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Posted on Feb 4, 2012 By April Jones Law
1. Resolve conflicts without putting kids in the middle. This requires being objective about your children's needs (and not confusing them with your own) and compromising when the situation ...
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Posted on Feb 3, 2012 By April Jones Law
It is time to look past winter and start planning for your spring break with your blended family. This is the best time of all, as our younger kids and step kids are off from school, and our college ...
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Posted on Feb 3, 2012 By April Jones Law
Children do better in life if both parents remain involved in their lives following divorce. And nonresidential parents--the parents that the children don’t live with--are "single ...
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Posted on Feb 2, 2012 By April Jones Law
Cooperative co-parenting with your ex can give your children continued stability and close relationships with both parents—but it certainly isn’t easy. In reality, putting aside ...
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Posted on Jan 31, 2012 By April Jones Law
If you total every expense from child care and health care to groceries and recreation, the first 18 years of a child's life can cost a small fortune -- $190,528 to be exact. Child care alone can ...
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Posted on Jan 26, 2012 By April Jones Law
If you total every expense from child care and health care to groceries and recreation, the first 18 years of a child's life can cost a small fortune -- $190,528 to be exact. Child care alone can ...
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Posted on Jan 26, 2012 By April Jones Law
Have you ever done something really stupid or without thought that directly affected one of your kids? It could have been something very minor, or something that potentially impacts them for the rest ...
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Posted on Jan 25, 2012 By April Jones Law
Actress Halle Berry is taking Gabriel Aubry, her ex-boyfriend and the father of her only child, to court over charges of child endangerment and battery. The incident involves the couple's ...
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Posted on Jan 24, 2012 By April Jones Law
Remember that old Saturday Night Live character " Pat ," whose gender was impossible to decipher? It prompted everyone who encountered him/her to ask polite, yet pointed questions in an ...
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Posted on Jan 4, 2012 By April Jones Law
No matter how big the toothless smiles, how many toys are packed into the playroom, how perfect the family holiday photo seems, many children experience some kind of stress while they are growing up ...
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Posted on Jan 3, 2012 By April Jones Law
My kid' nice to everyone — but me "She's such a sweet kid!" That's my six-year-old's teacher talking at our parent-teacher conference the other week. My husband kicks ...
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Posted on Jan 2, 2012 By April Jones Law
After years of hoping, planning and waiting, Anne Schaeffer finally held her adopted son in her arms – and breast-fed him. Once upon a time, adoptive breast-feeding, or induced lactation, was ...
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Posted on Dec 31, 2011 By April Jones Law
A San Jose mother accused of tossing her toddler son out a second-story apartment window on Christmas Day has been charged with child abuse and child endangerment. Santa Clara County prosecutors say ...
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Posted on Dec 31, 2011 By April Jones Law
Toddlers who have poor relationships with their moms are more likely to pack on extra pounds as they grow up, a new U.S. study shows. Tracking nearly 1,000 kids into their teens, researchers found ...
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Posted on Dec 29, 2011 By April Jones Law
10 Worst Things Parents Do to Ruin Kids’ Social Lives Let’s face it, friends play an enormous part of our children’s self-esteem and success quotient for life. I’m often asked ...
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Posted on Dec 28, 2011 By April Jones Law
It’s become readily apparent that my children are growing up faster than I can grab a handbook and immediately tackle any given parenting situation. Recently my 7-year-old has been actively ...
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Posted on Dec 27, 2011 By April Jones Law
Ah, the joys of raising our next generation! Frankly, I can’t imagine any other job that is more challenging and rewarding, frustrating and joyous than parenting . It’s perhaps the most ...
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Posted on Dec 27, 2011 By April Jones Law
2011 was a year of kindness and controversy, victory and vehemence. As many Americans struggled to make ends meet, we witnessed many fine (and some not so fine ) examples of parents at their best and ...
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Posted on Dec 21, 2011 By April Jones Law
Keep In Touch Just because your grandchildren aren't reaching out to you doesn't mean they don't want to be in touch —and those once-a-year holiday visits or birthday phone calls ...
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Posted on Dec 17, 2011 By April Jones Law
A writer at Newsweek wrote last year about how her son - and the general state of being that is motherhood - is torturing her. Then a writer at Jezebel responded to the story with something very close ...
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Posted on Dec 16, 2011 By April Jones Law
A well-meaning father grapples with how to set limits. What he learned could change how you raise your kids . At the dinner table, Henry asked me if we were going to what he called "The Spanish ...
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Posted on Dec 14, 2011 By April Jones Law
A stupid lie ruins your credibility, but a smart one keeps the kids happy and healthy. You know to stick to the truth, but here's where it pays to be creative. When They Wouldn't Understand ...
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Posted on Dec 12, 2011 By April Jones Law
Active involvement is needed at an early age to get children acquainted with proper dinner table manners and etiquette. Some parents prefer to wait but the fact is that the earlier etiquette education ...
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Posted on Dec 10, 2011 By April Jones Law
We have been there, seen it and done it all, but nothing can reduce the stress of parenting a toddler. It’s the same story day after day though each new morning brings in new stress causes. ...
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Posted on Nov 27, 2011 By April Jones Law
There is an enormous need to emphasize sensitivity in co-parenting. Maxine's family has lived with the blessings and challenges of a blended family for over thirty years. She brings to her writing ...
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