All parents need a little advice now and then. Get the lowdown on parenting basics like discipline, homework help, and how to talk to your child about tough subjects, like sex, tobacco, and alcohol. Plus, find out where you can turn for help and support.
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All About Reading
- Creating a Reader-Friendly Home
- Everyday Reading Opportunities
- Finding the Right Read
- Helping Reluctant Readers
- Raising a Summer Reader
- Reading Books to Babies
- Reading Milestones
- Reading Resources
- School-Age Readers
- Story Time for Preschoolers
- Storytelling
- Toddler Reading Time
- Your Child's Handwriting
Learning & Education
- Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorders
- Back to School
- Backpack Safety
- Balancing Academics and Serious Illness
- Getting Involved at Your Child's School
- Help Your Child Get Organized
- Helping Teens Learn to Drive
- Helping Your Child Adjust to Preschool
- Helping Your Gradeschooler With Homework
- Helping Your Teen Decide What to Do After High School
- Helping Your Teen With Homework
- Homework Basics
- Individualized Education Plans (IEPs)
- Talking to Your Child's Preschool Teacher
- What Is ADHD?
- Your Child's Handwriting
Tough Topics
- Am I 'Too Tough' When I Discipline My Kids?
- Amphetamines: What Parents Need to Know
- Becoming a Stepparent
- Caring for Siblings of Seriously Ill Children
- Cocaine & Crack: What Parents Need to Know
- Connecting With Your Preteen
- Cough and Cold Medicine Abuse
- Cyberbullying
- Depressants: What Parents Need to Know
- Developing Your Child's Self-Esteem
- Disciplining Your Child
- Disciplining Your Toddler
- Drugs: What Parents Need to Know
- Ecstasy: What Parents Need to Know
- Encouraging a Healthy Body Image
- Financial Woes? How to Talk to Kids When Money Is Tight
- GHB: What Parents Need to Know
- Helping Kids Cope With Cliques
- Helping Kids Cope With Stress
- Helping Kids Handle Worry
- Helping Your Child Deal With Death
- Helping Your Child Through a Divorce
- Heroin: What Parents Need to Know
- How Can I Teach Kids to Be Smart About Strangers?
- How Do I Handle the Transition When My Husband Returns From War?
- How Do I Help My Kids Deal With My Husband's Deployment?
- How to Talk to Your Child About the News
- If Your Child Is Raped
- Inhalants: What Parents Need to Know
- Ketamine: What Parents Need to Know
- Kids and Alcohol
- Kids and Smoking
- LSD: What Parents Need to Know
- Making the Holidays Less Materialistic
- Marijuana: What Parents Need to Know
- Methamphetamines: What Parents Need to Know
- My Child Is Stealing
- My Son Is Being Deployed; How Do I Help My Other Kids Cope?
- Nicotine: What Parents Need to Know
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
- Preparing Your Child for a Move
- Preparing Your Child for a New Sibling
- Questions and Answers About Sex
- Raising Confident Kids
- Raising a Child With Autism: Paige and Iain's Story
- Rohypnol: What Parents Need to Know
- School Violence and the News
- Sexual Attraction and Orientation
- Talking to Your Child About Drugs
- Talking to Your Child About Menstruation
- Talking to Your Child About Puberty
- Talking to Your Daughter About Puberty
- Taming Tempers
- Teaching Your Child Tolerance
- Telling a Child About Deployment
- Tips for Divorcing Parents
- When Your Teen Is Having a Baby
- When a Parent Goes to War
- When a Pet Dies
Family Life
- 10 Kids' Health Issues to Watch in 2009
- 10 Kids' Health Issues to Watch in 2009 - Full List
- 10 Kids' Health Issues to Watch in 2010
- Allowance Basics
- Am I 'Too Tough' When I Discipline My Kids?
- Balancing Academics and Serious Illness
- Becoming a Father
- Becoming a Stepparent
- Birth of a Second Child
- Bonding With Grandparents
- Breath-Holding Spells
- Camps for Kids With Special Needs
- Caring for Siblings of Seriously Ill Children
- Children's Health Issues to Watch: AIDS: A Push for Prevention
- Children's Health Issues to Watch: Coping With Health Care Costs
- Children's Health Issues to Watch: Drawing the Line Online
- Children's Health Issues to Watch: Giving Babies a Healthier Start
- Children's Health Issues to Watch: Health Care 2.0
- Children's Health Issues to Watch: Keeping Healthy Foods Safe
- Children's Health Issues to Watch: New Safeguards for Kids
- Children's Health Issues to Watch: Obesity: Beyond the Home Front
- Children's Health Issues to Watch: Staying Connected During the Teen Years
- Children's Health Issues to Watch: Tapping Into Stem Cell Potential
- Choosing Child Care
- Choosing and Instructing a Babysitter
- Community Service: A Family's Guide to Getting Involved
- Connecting With Your Preteen
- Disciplining Your Toddler
- Errands Survival Kit
- Getting Kids to Give: Lynda's Story
- Giving Teens a Voice in Health Care Decisions
- Healthy Habits for TV, Video Games, and the Internet
- Helping Teens Learn to Drive
- How Becoming Parents Can Affect Your Relationship
- How Can I Teach Kids to Be Smart About Strangers?
- How TV Affects Your Child
- Internet Safety
- Kids' Health Issues to Watch: Battling the Superbug
- Kids' Health Issues to Watch: A Mobilized Youth Movement
- Kids' Health Issues to Watch: Bullying: Not Just Kids' Stuff
- Kids' Health Issues to Watch: Covering Kids' Health Needs
- Kids' Health Issues to Watch: Dealing With Financial Turmoil
- Kids' Health Issues to Watch: Eye on Obesity – and the Health Problems That Come With It
- Kids' Health Issues to Watch: Food Allergies: Outlawing PB&J
- Kids' Health Issues to Watch: Hoping for Health Care Reform (Finally!)
- Kids' Health Issues to Watch: Keeping Child's Play Safe
- Kids' Health Issues to Watch: Keeping the Sex Talks Going
- Kids' Health Issues to Watch: Lost Childhoods
- Kids' Health Issues to Watch: Obesity: Beyond the Body
- Kids' Health Issues to Watch: Overtraining Little Athletes
- Kids' Health Issues to Watch: Reflecting on Race
- Kids' Health Issues to Watch: Rethinking a Pill for Every Ill
- Kids' Health Issues to Watch: Safer Kids' Stuff on the Horizon
- Kids' Health Issues to Watch: Safer Water and Sanitation for the World
- Kids' Health Issues to Watch: The Growing Reach of Retail Health Care
- Kids' Health Issues to Watch: The Impact of Keeping in Constant Technological Touch
- Kids' Health Issues to Watch: The New Challenges of Immunization
- Leaving Your Child Home Alone
- Making Sense of Medical News
- Making the Holidays Less Materialistic
- Medical Issues in Adoption
- Natural Disasters: How Families Can Help
- Nine Steps to More Effective Parenting
- Parenting Multiples
- Preparing Your Child for a New Sibling
- Rainy Day Fun
- Raising Earth-Friendly Kids
- Road Trip Boredom Busters
- Rules of the Road for Teen Drivers
- Sending Your Child With Special Needs to Camp
- Sibling Rivalry
- Signing Kids Up for Sports
- Staying Healthy While You Travel
- Taking Care of Your Grandchildren
- Taking Your Child to a Therapist
- Talking Politics: What to Say to Your Kids
- Traveling Without Your Child
- When Your Child Outgrows Pediatric Care