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5 Ways to Make Tough Conversations with Kids Easier

5 Ways to Make Tough Conversations with Kids Easier

Whatever the topic, these suggestions from experts will make your big talk go more smoothly.

How to Tell Kids About Cancer

How to Tell Kids About Cancer

When tough stuff happens, it’s important to talk about it together. Here’s how one mom told her kids about her cancer diagnosis.

How to Tell Kids You're Moving

How to Tell Kids You're Moving

One mom shares how she told her two children they'd be moving and got over her fears of uprooting her family.

Research Finds This Trait Is Linked to Your Kid's Academic Success

Research Finds This Trait Is Linked to Your Kid's Academic Success

Such an underrated quality.

20 Books That Encourage Empathy

20 Books That Encourage Empathy

Looking for books to help build emotional intelligence in your child? Check out our age-by-age guide—and head to your local library for these classics.

New Study Says You Shouldn't Call Your Kids Smart. What?!?

New Study Says You Shouldn't Call Your Kids Smart. What?!?

Are we damaging our kids by telling them they are smart? A new study says yes!

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10 Activities to Improve Your Toddler's Development

10 Activities to Improve Your Toddler's Development

Encourage cognitive and language development with these fun, everyday learning activities.

Why Art and Creativity Are Important

Why Art and Creativity Are Important

Want your child to get the most out of making art? Let her create in her own way at her own pace.

8 Toddler Learning Activities

8 Toddler Learning Activities

Everyday Toddler Lessons

Everyday Toddler Lessons

How Toddlers Really Think: Understanding and Reasoning 101

How Toddlers Really Think: Understanding and Reasoning 101

First Friends: Toddlers and Stuffed Animals

First Friends: Toddlers and Stuffed Animals

Researchers Studied Highly Gifted Kids for 45 Years—Here's What They Found

Intelligence matters, according to a massive longitudinal study that looked at gifted kids over the course of their lifetimes.

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Too Much Screen Time May Impact Brain Development in Kids

Too Much Screen Time May Impact Brain Development in Kids

This Eager Little Girl Trying to Make Oatmeal Is Every Kid Who Takes Directions Too Literally

This Eager Little Girl Trying to Make Oatmeal Is Every Kid Who Takes Directions Too Literally

Adorably Stubborn Toddler's Argument with Dad About Counting Goes Viral

Adorably Stubborn Toddler's Argument with Dad About Counting Goes Viral

'Diary of a Wimpy Kid' Author Jeff Kinney Has Some Great Advice for Raising a Reader

'Diary of a Wimpy Kid' Author Jeff Kinney Has Some Great Advice for Raising a Reader

3 Ways to Raise a Caring Toddler

3 Ways to Raise a Caring Toddler

Take It From a Family Who JUST Lost a Pet: This Research About Kids' Grief Will Help

Take It From a Family Who JUST Lost a Pet: This Research About Kids' Grief Will Help

Are You Expecting Too Much From Your Toddler?

Are You Expecting Too Much From Your Toddler?

LOL Video Shows Adorable Kid Taking Coach's Words Way Too Literally

LOL Video Shows Adorable Kid Taking Coach's Words Way Too Literally

This Little Boy’s 'Wrong' Answer Reminds Us What’s Really Important in Life

This Little Boy’s 'Wrong' Answer Reminds Us What’s Really Important in Life

Can More Motherly Love at a Young Age Make Your Kids Smarter?

Can More Motherly Love at a Young Age Make Your Kids Smarter?

Lying Is a Sign of Healthy Development in Kids (Yes, Really!)

Lying Is a Sign of Healthy Development in Kids (Yes, Really!)

Could a Raisin Predict How Smart Your Child Will Be?

Could a Raisin Predict How Smart Your Child Will Be?

Teaching Kids to Set the Table

Teaching Kids to Set the Table

A Matter of Time: Teaching Kids How to Tell Time

A Matter of Time: Teaching Kids How to Tell Time

Math Games for Your Toddler

Math Games for Your Toddler

The Power of Pretend Play

The Power of Pretend Play

Make Learning Math Fun

Make Learning Math Fun

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Cultivating an Ear for Music

Cultivating an Ear for Music

How Little Ones Learn

How Little Ones Learn

Teaching Grownup Grooming Skills

Teaching Grownup Grooming Skills

Why Tots Love to Experiment

Why Tots Love to Experiment

Encouraging the Young Painter

Encouraging the Young Painter

Toddlers: An Intellectual Timeline

Toddlers: An Intellectual Timeline

Media-Minded: How to Introduce Technology to Young Kids

Media-Minded: How to Introduce Technology to Young Kids