Newborn and Baby: Month 11
Every time you turn around there is something else you need to do or
another late night call from baby. Fatigue is part of the first year of
life, but there are some tricks to help you feel better throughout the
day.
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Newborn and Baby: Month 12
This month you will spend quite a bit of time planning baby's firstbirthday party. Take some time to look back on the past 12 months. Youbrought a tiny human being home from the hospital ' completely dependent on you for everything.
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Parenting Styles: Permissive Parenting
Permissive parenting is a term coined by Diana Baumrind, a
developmental psychologist. Baumrind coined the phrase as one of three
major parenting styles.
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Parenting Styles: Helicopter Parenting
The term helicopter parenting is thought to have been originally used by college admissions offices to describe parents who played an overactive role in the admissions process.
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Number of Stay-at-Home Moms on the Rise
The number of mothers who stay at home rather than hold jobs outside the home has risen significantly in the past 15 years.
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Donor Conception: How and When to Tell Your Child
Dr. Madeline Feingold is a clinical psychologist specializing in reproductive medicine. She frequently discusses with couples how and when to tell a child that its conception involved donated genetic materials.
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2014 Pregnancy Trend Predictions
An investigation of online chatter about pregnancy and babies reveals the following trends settling in for 2014.
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Delicious Baby Aroma Encourages Mom's Bonding
The almost-universal cry of mothers upon cuddling a newborn baby - thatthe baby smells good enough to eat - is more than just delight andaffection. It's a very real neurological response that can be tracedusing brain imaging scans.
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Budgeting for Baby One Trimester At a Time
The financial wizards at Money Magazine suggest approaching a baby budget like a pregnancy, one trimester at a time.
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Avoiding Adolescent Pregnancy in African-American Youth
Parenting style may play an important part in preventing early
pregnancy and reducing risky sexual behavior in African-American youth,
according to a study published in the Journal of Adolescent Health.
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Parenting Styles: Authoritative Parenting
Authoritative parenting, as described by developmental psychologist
Diana Baumrind, is considered a democratic approach to parenting
children.
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Parenting Styles: Authoritarian Parenting
The authoritative parent tends to be highly demanding, but offers little love and nurturing; this can lead to prolonged social implications.
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Budgeting for a Child: Common Mistakes New Parents Make
Having a child is an exciting and life-changing experience, but the
hectic nature of the preparations can leave some parents in the dark
about the actual costs of raising a baby.
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Babies Born to Emotionally Distant Dads Face Tough First Year
Paul Raeburn's book highlights the lack of scientific research on the father-child connection and confirms the value of this relationship.
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Ways To Make Doctor Visits More Effective
This list involves things parents can do before and during face-to-face time with a pediatrician that will help the doctor make a speedy, accurate diagnosis and get the child feeling better quickly.
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Parents: Put Down Your Devices
A pediatrician and a psychologist fear our children may pay the ultimate price of tech-savvy parents.
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SAHM: Time for a New Label?
The term "stay-at-home mom" is outdated according to Ester Bloom, a contributor to the Slate magazine. She's not enthusiastic about housewife, either, preferring instead the word homemaker.
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Dads Turn Baby Time into Personal Fitness Routines
Two fathers, in particular, have turned their baby time into personal fitness routines that benefit dad while entertaining baby. These fathers have even turned their baby-inspired workouts into books.
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40% of Infants Without Strong Parental Attachments
The emotional attachment a child develops for his or her parents by the age of 3 can be a valuable marker for how well the child will fare emotionally, socially, and academically later in childhood.
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First Five Years of Fatherhood Risky for Depression
The study finds that young men, especially those that live in the same home as their new baby, are at significant risk of developing depression during the first five years of fatherhood.
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Childcare: What is a Nanny?
In today's culture, a nanny is hired to provide child and home carethat varies widely from one assignment to the next. Some nannies live in the home with parents, while others report to work each day on aregular schedule just as they would any other job.
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Help or Be a Helper: Which Word Choice Motivates Kids?
A team of psychologists says choosing the right word when asking for help from a child makes a difference.
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Violent Relationships During Pregnancy May Cause Difficulty Parenting
If your relationship was rocky and violent during pregnancy, you are less likely to adopt a good parenting style after the baby is born, according to a new study.
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Male and Female Involvement in the Birth Process
How involved are men in the birth and child-rearing process? Researchers in Spain recently completed a study published in the Journal of Clinical Nursing in an attempt to answer that question.
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Baby Monitors: Selling Fear or True Protection?
Critics say baby monitors do little more than let you know if your baby is asleep or awake, in spite of the emotional marketing strategies that surround them.
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Parenting Style Influenced by Genetics
A team of researchers at Michigan State University (MSU) has conducted an in-depth study of parenting styles and concluded it has about as much to do with genetics as it does family tradition.
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Why More Dads are Staying Home with the Kids
Some dads choose to stay home with the kids simply because they want to, while others are home because of health reasons, unemployment, or other economic issues.
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Parenting Styles: Positive Parenting
The idea behind this parenting style is to raise children who listen, accept constructive criticism and respond to expectations and discipline with attentiveness and open conversation.
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The Effect of Advanced Parental Age on Parenting
When I was in school, nearly all of my peers had parents that were generally the same age. I remember one classmate who did not fall into that group. Her father was in his late 60s when she was a senior in high school.
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Bad Parenting: When Should I Step In?
There are limits to confronting parents about their parenting choices. Just because a parent does not believe in the disciplinary style you believe in does not mean they are putting their children at risk – and that’s what’s truly important – risk.
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Gay And Lesbian Pregnancy and Parenting
Gay and lesbian pregnancy pose some different and difficult questions. Below are common topics discussed between gay or lesbian couples with regard to conceiving and parenting a child.
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Is Pregnancy Different for Moms?
That first
pregnancy is an experience that can never be repeated. You approached
parenthood with a novice set of eyes. Every experience was a new
experience, every pain a new pain and every stress was a new stress.
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Is Maternal Instinct Real?
There are experts who believe maternal instinct is not a genetic, basic
drive at all, but rather a learned behavior developed during pregnancy
and infancy via hormonal changes and close bonding.
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Older Parenting - Killing Generations
Older parents are just as capable of giving birth to and raising
children, but what does pushing that parenting clock do to the
foundation of a child’s life. Is older parenting killing generations?
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Are You Defined by a Parenting Style?
The idea of describing a set of parents based on a set of pre-determined
characteristics is not a new concept, though the need to define parents
and place them into parenting style categories is a modern ploy.
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How Early is Too Early to Talk About Personal Body Parts?
One late
fall afternoon, a coffee shop was booming. The line of patrons waiting
to order espressos, lattes and cappuccinos stretched out the door and
around the corner. A couple with a small child took their place at the
end of the line.
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