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Earth Day 2012: How to talk to kids about climate changeEarth Day 2012 is a time parents might wonder how to talk to kids about climate change and global warming. An interview with the man who wrote the book on it.
Earth Day 2012: Tips to help your family go green this yearEarth Day 2012: A handy list of tips and tricks to help your family go green this year, from gardening to recycling.
Earth Day and every day gardening with childrenEarth Day – or any day – is the peak time to be gardening with children, sowing the seeds of a lifelong habit.
Mel Gibson: What I’ll tell my Jewish son about anti-semitic remarksMel Gibson is involved in another dustup over alleged anti-semitic remarks, and a Jewish mom contemplates how she'll talk to her son about hatred.
Young women want high-paying jobs – moreso than young menYoung women, more often than young men, prioritize high-paying jobs as "very important," a new study shows. Both value being a good parent even more.
How to pick a summer camp for a good first time away from homeMaximize your child's first time away from home: How to pick a summer camp and avoid the stress for parents and kids.
Fenway Park turns 100. Go Orioles!Our daughter, we know, will one day revel in the story of the day Fenway Park turned 100. It will be hard for us. But maybe baseball, like parenthood, is bigger than team rivalry. Maybe. Meanwhile, go Orioles!
Peer pressure is part of texting and driving – teens can’t say noBut teens should say no. Peer pressure, not wanting to ignore friends, leads to texting and driving. And a new study shows that 75 percent of young adults think there's nothing wrong with that.
Does having children make you happy? For real?Recent studies question whether – really, truly – having children makes you happy. Even though it isn't all playgrounds and valedictorian addresses – taking the bad with the good can actually add up to happiness.
Obama Romney dog wars: cultural lessons for the dinner table"Obama eats dog!" "Romney cages dog on car roof!" Wipe away the political rhetoric and the dog wars is a great dinner table topic about different cultures.
Are chinplants the new breast implants? Wanna look like Jennifer Anniston?What's a mother to do in an era when her teen thinks even a chin can't be too perfect? Jennifer Anniston wannabes and dissatisfied teens drive the craze for chinplants. Demand for the new plastic surgery for a strong jawline is rising faster than Botox, liposuction, and breast implants.
Middle school boys: an awareness campaign. Really.Middle school boys may suffer a particular condition peculiar to adolescence – and the presence of moms. Here's one mom's awareness campaign – in all seriousness, of course.
Courtney Love and Francis Bean: an unhelpful Twitter family feudWhat's Love got to do with it? In just one more way to air the family dirty laundry, a Twitter family feud now sees Courtney Love apologizing to her daughter Frances Bean in tweets. But the path to reconciliation cannot be found in 140 characters.
Kids, educators debate recess plan that may prevent bullyingKids and educators debate effectiveness of new, structured recess plan that may help prevent bullying and lead to safer schools. A new study shows conflicting opinions on the Playworks program.
All we know or care about Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie engagementLove is interesting: So let's talk carats, kids, and ceremony in the Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie engagement.
CDC says child injury deaths down; prescription drug overdose upChild injury deaths dropped 30 percent between 2000 and 2009, the CDC reports. But more teens are dying from prescription drug overdose.
Texting and driving: the role of teenage passengersTexting and driving is not only more common among young people, it seems to be more accepted – at least tacitly. A new study says that younger teenage passengers are least likely to speak up if a driver is texting and driving.
Tax Day history: musings on the eve of the tax deadlineOver here at Modern Parenthood, we admit that our reaction to the tax deadline is not to sit back and reflect. But that's why we love the musings of guest blogger Susan Sachs Lipman, and her "slow family" approach, even to Tax Day.
Ann Romney aside: stay at home moms and the "mommy wars"Behind the Ann Romney versus Hilary Rosen "mommy wars" is a lot of American ambivalence about working and stay at home moms. Prompted by the dust-up, the Pew Research Center has released a roundup of some of its recent studies related to women.
Mother's Day in Minnesota: bass fishing vs. brunchMinnesota's moral dilemma: Opening day of fishing season falls on Mother's Day weekend. Will government save family unity and change the calendar?
