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Top 10 Parenting Mistakes- Children, Infants, Toddlers
Parenting a child isn't easy. Explore the top 10 mistakes that new parents make. Discover newborn parenting tips for...
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Parenting Guide: Healthy Principles That Work
Good parenthood isn't magical. It takes learning, dedication, and hard work. Learn how to set rules, offer love, and discipline...
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Parenting: Baby Proofing Essentials
Learn how to keep curious fingers away from everyday hazards in your home. This WebMD slideshow helps you see where you need to...
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Life After Baby Arrives: What You Didn't Realize
What are surprises new parents when they bring a baby home? Learn about infant sleep, getting help, adult relationships, and...
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What Are the Disadvantages of a Single-Parent Family?
As a single parent, you will have more things to look after, from finances to the house and kids. You may have to multitask your way through the day. This can affect both you and your children.
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What Are the Qualities of a Good Parent?
While every child has individual needs, authoritative parenting strategies will benefit almost every child. Parents should express love and affection, set limits, and maintain a cordial relationship with their kids.
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What Are the Advantages of a Single-Parent Family?
Children in a single-parent family can be just as happy as those in a two-parent family. You can build a great relationship with your child and make them an independent individual.
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Good parenting helps foster empathy, honesty, self-reliance, self-control, kindness, cooperation, and cheerfulness, says Steinberg, a distinguished professor of psychology at Temple University in Philadelphia. It also promotes intellectual curiosity, motivation, and desire to achieve. It helps protect children from developing anxiety, depression, eating disorders, antisocial behavior, and alcohol and drug abuse.
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What Are a Father’s Roles and Responsibilities in Parenting?
The role of fathers in modern households has significantly changed. A father's responsibilities in parenting include supporting the family, acting as an authority figure, being trustworthy and fostering their childrens' cognitive development.
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How Do I Know if Something Is Wrong With My Baby?
Here are 15 warning signs that may indicate something is wrong with your baby and that they need medical attention.
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What Age Is Hardest to Parent?
A recent survey showed that parents of 12- to 14-year-old teens had a harder time than parents of toddlers, elementary school children, high school children, and adult children.
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How Can Parents Control Their Anger Towards Their Children?
As a parent, when you learn how to control or manage your anger in a healthy way, you can teach children how to handle their anger better too.
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What 5 Qualities Make a Good Dad?
Your parenting will have a real effect on what kind of grown-up your child becomes. The five qualities that make a good dad are that they are involved, encourage independence, discipline appropriately, work with the other parent and they are financially responsible.
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What Mistakes Do New Parents Make?
All new parents do their best to take care of their babies and toddlers. But no matter how prepared you feel, you’re still learning along the way. Use these tips to avoid nine common mistakes new parents make.
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