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What Your Child's Teacher Won't Tell You

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Adapted from interviews with teachers by Neena Samuel Plus: 13 More Things Your Child's Teacher Won't Tell You 1. My first year…

5 Common Parenting Mistakes (& Fixes)

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By Karen Leland

A few years ago, I found a huge scratch on an expensive piece of furniture. My stepson had been horsing around in the living room the day before, so I was sure he had put it there. Although he denied doing it, I told him that I was disappointed in him. A few days later, I…

Screwing Up Your Kids May Not Be So Easy After All

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Some good news: You have to work pretty darn hard to screw up your kids, a leading expert now says. By Nell Casey

The pandemic of parenting terror has become so deeply entrenched in our lives, it is almost taken for granted. It takes the form of hysterical consumerism (two…

Dad's Guide in Mom's Absence

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When Mom goes away for the week, leaving a father of three in charge of the brood, dessert is breakfast, chaos is embraced, and Dad ends up getting some bona-fide bachelor time. By Michael Paterniti

To the cunning husband, my wife's dinner might have suggested a…

11 Tips for Hosting an Autistic Partygoer

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Since autism is by definition a socially awkward condition, how do you square it with that most social of activities, a kid's birthday party? As diagnoses rise—the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now estimate 1 in 150 eight-year-olds nationwide—it's increasingly likely that your guest list will include an autistic child. Inviting an autistic child to a birthday (or any gathering) takes some extra insight and the tiniest bit of planning. But we'll thank you for it—and so will our kids, in their own way.