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Cycling Into Fatherhood The simple machine is an inexpensive, self-sufficient, healthy means of transport, plus it can also instill a powerful feeling of freedom and love of the outdoors into your children. |
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The Magic of Christmas When my children were born I pondered how to handle the whole Santa Claus thing. Should my husband and I lead them on with stories of St. Nick and hooves on the roof? |
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A Bowl for a Drum, a Broom for a Bass: Nurturing Imaginative Play Nicholas wants to have more, in part, because there's more to have. But buying more toys can flat line a child's imagination. |
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Real Boys Play with Dolls After growing up in the rural south, steeped in traditional gender roles, one dad realizes that boys who have dolls make for tender fathers. |
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For Reals I had a free afternoon but could find no one available to meet me for a cup of coffee. I was bemoaning my frustration when my daughter Kathryn spoke up. "Can I go for coffee with you, Mom?" |
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Colors of Love "The baby on the card is brown," she answered, staring at my pallid, white English skin that had just survived a long Missouri winter. |
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Children and Social Networks With pornography, profanity, and exposure to sexual advances, parents are expressing their concerns about their children and online social networks. |
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Candy Experiments A creative mother finds an educational use for Halloween loot. And her kids are eating it up! |
