Of all the things I frequently clean…chocolaty chins, boogery noses, muddy paws, stained shirts, smelly shoes, funky bathrooms, car seat crunchies, sticky spills and much, much more…I realized I had forgotten something important.

Say goodbye to that boring food pyramid and introduce yourself to the United States Department of Agriculture’s new dietary guideline system, “My Plate.”
The new system is designed to help combat the rising obesity epidemic in the United States. It is also targeted to the youth population, who are now at a greater risk for obesity [...]

Should parents of extremely obese children lose custody for not controlling their kids’ weight? A provocative commentary in one of the nation’s most distinguished medical journals argues yes, and its authors are joining a quiet chorus of advocates who say the government should be allowed to intervene in extreme cases.
It has happened a few times [...]

“How’s it going?” I asked my husband over the phone. “Great,” he answered. “Unbelievable actually. The boys are riding really strong and everyone we see is so super, so supportive.”
It was the fourth weekend in June and my husband and our two sons, ages 14 and 12, had just finished the first day of the [...]

When your little one pops this big question, how will you respond? Get advice on talking to kids about sex from an expert at Children’s Hospital Colorado.

We all want our children to learn healthy eating habits. But in a world overrun with fast food restaurants and vending machine snacks, providing healthy alternatives for kids has become difficult. Here is a list of hearty yet nutritious snacks for your family to enjoy.
Confetti Yogurt Pops
This delicious and easy-to-make treat is perfect on a [...]

Crib-related accidents send 26 children to U.S. emergency rooms each day and result in more than 110 deaths annually, according to a recent study in the journal Pediatrics. And for the first time in nearly 30 years, federal mandatory crib standards have been updated. Beginning June 28, 2011, anyone that manufactures or sells baby cribs [...]

As much as I’d like to boast that my daughter is drawn to books without school to occupy her thoughts, it is actually the computer that captures her attention.
Any number of websites or games draws her to my MacBook minutes after waking. American Girl. Poptropica. National Geographic Kids. At this point, my questions go unanswered. [...]

Every day, lawmakers take action that affects our children. But children can’t vote, write an op-ed for their local paper or call their legislators to demand action on the issues that affect them most. So, who is working to protect their interests? Over the past 26 years, that crucial role has been played by the [...]

Now that she no longer feels like the Sword of Damocles is hanging by a slender thread over her head, mother-of-two Jen Singer can at last get her dream off the drawing board.
That dream is Parenting With Cancer — the website she wishes had existed when she was diagnosed with stage 3 non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma on [...]