While she’s waiting, she begins to question the very worth of this victory: If she’s so triumphant why is she alone?

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The Old Normal, and the Imperative of Self-Defense Training for Women

by ParentCo.

In light of the countless high-profile assault charges recently meted I challenge us, individually, collectively, indivisibly, to say no. To scream no.

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I Asked Navy SEALs and Green Berets For Advice On Surviving Sleep Deprivation – This is What They Said

by ParentCo.

I'd read about how SEAL recruits had to endure the most physically challenging conditions imaginable – including sleep deprivation. Maybe they could help.