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• How Can Parents Discipline Without Spanking? for Parents

  
  

  Find out what the experts have to say.

• How to Be a Great Babysitter for Teens

  
  

  To be a great babysitter, help children have fun and learn — while still making them follow their parents' rules. Here's how to balance play with keeping order.

• Teaching Your Child Self-Control for Parents

  
  

  Tantrums and outbursts can rile even the most patient parents. Helping kids learn self-control teaches them how to respond to situations without just acting on impulse.

• Temper Tantrums for Parents

  
  

  Temper tantrums range from whining and crying to screaming, kicking, hitting, and breath holding. Get the facts on managing - and preventing - temper tantrums.

• Disciplining Your Child for Parents

  
  

  It's important to be consistent about discipline. If you don't stick to the rules and consequences, kids aren't likely to either. Find out how to vary your approach to fit your family.

• Taming Tempers for Parents

  
  

  Controlling outbursts can be hard for kids - and helping them learn to do so is a tough job for their parents. But just about every child can improve with the right coaching.

• Definition: Inhaler for Teens

  
  

  An inhaler is a device that gets medicine directly into a person's lungs.

• Definition: Corticosteroids for Teens

  
  

  Not all steroids are the bad, muscle-building kind that some athletes take illegally.

• What Are Tendons? for Kids

  
  

  For keeping things together, tendons come in handy!

• Definition: Hormones for Parents

  
  

  Hormones are chemical substances that act like messenger molecules in the body.