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Talking About Race

10 Tips to Address Diversity with Your Kids

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It's important to discuss race and diversity with your children at home. A psychiatrist and race relations expert offers practical advice for parents on how to address diversity with your kids.
Advice

Talking With Kids About Race

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Trayvon Martin. George Floyd. Ferguson. 'I Can't Breathe.' These headlines are just part of the reason all parents should have a talk with their kids about race.
Advice

A Woman’s Room: Boudoir Photography for Moms

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Empowering. Erotic. Exciting. Whatever the motivation, more women – moms among them – are booking boudoir photography sessions. Enticed? Here's what you need to know.
Advice

Mindfulness Exercises for Kids

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Life gets busy but you can teach your kids how to appreciate the little things with these mindfulness exercises for kids by mindfulness expert Kristin Ervin.
Advice

Raising Kids with Empathy

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Understanding the feelings of others and caring about those feelings can be tricky for kids. Parents play a big part in boosting this quality. Here are tips for raising kids with empathy.
Advice

Are You Chill or Crisp? Take the Parenting Burnout Quiz to Find Out

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It's a real, research-backed phenomenon. How would you do on a parenting burnout quiz? Take ours to find out. Then learn how to reclaim your calm.
Tweens & Teens

Kids are Using Tracking Apps to Keep Tabs on Mom and Dad

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A lot of parents use phone apps to keep an eye on their kids and now some kids have turned the table and are using them to keep tabs on their parents.
Family health & wellness

How to Build Your Child’s Physical IQ

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Not all kids are born athletes, but every child should tend to their physical IQ. Give it a boost with these top dos and don'ts.

The Benefits of Animal Therapy for Kids

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Loss and grief can be swift and sudden, and processing both can be a struggle. A metro Detroit expert explains how animal therapy for kids can help.
Guides

Old-Time Summer Fun Games for Kids

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Has your child's summer been filled with screen-time pursuits? Have him or her get outside and try these 10 old-time summer fun games.
Advice

How Labels Hold Girls Back

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Whether you're calling her a bossy girl, princess or tomboy, the words you use to describe your daughter could impact her more than you realize. Here's how labels hold girls back.
Guides

Born to Rock: A Guide to Taking Kids to Concerts

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Music is in the veins of metro Detroit, but as parents, it's also a big rite-of-passage (not to mention logistical) question: Are you taking kids to concerts – or letting them fly solo? Local moms and dads dish on rocking out.
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