One of the things that a parent has to love would be that of kid shoes. Rarely would you see kids shoes last long though. At such a fresh age, kids are expected to grow out of them and apparently the reason why some kids shoes end up being kept for remembrances without being worn [...]

Kids Can Press is pleased to announce the launch of CitizenKid, a collection of books that explains complex global issues and inspires young readers to become better global citizens. The collection includes award-winning books about biodiversity, microloans, global community, and water conservation, and will feature two new titles to be published this fall: If America [...]

Baby Planet has some incredibly cool stuff.  Their main focus is strollers, and they have more kinds of strollers than I knew existed.  They also have bassinets, chairs, and combination things like the Eden 3-in-1 Bassinet.
But I came across something else that they do that’s the coolest thing of all.  They have an endangered species [...]

By now most people have heard of the tragic death of 4-year-old Exodus Tyson, daughter of boxer Mike Tyson.  If you haven’t, you can read about it here.
Exodus was playing on or near a treadmill and got caught up in a cord, which strangled her, cutting off her air supply.  She was on life support, [...]

Concerned about cancer-causing chemicals, more than 40 organizations representing 1.7 million parents, health care providers and environmental health advocates delivered a letter today to Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) urging the company to remove toxic ingredients from its popular baby products.
The letter, signed by the American Nurses Association, Physicians for Social Responsibility, the National Association [...]

We get a few of these “bank holidays” every year, where banks, schools, businesses, and government offices are closed.  We observe them by taking the day off and not getting mail (although hospitals, gas stations, and restaurants stay open, so not everyone gets the day off).  But every time one comes up, it’s important to teach our [...]

“Learning to tell time can be fun. It won’t be long until we’re done,” beckons the narrator in the colorful new children’s book, “It’s About Time” (published by AuthorHouse), by Danielle Kovanchak, which teaches children how to tell time while telling the story of a little girl and her dog, Tess.
Combining lively, full-color illustrations with [...]

One woman, looking back over her childhood, reports to the site Sasian.org, “I believed EVERYTHING my sister told me. I was dumb, homely, stupid, fat. No one would ever love me.”
That woman is a victim, not just of fighting with her sister, but of sibling abuse.  Sibling abuse is the most common and the most [...]

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There are many health practices that are always a good idea, like eating right, sleeping well, and exercising, that are even more important during pregnancy.  Pregnancy is natural, it’s what a woman’s body was designed for, so it stands to reason that there aren’t that many extraordinary measures you have to take [...]

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I know not everyone who reads this will be religious, or of my tradition, but I felt that this prayer spoke to all parents; to our deepest prayers if we pray, but also to our deepest desires and fears for our parenting task, whether we pray or not. 
It’s taken from the book [...]