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Baby
One of the great delights of parenting is watching your baby’s personality slowly emerge as he or she ages. You might find character traits you recognize in yourself, your spouse, or your even other family members. The formation of character is...
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Baby
One of the great delights of parenting is watching your baby’s personality slowly emerge as he or she ages. You might find character traits you recognize in yourself, your spouse, or your even other family members. The formation of character is...
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Parenting
As an adult, understanding gender differences between boys and girls or men and women can seem pretty cut and dry. But for your toddler, the idea of gender is a new and somewhat more elastic concept. That’s why parents and caregivers should not be...
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Parenting
Babies are born with the foundation of their personality already in place. Character traits like patience, temper, and others are hard-coded into our DNA before birth. As children age, these traits are further influenced by life experiences and...
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Health
Cancer refers to any condition that causes cell to multiply uncontrollably in the body. These conditions can occur in people of all ages and at any place in the body, including the brain. While brain tumors and cancer in general are rare in young...
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Parenting
If it sometimes seems like older children were born bossy, consider some of history’s most famous eldest children: Oprah Winfrey, Hillary Clinton, George W. Bush, and Winston Churchill. In fact, some of the stereotypes regarding first-born...
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Parenting
You may tell your kids to “never judge a book by its cover,” but the truth is that adults draw conclusions about others based on a hunch all the time. Sometimes a quick glance is all it takes for us to feel like we have a sense of a...
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Parenting
Is it true that as soon as kids learn how to talk, they learn how to lie? The answer seems to be yes, according to research conducted by Brock University scientists in Canada. What’s more, it seems that the ability to lie correlates with cognitive...
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Parenting
It’s not uncommon for pediatricians to hear the fear in a mother’s voice when describing her two-year-old’s newest pastime: head banging. Is this normal? Will my child’s brain be injured? Is this a sign of autism? First, you shouldn’t drive...
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Parenting
Security blankets (or teddy bears or any object) are a familiar feature of childhood. Known as “transitional objects,” these objects serve an important developmental purpose. Children rely on them to transition between the affection supplied by...
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Parenting
You’ve probably heard the saying, “It takes a village” to raise a child. While there’s little doubt that support is essential for good parenting, what if that village itself is stressful? This is what it’s like for parents who also happen to be...
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Parenting
Children experience worries and fears for a variety of reasons. The good news is that most childhood fears are mild and often disappear over time. In fact, the presence of a childhood fear often indicates the development of higher level thought as...
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Parenting
You’ve dressed your toddler to get out the door on a busy morning. You turn around and you now see a naked body. Your child wants to be naked nearly all the time. Is this a problem? Should you do something about it? The toddler years are an...
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Blog
Freezing cold weather (except for us at Bundoo—South Florida was in the 60s), creepy mom commercials, pop culture parodies, and parenting memes. Check out what was hot this week. 1. Man-Pram For the new dad who’s worried that diaper bags don’t...
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Blog
“Mommy, what happens in a hurricane? Are there tornadoes during the storm? If our house floods, will we float away? How do people die in hurricanes?” These are natural questions for my kids, even though they’ve lived in South Florida their...
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Blog
Choosing your baby’s name is one of the most important things you’ll ever do in your life. The name should symbolize all your love, all their potential, the joy you feel, and the honor of your family. Or sometimes you choose a name because you saw...
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Parenting
...Randall is a name that originated from an English surname. It is the medieval form of the name Randolph, which means “shield” or “wolf.” This can be translated to mean “wolf’s shield.”...
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Parenting
...Kelly is the Anglicized version of Ceallach, which was first used in the Irish and Gaelic languages. It can be translated to “war” or “troublesome.” Kelly reached peak popularity during the 1970s and 80s....
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Pregnancy
As you’re nearing the final weeks, labor and delivery are no doubt looming larger in your mind. Anxiety over labor is common—even if you’ve taken every birth class you could sign up for, prepared an extensive birth plan, and already packed your...
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Pregnancy
...Mario originates from Spanish and Italian. As a variation of Marius, Mario is generally understood to mean “sailor.” The name is popular in France and Denmark....
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Pregnancy
...Maria has origins in Latin and Greek. As a variation of the names Mary and Miriam, the name can be translated to “bitter.” Maria is still within the top 100 names for girls, but it has been decreasing in popularity in the United States....
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Pregnancy
...Robin is a unisex name that was first used in English, Dutch, and Swedish. It is closely related to the masculine name Robert, sharing a similar meaning of “shining fame” or “renowned.”...
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Parenting
Animal abuse or cruelty has been associated with a variety of childhood psychological and/or emotional issues, including negative childhood exploration, depression, anger, a sign of future violent behavior, or a signal that a child is being abused....
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Parenting
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Parenting
What do Billy Crystal, Jim Carrey, Katie Couric, and Cameron Diaz all have in common? Obviously they’re all celebrities—but they’re also all the youngest children in their families. When it comes to family order, youngest children...
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Parenting
...Guy originates from the French language. The name is generally understood to mean “leader” or “guide.”...
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Health
Selective mutism is when a child does not speak in certain situations or settings (like at school) but is comfortable speaking in others (like at home). It often starts before a child is 5 years old and is first noticed when the child starts...
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Health
The name Rhianna is Greek and Welsh in origin. As a variant of Rhiannon, the name is generally understood to mean “queen” or “goddess.” While the Rhianna is still given to many baby girls in the United States, the popularity...
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Health
As a shortened form of Margarethe, the name Greta is German in origin. It can be translated to “pearl.” Within the United States, the name has been slowly increasing in popularity, but Greta remains a much more popular choice in Italy...
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Health
Parents face many ethical dilemmas, but one of the most difficult (and controversial) can be when parents have an intersex child: a child who has a disorder of sexual development (DSD). Collectively, there are more than 60 conditions that can cause...
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Health
The Aramaic name Tabitha is derived from the word “tabitha,” which can be translated to “gazelle” or “graceful.” Related to its Aramaic origins, Tabitha is also a biblical name, as Tabitha was a woman who was...
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Health
...Cato is an ancient Roman name. In Latin, the name can be translated to “all-knowing.” Cato is increasing in popularity throughout the Netherlands....
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Health
Klinefelter syndrome is a chromosomal condition that affects 1 in 500 to 1,000 newborn males. People typically have two sex chromosomes in each cell: females have two X chromosomes (XX), while males have one X chromosome and one Y chromosome (XY)....
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Health
Hermione has origins in Greek mythology as the name of the daughter of Helen and Menelaus. It is the feminine form of Hermes and can be translated to “earthly” or “messenger.” The name also has strong literary influences,...
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Health
...Anderson is a Scandinavian name that was first used as a surname. It can be translated to “son of Anders.” Anderson has been increasing in popularity in the United States since the beginning of the 21st century....
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Health
...Florian is a masculine name that was derived from the Roman name Florianus. It is generally understood to mean “flowering.” Although the name remains popular in France and Germany, it is not widely used in the United States....