Top Five Guidelines To Determine If Your Babysitter Is Too Young

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Some states guidelines indicate that it is acceptable for children as young as 11 to babysit other children, but are they really responsible enough to care properly for your children?Here are the top five guidelines to determine if a babysitter is mature enough to handle the job.

Baby Development

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Find WebMD's comprehensive coverage of baby development/milestones including medical reference, news, pictures, videos, and more.

Babies Can Grow Up to Be Something You May Not Have Expected

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Someone once suggested that prospective parents should take a test before having a baby. If we look at some aspects of parenthood, society and kids today we may agree. Babies are not that easy to get rid of, like say a bad pet--you could be stuck with them for life, and maybe in the hereafter. So co

Smart Ways To Use the iPhone and Apps for Kids

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Sometimes it is great to discover additional ways for doing something. Let's see how you can use your iPhone with kids!

Checklist for a Nanny Interview

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When leaving your children in the hands of another person, you'll want to know that the investment you're making in hiring a nanny is a sound one. To protect this investment, it's necessary to make sure to cover all relevant topics during the interview period with a potential nanny. Getting informed

Non Verbal Communication in Autism

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Often when we think of communication we think about words, speech, vocabulary and conversation. It's easy to forget, since we do it so naturally, that meaningful communication includes so much more than that. In fact, non verbal communication gives us over 70% of the information that we need wh

20/20's "From Russia With Love — Dealing With Difficult Adoptions"

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Soon after bringing home two sisters and a little boy from Russia, the Mulligan family sought help and 20/20 was there documenting their efforts.

Baby Supplements, Asthma, Allergy Linked

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Giving vitamin supplements to infants just might increase their risk of developing asthma or food allergies.

The Child Guard Panda is a Parents New Best Friend

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The Child Guard Panda is a new item designed to electronically watch your child/children while out and about in crowded or open areas. It is a state of the art product that all but eliminates the chance of the child wandering off; or worse yet being abducted. It is come to be known as "the elec

How to Get a Toddler to Sleep Independently

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Getting a toddler to sleep on her own can be challenging for both parent and child. According to Dr. Alan Green, a well known "natural" pediatrician, it is an intimate action for a parent to rock a child to bed. But when the baby grows into a toddler, he needs to learn how to comfort himself to deve

Kids Have Winter Blahs, Too

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As adults, we know what it's like to feel the winter blahs. Sometimes we forget that kids are people, too. If we're feeling the winter blahs, then they probably are as well. Here are a few suggestions that might help to minimize the winter blahs for both kids and parents as well.

Green Tea For ADHD - A Valid Alternative ?

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In Japan, green tea is consumed in vast quantities and with good reason. It is known as a valuable antioxidant and has an enormous number of health benefits ranging from protecting gums to protecting

Timeline of Major U.S. Immigration & Citizenship Laws

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To-Do List For Parents, Written by Kids Just Like Yours and Mine

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Do you wish you knew what your child was thinking about you as a parent? Are you struggling with your confidence as a parent? Do you sometimes feel like you are not doing enough to help your child become a responsible member of society?

Fun Game Tables and the Life Lessons they can Teach your Children

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If you would like your children to be more active and improve their interpersonal skills, then some type of fun game tables may be perfect for your family. See what your options are to decide what wil

Gabriella Madeline. 6 Months

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Thanks so much to these parents for submitting pictures of their children for the baby photo gallery.

Questions To Ask About Parenting Skills

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Parents may say, "No means no." Or, "Because I said so, that's why." You've certainly heard other parents say these things, and you may even have said them yourself. Well, in part they're true and should be enough of a reason for not doing

What to Expect When Your Child Starts School

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Sending your child off for their very first day of school is a nerve wracking experience. So much of their future seems to depend on this single day. There are always doubts about whether or not they are really ready to begin learning, if their mind is ready to absorb knowledge, and if they will mak

Cloning; is it for you?

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A clone of yourself, that sounds like fun; how about a whole family of them?Can you afford this?

Getting Wonderful Infant Portraits

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When your baby is young, he or she is going to transform really rapidly. You should make certain you consider lots of snapshots, but also which you go out for infant portraits at least a handful of times a year in the course of the very first year. Babies can alter nearly daily, and you never wish t