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What's your parenting New Year's resolution?
Maybe it's to finally take your son fishing, or make it to more of your daughter's Little League games. Tell us how you're planning to make 2010 your family's best year yet! Read more...
Three ways to make your New Year's resolutions a reality
You start out with the best of intentions, but research shows that most of us abandon our New Year's resolutions by mid-February. Here's how to avoid the burnout and keep your promises to yourself in 2010. Read more...
Learn to love the long weekend again
Wait, the kids are off school again? They were just off for two weeks! Not to worry. We're here with a one-day survival guide, loaded with ways to keep your kids entertained on Martin Luther King Day. Read more...
Depression, anxiety higher among today's teens, landmark study finds
Today's young adults are five times more likely to suffer from depression, anxiety and stress than they were 70 years ago, a new study finds. An unsettling truth: Parents is getting harder. Read more...
Reliving a nightmare: Parents can suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder after injury to child
Your child was injured -- so why can't you get back to normal? Post-traumatic stress disorder is common among parents, a new study finds. Read more...
Media use exploding among tweens, teens
If your kids aren't sleeping, chances are, they're tuned in, logged in or plugged in to one of the many electronic devices or social networks that, a new study confirms, have come to be as much a part of adolescence as pimples and learners' permits. Read more...
Federal agency recalls Graco strollers, warns of fingertip amputation hazard
The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a voluntary recall Thursday of about 1.5 million Graco brand strollers, warning that the hinges on the canopy pose a risk of fingertip amputation. Read more...
Kids with special needs gain confidence in karate class
One Chicago martial arts instructor is helping kids with special needs gain confidence and leadership skills through karate. Read more...
Want to know what your baby is saying?
Babies don’t come with instruction manuals. But using the Dunston Baby Language system, an Oak Park prenatal massage therapist is teaching new parents that their babies are telling them everything they need to know. Read more...
Video interview with "Super-Manny" Mike Ruggles
Mike Ruggles, a Chicago family therapist, is the star of an episode of ABC's "Super-Manny" airing Jan. 29. We sat down with this smooth-headed softie to talk about the show, his newfound fame and his own family plans. Read more...
