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When Baby Hates Grandma

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When Baby hates Grandma, you’ve got a problem. That problem is a little bit about you. After all, you created, produced, and directed this child who doesn’t like her own Grandma. You raised her this way (thus far). But it’s also a bit about gut instincts. Gut instincts. It’s something people say about children when […]

Blue Orange Games: Taking the Bored Out of Board Games

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Board games, card games, games in general? I love them. My family loves them. Don’t get me wrong. We adore online computer games every bit as much. Technology is awesome. But there’s just something about sitting around the table and playing a game together as a family, or even with friends. There’s an intimacy to […]

Should My Child Repeat Kindergarten?

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“Repeat kindergarten?” you say to yourself, after meeting with your child’s kindergarten teacher. You feel confused. Was it the finger painting that did her in, or was it story time? How could a child flunk out of kindergarten? The real question of course is: should you do it? Should you hold your child back from […]

Divorced Parents: 5 Ways to Avoid Scarring Your Kids!

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We were so intrigued by Rosalind Sedacca’s advice on positive parenting and divorce for a recent piece here on the Kars4Kids Educational Blog for Parents, that we asked her to elaborate on the subject in a guest post. To our great pleasure, she immediately accepted the challenge. We believe our readers will find this blog post both helpful and informative! […]

Rav Yaakov Don: When Your Child’s Beloved Teacher Is Murdered

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It was Thursday evening when I heard the sirens and knew without a doubt that terror had once more struck my community. There’s something about the way sound carries from the highway to my home and I hear every ambulance, every fire truck and police car. And I know that when I hear several of […]

Should You Give Baby A Pacifier? Are Pacifiers Safe?

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Should you give baby a pacifier? Are they safe? The answer is not as clear cut as parents and parents-to-be might wish. On the one hand, the pacifier, also known as “dummy” or “binky,” may prevent Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). On the other hand, pacifiers may cause dental problems, cause middle ear infections, or […]