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Spending time with your child can benefit them in many ways. Here’s how to do it.

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Kavi gives parents and their kids the representation needed to share and celebrate South Asian American culture.

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Extended family and community members can come together to help parents during the formula shortage.

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Seeing children fall apart after school days spent in white spaces can be especially disheartening.

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Inclusive and comprehensive sex education is an important tool in sexual abuse prevention.

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You don’t want to shout at your kids, but it often seems as though that’s the only way they’ll listen. But is it?

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If you find yourself saying "no" to your child every five seconds, stop, pause, and find the "yes."

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While some think the words “I’m sorry” are weak, they can actually build trust within families.

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Gentle parenting is an evidence-based approach that focuses on empathy, respect, and boundaries.

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Believe it or not, these everyday phrases may do more harm than good.

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From Googling symptoms to requesting antibiotics doctors wish we would stop doing these nine things.

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