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Tween

Helping Your Kids Find Healthy Coping Skills

Rob Harrell, author of the new middle grade novel Wink, shares his advice for helping your kids find healthy outlets for coping.

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Pre-K

Growing Reader

Books & Strategies for Teaching Kids Problem-Solving Skills

These books about problem-solving will help kids learn to create solutions to problems — an important skill in life.

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Tips & Advice

How Raising Boys Has Changed Over Time

Cara Natterson, MD, author of Decoding Boys, discusses how raising boys has changed — and why it's now more important than ever to have conversations with them.

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Tips & Advice

How Becoming a Parent Made Me Understand My Own

Author of Oksana, Behave!, Maria Kuznetsova discusses her Ukrainian mother's superstitions and why she understands them a little more now that she's also a mother.

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Grown-Up Reads

Tips & Advice

Parenting a Dyslexic Child Takes Both Science and Faith

Mother and author of Bless This Mess, Ellen O'Donnell believes that when it comes to parenting, science and spirituality are not at odds with each other.

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Pre-K

Why Pre-Readers Should Get to Enjoy Books Independently (And How to Help Them Learn to Do It)

Empowering young children to spend time independently looking at books positions reading as a source of worthy entertainment, whether or not an adult is available to read aloud.

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Baby & Toddler

Pre-K

Growing Reader

Tween

Nifty Tips for Reading Nonfiction Aloud to Your Child

Nonfiction has a higher value beyond its ability to assist in the writing of school reports or detailing the steps of a science experiment. Today’s nonfiction is sure to stimulate kids’ natural curiosity about the world around them.

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Tips & Advice

6 Modern Books to Help Parents Raising Teen Girls

A spate of new books tackle the topic of girls as they grow into teenagers. Here's a quick guide to what's covered and a look at what parents might be in for.

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Pre-K

How Author Derrick Barnes Prepared His Son for Kindergarten and Beyond

It's summer time, and the “Daddy’s Summer Get-Right Academic Camp” is in full effect.

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Tween

Why It’s Important to Talk To Your Child About Racism and Hate

The ultimate goal is to uplift, support, and affirm each child in an increasingly complicated world, and to send the message that there is no room for hate.

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Pre-K

Growing Reader

7 Beautiful Picture Books to Help Kids Understand Death

Whether it’s the passing of a beloved pet, friend, or loved one, every child has to cope with death at some point. These beautiful picture books will help your child process their sadness and understand why death happens.

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Grown-Up Reads

Why Raising a Screen-Smart Kid Isn’t a Perfect Science

What can we, as parents, do now that screens have taken over our family lives? Julianna Miner, author of Raising a Screen-Smart Kid, shares some insights on how to avoid the bad and take advantage of the good in our constantly connected world.

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