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How to Unspoil Your Child
After returning from vacation, you open the refrigerator and realize you've left a half carton of milk. No problem. Simple solution for spoiled milk: You throw it out.
Read MoreModern Moms Holiday Sanity Savers: Family Travel --Take the Kids, Not the Stress
If you thought Thanksgiving travel was crazy, just wait until Christmas. Families will pack planes to visit relatives, hit the slopes or have some fun in the sun.
Read MoreSpending More Time with Your Children: A New Years
If youre like many people, youve put spending time with your family at or near the top of your New Years resolution list. Now youre wondering how you can possibly do ityoure over-extended, overwhelmed, and...
Read MoreWhy Is My Daughter Friends with THAT Kid?
Dear Melissa, When my daughter Ingrid started kindergarten this September, she took an instant liking to another little girl, Jackie. We like Jackie's family well enough and think Jackie is...
Read MoreMommy, Why Cant I Have Blond Hair and Blue Eyes?
With Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the fore of our minds, we at Modern Mom would like to share with you the writings of author Mallika Chopra.
Read MoreGREAT EXPECTATIONS FOR ONLY CHILDREN: How Pressure to be Perfect Can Backfire
Families are getting smaller, and have been since the early 1960s, giving parents more time to devote to each child. As a result, parents today all seem to be pushing for star progeny.
Read MoreHow to Raise a Polite Child
Have you ever wished your little one hadnt blurted out that naughty word to his oh-so proper grandparents -- an expletive he evidently learned when you accidentally slammed your finger in the door last week?...
Read MoreQuestions from Our Children: Ways to Make Your Answers Meaningful and Memorable - Part II
Children constantly make our world new by sharing their charming perspectives, their astounding discoveries and their surprising questions many of which are not so easy to answer. Author Mallika Chopra has fielded...
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