Parenthood Ideas

Baby Planners: The Experts on Everything Birth to Baby

Choosing to have a child is one of the most important decisions that any family can make, but the choices don’t end there. Expectant families are surrounded by hundreds of decisions. From births to bottles, nurseries to nannies, the options seem endless. Baby Planners help you to find the plan that’s best for your family. Whether providing services for expectant or new parents, adoptive families, friends and family of a new arrival, or people trying to start a family, a Baby Planner can find the information, services, products, and professionals you need.

Baby Planners support and educate you throughout pregnancy, birth, and new parenthood. Thi

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Helping Girls Through Early Puberty

Melissa Block talks to Dr. Leslie Walker of Seattle Children’s Hospital about how parents and physicians can help kids going through early puberty.

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MELISSA BLOCK, host:

We’re going to hear now from Dr. Leslie Walker, who specializes in adolescent medicine at Seattle Children’s Hospital. Welcome to the program.

Dr. LESLIE WALKER (Seattle Children’s Hospital): Thank you.

BLOCK: And Dr. Walker, is this something that you see now in your practice, more and more young girls, 7 or 8 years old, who are developing breasts? <

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Geauga Lake’s Wildwater Kingdom Special Reader Discount

Share Are you looking for a way to beat the heat this August? I have the perfect solution – Geauga Lake’s Wildwater Kingdom. What better way to spend a sweltering day than with you family racing down water slides, floating in a lazy river, or relaxing in a poolside cabana with a icy cold drink.I’m really excited because we will be visiting Wildwater Kingdom this weekend. We’ve never been there before and I think it’s going to be a blast! I’ll be sure to take lots of pictures and let you know how it went. I’m also happy to announce that I have a very special Westside Cleveland Mom Reader Discount for you. Read full article…

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In Praise Of Being Ordinary

When my daughter Rebecca was two I was a nervous wreck. The only words she said weren’t even words—they were animal sounds. She called a dog “woof woof”. She called a cat “meow”. She could do a mean barnyard pig. But she couldn’t say “want juice”. I had been so proud when she was the first in my little moms’ group to walk, but now she was letting me down. I wanted her to be exceptional, and she was, well, ordinary.

If we can produce a child who is exceptional, we figure that reflects well on us. Our kids become our measuring sticks, and that puts a lot of pressure on them to excel. Yet I think most of

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