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Will grading parents result in better students?

What makes up a successful student? Is it equal parts positive role models, supportive parents, good schools, great teachers, and a safe learning environment with an engaging and relevant curriculum?...

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Should I still worry about the MMR vaccine?

When my daughter was born, the vaccination worries quickly permeated the household. About the same time my wife was reading, “What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Children’s Vaccinations,” there...

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Parents: Could you please kid-proof your stash of grenades?

Gardena High School students hug in a circle Tuesday as they leave the school grounds in Gardena after two students were wounded when a gun in a student’s backpack went off. AP photo As a parent of a...

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Would $5 gas change your driving habits?

In car crazy Southern California, we tend to drive everywhere. In college, I literally lived across the street from Cal State Fullerton, and I still drove to school—even though the parking was less...

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PJs at school: Appropriate or not?

It was innocent enough. The entire school was wearing pajamas to school. Cute, sure. Cute for a 5-year old, but for older kids, the teachers, even the janitor —a bit weird. Kate shows off her Penguin...

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The battle against thumb sucking, round 2

Last fall, I wrote about our attempts to stop Kate from sucking her thumb. So far, we’ve been unsuccessful – the taking her thumb out of her mouth, the nagging, the reasoning, the pleading and the...

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My kid did it before your kid

You’ve heard the story a hundred times from other parents. Their toddler is crawling at six months. They’re walking at one. Potty-trained at two. Reading at 3. They are adding and subtracting and can...

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On the prowl for our next car seat

You know the drill: Baby starts off in a backward facing infant seat, then graduates to a forward facing toddler seat, and finally to a booster seat at 4 or older. Kate is just about to make the...

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'Push-Up' bikini top for daughter? No thank you

Can I look like that if buy the clothes? File this under the “We don’t care what outraged parents think, we’re too busy making money” department. Have you heard about the Abercrombie & Fitch...

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Now fatherhood is really getting fun

For the first few years, I couldn’t really hang out with my daughter.  Taking care of an infant or toddler was an exercise in patience, stamina, and sometimes a battle of wills. She couldn’t walk, she...

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