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Get to Know Your Child’s Imaginary Friends

Get to Know Your Child’s Imaginary Friends

You might be aggravated – or amused – by your child's imaginary friends. But researchers say these "playmates" help kids sort through feelings, socialize, understand others and more. Here's how to understand the invisible pals in your child's life.
Teach Your Child How to Ride a Bike

Teach Your Child How to Ride a Bike

Learning to ride a bicycle is a big milestone in any child's life. Here, from a local expert, are some tips for helping to teach your son or daughter how to master their first real form of transportation.
Parenting Gold: 20 Award-Winning Products That Bring Out Your Parenting Best

Parenting Gold: 20 Award-Winning Products That Bring Out Your Parenting Best

Our 2011 National Parenting Publications Awards for Parenting Resources feature books, gear, web sites and more to make your parenting lives easier. Here, we list the 20 gold-winning products. For all of this year's winners, visit NAPPAawards.com.
New Warnings About the Sun and Tanning

New Warnings About the Sun and Tanning

Despite years of warnings about the sun, tanning beds and skin cancer, Americans continue to stay outside too long without enough sunscreen, and many adolescents and adults are using tanning beds. Here's an updated look at a continuing problem.
Local Doctor Helps Parents Understand Their Babies

Local Doctor Helps Parents Understand Their Babies

Kevin Nugent, Ph.D, director of the Brazelton Institute at Children's Hospital, Boston, has become an expert in interpreting the language of babies. He has written a new book to help parents decode and understand the behavior of their infants.
Birthing in the Bay State: Trends and News

Birthing in the Bay State: Trends and News

Our annual look at pregnancy and childbirth in Massachusetts explores free-range childbirth, traditional baby names, re-purposing baby gear and the state's distinction of having the most twins and the oldest first-moms in the nation.