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    • Back to School
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    • Creating a Reader-Friendly Home
      (Spanish)
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      (Spanish)
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      (Spanish)
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      (Spanish)
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      (Spanish)
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      (Spanish)
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    Articles
    • 5 Ways to Bully-Proof Your Kid
      (Spanish)
    • 7 Ways to Raise a Global Kid
      (Spanish)
    • Allowance Basics
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    • Balancing Academics and Serious Illness
      (Spanish)
    • Becoming a Father
      (Spanish)
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      (Spanish)
    • Bilingual Families
      (Spanish)
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      (Spanish)
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      (Spanish)
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      (Spanish)
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      (Spanish)
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      (Spanish)
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    • Caring for Siblings of Seriously Ill Children
      (Spanish)
    • Children's Health Issues to Watch: AIDS: A Push for Prevention
    • Choosing and Instructing a Babysitter
      (Spanish)
    • Choosing Childcare
    • Community Service: A Family's Guide to Getting Involved
      (Spanish)
    • Connecting With Your Preteen
      (Spanish)
    • Coronavirus (COVID-19): Calming Anxiety
      (Spanish)
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      (Spanish)
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      (Spanish)
    • Halloween Safety Tips
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      (Spanish)
    • Helping Teens Learn to Drive
    • How Becoming Parents Can Affect Your Relationship
    • How Can I Bring Peace to the "Witching Hours"?
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    • How Can The Affordable Care Act Help Kids?
    • How Media Use Affects Your Child
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      (Spanish)
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    • Is the "Cinnamon Challenge" Dangerous?
    • Kids & Teens Talk About Life (Video)
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      (Spanish)
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    • Nine Steps to More Effective Parenting
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    • The Magic of Play: How It Inspires & Aids Early Development
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    • Top 10 Homework Tips
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    • "Am I Pretty?": What Moms, Daughters Really Think About Looks
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    • Am I 'Too Tough' When I Discipline My Kids?
    • Amphetamines: What Parents Need to Know
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    • Child Abuse
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    • GHB: What Parents Need to Know
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    • Heroin: What Parents Need to Know
    • How Can I Help My Child Develop Healthy Self-Esteem?
    • How Can I Teach Kids to Be Smart About Strangers?
    • How to Talk to Your Child About the News
      (Spanish)
    • Inhalants: What Parents Need to Know
    • Ketamine: What Parents Need to Know
    • Kids & Teens Talk About Life (Video)
    • Kids and Alcohol
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      (Spanish)
    • LSD: What Parents Need to Know
    • Making the Holidays Less Materialistic
      (Spanish)
    • Managing Your Toddler's Behavior (Video)
    • Marijuana: What Parents Need to Know
    • Methamphetamines: What Parents Need to Know
    • My Child Is Stealing
    • My Son Is Being Deployed; How Do I Help My Other Kids Cope?
      (Spanish)
    • Nicotine: What Parents Need to Know
    • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
    • Preparing Your Child for a Move
      (Spanish)
    • Preparing Your Child for a New Sibling
      (Spanish)
    • Questions and Answers About Sex
      (Spanish)
    • Raising a Child With Autism: Paige and Iain's Story
      (Spanish)
    • Raising Confident Kids
      (Spanish)
    • Rohypnol: What Parents Need to Know
    • School Violence and the News
      (Spanish)
    • Secondhand Smoke
      (Spanish)
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      (Spanish)
    • Support for Parents of Kids With Special Needs
      (Spanish)
    • Talking to Your Child About Drugs
      (Spanish)
    • Talking to Your Child About Periods
      (Spanish)
    • Talking to Your Child About Puberty
      (Spanish)
    • Talking to Your Daughter About Puberty
    • Teaching Your Child Tolerance
      (Spanish)
    • Teens Talk About Bullying (Video)
    • Teens Talk About Stress (Video)
    • Telling a Child About Deployment
      (Spanish)
    • Tips for Divorcing Parents
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    • Transgender People
      (Spanish)
    • Vaping: What You Need to Know
      (Spanish)
    • When a Parent Is Deployed
      (Spanish)
    • When a Pet Dies
      (Spanish)
    • When Your Teen Is Having a Baby
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Self-Esteem
      (Spanish)

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