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How to Help Your Money-Hungry Teen Find Job Satisfaction

Helping your high-schooler get their first paid gig without doing everything for them.

School Confidence: What to Expect, Age by Age

Ways to encourage perseverance in preschoolers on up.

Tips: Combat First Day Jitters

Going back to school may be a mixed bag of excitement and butterflies. Help calm your child's nerves with these tips.

First Day Jitters

Tips to help your child sail through the first day of school.

6 Things Teens Wish Their Parents Knew

As parents, we wonder why we have trouble communicating with our teens. Every little bit of insight helps, especially when it comes from kids themselves.

Tame a Troublemaker

How to cope with the "your child is a handful" call from school.

Kicking the Pacifier Habit

Expert binky-busting techniques.

College Shopping Guide: Dorm Room Accessories

Moving into a college dorm is cool, but can be chaotic as well. Simplify the shopping with these staple items that’ll give them a good start on living on their own.Moving into a college dorm is cool, but can be chaotic as well. Simplify the shopping with these staple items that’ll give them a good start on living on their own.Compiled by Shiran Lugashi and Suzann CaputoCompiled by Shiran Lugashi and Suzann Caputo

Build Back-to-School Confidence

Much like what we sometimes experience on the job, our kids face school pressures and problems that make them want to throw in the towel. With these tools, we can help them go back to class with confidence, stay on task and finish what they start.

Tips to Motivate Your School Kid

Parenting expert Dr. Michele Borba shares her no-nonsense solutions to help your child thrive in the face of school challenges throughout the year.

Brain Drain: Picture Books to the Rescue

Don’t let summer brain drain be a problem for your family. Take the first and easiest step–read with kids and help them love books! Tips to get you started. By Ellen Bari.

Help Kids Stop Stalling

Simple strategies to manage bedtime chaos.

Grade-School Graduates Gift Guide

There's nothing like the pomp and circumstance of your child's elementary school graduation. Celebrate your little graduate's success with these cool gifts that are sure to score you an E for effort.