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Parents: Should you take your child to "Bully," the movie?A mother's experience: A dinner conversation transformed her son's approach to borderline teen bullying – imagine what the movie "Bully" could do. She'll take her child to "Bully" for sure.
Ann Romney working mom debate obscures value of child careSomebody needs to take care of the kids, and the Ann Romney working mom debate is evidence that child care is mostly invisible in economic and political discussion – until someone misspeaks.
Parenting: Here we go, a Monitor blog for parentsWhat an international daily newspaper can contribute to parenting
Bully: She told her son, ‘hit him hard’ –and she learned a lessonOn the occasion of the April 13 opening of the movie "Bully," a son teaches a mom a lesson: There were three bullies not one - the bully, the school principal, and mom herself.
Does mother's Passover picture book cross church state line?A mother debates the merits of reading a Jewish children's book in her son's private pre-school, wondering if the book's Passover plot crosses the church state line.
Ann Romney drafted into new 'mommy wars' skirmishDo we really have to refight the mommy wars? Ann Romney was a stay-at-home-mom with five boys, how does that not fit into the concept of 'work'?
Leaving the bully behind: why kids stay silent about bullyingWith "Bully" the movie coming out in theaters later this week, Modern Parenthood is thinking about bullying and how to help a child who is dealing with a bullying.
The Disney Princess divide: The next mommy wars?The Disney Princess phenomenon is defining life for American girls – and that, parents say, is either really cute, or really concerning. Could princess wars be the next mommy wars?
Thank you, Ashley Judd, for positive body image treatiseMiley Cyrus slams anorexia rumors; Ashely Judd fights back, too. Are celebs taking a stronger stand for positive body image?
Teen text messaging up – but do they yack more than parents did?American teen text messaging is up from a median volume of 50 a day in 2009 to 60 received and sent today, according to a new study by the Pew Internet & American Life Project. But as a measure of teen communication, it may not be much different than the level their parents engaged in.
Most teens are texting and driving; parents silentTexting and driving is still the norm among teen drivers, a new study finds. But parents are not talking about it.
Hunger Games: What's so great about a teen fight to the death?Calling all Hunger Games fans: Help this mom "get it." Why is a fight to the death among teens so great?
Could PBS Kids Barney be an extinct T. rex – in a good mood?When we saw the photos of the big fuzzy – but extinct – T. rex that scientists in China discovered, we couldn't help wonder about the PBS Kids Barney and what this means for evolution of kids' toys.
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