How Much Sugar is in Your Child's Fruit Drinks?

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Researchers in the UK have found the sugar levels in children's fruit drinks to be "unacceptably high."

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Parent Co. Daily News For Parents 3/23/16

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What we're reading around the web.

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Tips for Traveling with Your Kid's Sports Team

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How My Son Taught me to Get Outside this Winter

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Questions to Ask Your Kids: Who Made You Smile Today?

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5 Myths of Family Time

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Family visits bring us closer, right? RIGHT? Let's examine the myths and realities of togetherness.

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Why Moms Support Hillary While Daughters Back Bernie

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There is a sharp generational divide between mothers and daughters and who they support in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.

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Antibiotics Before Age 2 Increases Risk of Childhood Obesity

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"Our work supports the theory that antibiotics may progressively alter the composition and function of the gut microbiome"

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The Memories That Stick and Those We Trade For New Ones

by Julia Pelly

I was shocked that my mother had forgotten so many details of my birth. But after I had my son, I realized there was so much I too had forgotten.

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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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The Surprising Numbers Behind the Decline of Kids' Team Sports

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It’s not just Little League - about half of American children don’t participate in any team sport

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Build With Virtual LEGOs in Google Chrome (Kinda like Minecraft)

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Who Will Teach Our Kids Sex Ed?

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

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3 Stories That Can Help When the News is Scary

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Helping kids navigate scary news is a heartbreaking task. Our friends at Sparkle Stories have some tools to help.

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How Does Oxytocin Impact Mother-Child Bonding?

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A new study examines the impact of oxytocin levels on mother-child bonding, and what it might mean for baby's healthy development.

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"What Is Missing From the Parenting Conversation"

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How Do You Spell Happiness? "B-R-I-B-E"

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I couldn't allow my daughter to keep failing at school. There was one thing that I hadn't tried yet: the bribe.

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A Timeline for When Kids Should Master Basic Kitchen Skills

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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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5 things every kid should know at the start of Little League season

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Follow these instructions to get your child on the fast track to fun on the little league diamond this spring. This is for parents who don’t know much about baseball, but want to help their kids get off on the right foot.

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The Kids Are Not Alright: Why Happiness is Declining Among Teens

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Why is happiness among teens steadily declining, and what can we do about it?

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via Vox: 9 times Mister Rogers said exactly the right thing

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Why I Want to be a Good Enough Parent

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I know what kind of parent I try to be: patient, thoughtful, easygoing, and joyful. And patient. I know I already wrote that. But my number one priority and desire for my parenting style is to be patient.

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Supporting my 8-Year-Old Through Gender Transition

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