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Making a tough talk easier for both of you

Making a tough talk easier for both of you

By Wendy Donahue, Tribune Newspapers

What's the best time and place to have a serious, and possibly uncomfortable, discussion with your child?  Read more...

 

Friday for family? Rabbi wants you to make it a date.

By Amanda Knowles, McClatchy/Tribune News

If the only way you interact with your children is through text messages and Facebook chats as they sit in their bedroom one floor above...  Read more...

Eggs and salmonella: What you need to know

By Shari Roan, Los Angeles Times

Can you hear me now? More teens can't

By Thomas H. Maugh II, Los Angeles Times

When kids cross the gender divide

By Nara Schoenberg, Tribune Newspapers

Kids may spoil the fun

By Heidi Stevens, Tribune newspapers

Is it fair to spend more on one child?

By Wendy Donahue, Tribune Newspapers

Capsule: The five-second rule

By Julie Deardorff, Chicago Tribune

Modern Moms

If you suffer from PMS, perhaps a spa day will do the trick

Have PMS? Perhaps a spa day will do the trick

Finding a way to de-stress may reduce the severity of PMS symptoms, a new study suggests.

Heavy Mothers, Heavy Children

Heavy Mothers, Heavy Children

Women who gain too much weight during pregnancy have big babies, putting their children at risk of becoming heavy later on, a new study...

In Your Face Fitness: This magazine cover is not a health guide

In Your Face Fitness: This magazine cover is not a health guide

A blueberry weight-loss phenomenon. A soap that shrinks cellulite. Publishers want you to buy this advice, but the old truth remains. You...

For Fathers

Fanatics find ways to balance football and family

Fanatics find ways to balance football and family

For Carrie Crist, the close relationship she enjoys with her mother, Janice, was forged in part by their shared passion for all things...

Few men warned of fertility risks

Few men warned of fertility risks

Five Tips to Protect New Dads' Health

Five Tips to Protect New Dads' Health

Attention, expectant dads: Moms aren't the only ones who experience health risks before or after birth.

 Family Crafts

Recycle old mint tins

Recycle old mint tins

Disney FamilyFun magazine

Summer craft: beneficial bugs

Summer craft: beneficial bugs

These helpful row-marking insects appear to be standing guard above your tender seedlings.

Get kids to dig in

Get kids to dig in

Disney FamilyFun magazine

Mmmm, Popsicles

Mmmm, Popsicles

Contra Costa Times

DIY cupcakes

DIY cupcakes

McClatchy-Tribune

Create a sand castle that lasts

Create a sand castle that lasts

Disney FamilyFun magazine

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