Parenting 101 - Answering your kids' questions Posted: 5 months ago by maxy
Asking “why” is one of the most important strategies children have for connecting with their caregivers and learning about the world around them. Here's an informative guide on how to answer it.
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Whyzz answers your kids' questions for you Posted: 11 months ago by maxy
A useful site I came across that really helps you as a parent
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The Answer to the Questions Every Kid Asks Posted: 2 years ago by ricecakesy
Those pesky questions every kid asks, such as "Why is my pee yellow?" or "Why are my hands all wrinkly after I take a bath?" or my favorite, "Why do boys have nipples?"
I do recall asking some of these questions...
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Kids hate clowns, research shows Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
Bad news for Coco and Blinko – British children don't like clowns and even older kids are scared of them. The news that will no doubt have clowns shedding tears was revealed in a poll of youngsters by researchers from the University of Sheffield who examined how to improve the decor of children's wards in hospitals.
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Child-rearing costs $221,000 Posted: 4 months ago by lynxears
It's no secret that raising children can be expensive, but how about nearly a quarter of a million dollars expensive?
A government report released Tuesday says a middle-income family with a child born last year will spend about $221,000 raising that child through age 17.
*and that's not including related costs such as daycare or college*
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10 answers to kid's tricky questions Posted: 3 months ago by makuus
BBC Magazine asked ten questions provided by children in light of the statistic that four out of five parents have been stumped by a questions asked by their child.
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Praise and liar liars: Parenting tips Posted: 2 months ago by lynxears
Author Po Bronson believes that kids today hear too much praise — much of it unearned. "Children today hear so much praise that they have decoded its real meaning," he explains.
In addition to praise, Bronson and Merryman also tackle the subject of why children lie — and what parents can do about it. Lying, Bronson says, is a normal part of development.
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'Not Having Kids' Is the New 'Having Kids' Posted: 4 months ago by Bornbad
The Way We Live Now: Alone. Abandon the kids! Or better yet, don't have the kids in the first place. They're the reason you're broke. And they'll just grow up to hide out in tax havens and rob taco trucks.
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Kids In Mind Posted: 2 years ago by 2manyusernames
Enables adults to determine whether a movie is appropriate for them or their children, according to their own criteria. They use 3 objective ratings for SEX/NUDITY, VIOLENCE/GORE & PROFANITY on a scale of 0 to 10. Messages, discussion topics and more are discussed as well.
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Older dads more likely to have bipolar kids Posted: 1 year ago by Wingnut
Kids born to new dads over 50 are 2.5 times more likely to have bipolar disorder than kids with dads in their mid-20s. Probably has something to do with the overwhelming desire to call their dads "Gramps".
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NJ dad who named kids after Nazis decries removal: "I Love My Little Hitler" Posted: 10 months ago by Bornbad
The father of three children who have names associated with Nazis is accusing the state Division of Youth and Family Services of taking his children under false pretenses and says one of the kids appeared neglected when he saw them last week.
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Teacher accused of leaving her children in car Posted: 3 years ago by smarty1052
Turns out, it was her children, and they had allegedly been there in the car since 8 a.m. Tuesday morning," Johnson said
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The Adventures of Little Batman Posted: 2 years ago by MuppetmakeR
This is the greatest Batman ever, almost the entire cast is little kids, with awesome props, costumes, and even a mini Batmobile! Batman and Robin, The Penguin, The Riddler, Catwoman, The Joker, The Commissioner... ALL KIDS!
You have to watch this! (Part II and III in Comments)
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Foreign policy 101: Teach kids key languages Posted: 1 year ago by muppet
The class is a result of the National Security Language Initiative, introduced by President Bush in 2006 to teach the youngest students Chinese and other foreign languages considered critical to the nation's future security.
"We're going to teach our kids how to speak important languages," he said. One goal, he added, was "to advance America's interests around the world, and defeat this notion about our - you know our bullying concept of freedom by letting people see what we're about."
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Dad arrested for making kids ride in trunk during family road trip Posted: 3 years ago by BrownTrout
An Oregon man on vacation with his family is accused of putting two of his four children in a car trunk because the vehicle was too small to hold all of them. Good thing they didn't bring Grandma!
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Is Conditional Parenting Bad For Children? Posted: 2 months ago by Bingo
Should you love your children unconditionally or should you dole out love only when they behave? Do your children become better adults if you are selective about your approvals – like many of the new parenting advice books say?
Author Alfie Kohn wrote an interesting article for The New York Times wrote about some interesting studies on conditional parenting
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Do kids who are tested frequently learn more than kids who aren't? Posted: 1 year ago by karenben
Psychologists and educators are very interested in these questions, and in the related question: What's the best way to study?
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Obama, McCain talk issues at pastor's forum Posted: 1 year ago by nunkii
If you go to this website on CNN, you can see the discussion! It was set up in a way for each candidate to answer questions that were not typically on the campaign trial of questions. Each candidate had their own time to talk and neither one heard what the other was saying- this was NOT a debate! Check it out- it's VERY interesting to hear the answers from each candidate with the same question being asked!
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Parenting (Pics) Posted: 2 years ago by deepcleanfun
Apparantly,parenting is not so hard..
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Britney Spears seeks parenting advice from Michael Jackson Posted: 2 years ago by 2manyusernames
Please God make this story false.
Britney is allegedly asking Michael "I luuuuv widdle boys" Jackson for parenting advice, adding that he didn't lose custody of his kids.
Britney, you made good money, but you just don't have the kind of money MJ needed to get away with his atrocities.
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Kids Explain Love Posted: 2 years ago by misswinkle
Why do lovers often hold hands?
“They want to make sure their rings don’t fall off because they paid good money for them.” — Gavin, age 8
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