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Monitoring your kids on Facebook? That’s so 2009.

After Friendster came MySpace. By the time Facebook dominated social media, parents had joined the party, too. But the online scene has changed – dramatically, as it turns out – and these days even if you’re friends with your own kids on Facebook, it doesn’t mean you know what they’re doing.

2013/03/18

Dos And Don’ts: Tips For Parents With Tweens

Tweens may have some adult-like skill, but do they have trusted life skills?

2013/02/26

Freezing Your Kids For Golf Money: Terrible or Not Terrible?

As I was combing through the fourth segment of Thursday’s show, searching for quotes about how great a person Brooks Laich is – which was easy because it’s true – to piece together a nice post promoting his new Twitter account, I heard something I literally replayed 10 times because I couldn’t believe it.

2013/02/21

Jukebox Jury: Do Kids Need Their Own Music?

Welcome to Jukebox Jury, our new music debate show where experts face off and a jury of fans decides the winner. THE CASE: If you’ve ever seen a newborn in a onesie emblazoned with a […]

2013/01/25

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To Parents, Youth Sports An ‘Athletic Arms Race’

Shawn Worthy admits he’s a competitive guy — and a competitive parent, sometimes.

2012/11/22

Fewer women are having children and many have less distress because of it, a new study suggests. (Photo by Adam Berry/Getty Images)

Study: More Women Skipping Childbirth, Face Less Distress

An increasing number of American women are exiting their childbearing years without any kids – and many live a more distress-free life than their parenting counterparts.

2012/10/15

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Study: Many Parents Think Drinking Improves Their Parenting

A survey by the U.K. charity — 4Children — highlights a “silent epidemic” in which nearly 700,000 children live with a dependent drinker, and just under a quarter of parents continued to drink as much alcohol as before their baby’s birth and that 17 percent actually increased their consumption.

2012/10/08