Parents Ask

Why Does my Child Need a Physical?

Medical experts Scott Cohen, Sandra Festa Ryan and Tori Kropp explain why your child needs a yearly physical and what exams and tests you don't want your child to go without.

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Transitioning From Summertime to Schooltime

Protecting Mom's Health

Prepare For A Successful School Year

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Fostering a Good Mother-Daughter Relationship

Bonnie Zucker, Robert Reames and Ann Corwin help parents get their children prepared to go to sleepaway camp. Expert advice is given to help kids cope with homesickness and feel comfortable with this new experience.

Back to School Ritual

Managing Editor Jennifer Brandt shares her favorite back to school ritual. What is yours?

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Choosing a Day Care: Top Tips for Every Parent!

Ann Corwin shares quick tips to finding the perfect daycare. What you should look for and what you should avoid.

Bacterial vs. Viral

Does My Baby Have Colic?

Ann Douglas breaks down the basics of colic and offers some expert advice on soothing a colicky baby.

Why Does my Child Need a Physical?

Medical experts Scott Cohen, Sandra Festa Ryan and Tori Kropp explain why your child needs a yearly physical and what exams and tests you don't want your child to go without.

Transitioning From Summertime to Schooltime

Foster Cline, Dyan Eyebergen and Betsy Brown Braun help parents and kids transition their brains and body clocks out of lazy vacation mode and back to a school time schedule.

Back to School

Once again, summer has come and gone and your now sun-kissed kiddies are gearing up to go back to school. Between summer camp, a few family road trips, and long days at the pool, you and your kids have been pretty busy.... and thanks to a few favorite toys, summer boredom has been kept to a minimum. In fact, we'd like to know what was the summer toy that kept your children occupied and happy all summer long?

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What better to do on a hot summer day than relax pool-side and cool down by indulging in your favorite summer cocktail. Although it may sound like a strange combo, my absolute favorite summer sipper is a mix of muddled tomatoes, basil, fresh lemon juice, gin and simple syrup shaken together and served on the rocks, and you can watch me throw it together above. So, we're holding a sweepstakes with the chance to win $150 GIFT CERTIFICATE TO CRATE & BARREL. All you have to do to be entered to w...

Sleep Training

Elizabeth is about to begin sleep training with baby Calvin but she has a few questions... to swaddle or not to swaddle? Use a pacifier or let him find his thumbs? Sleep expert Jennifer Waldburger steps in to give a new mom some tips and much needed advice!

Sibling Fights

Meredith is the mother of three girls, ages 12, 4, and 2. She is frustrated with her youngest daughters' constant bickering and is seeking some tips on how to deal with it and how to curb it. Joanne Stern, author of "Parenting is a Contact Sport" has some great tips and suggestions for Meredith, including forcing the girls to work out smaller battles on their own.

Mom of All Ages

Meredith Groenvelt is parenting a preteen and two toddlers and is looking for some advice on how to find balance. Susan Stiffelman, author of Parenting Without Contact Struggles, offers Meredith some great tips.

Am I Raising a Hoarder?

Dana is the mother of four kids, and her oldest, 6-year-old Esme, is an avid collector of... everything. Dana doesn't want to discourage her curiosity but is worried she's raising a hoarder. Bonnie Zucker, author of Anxiety-Free Kids, offers some great advice to Dana.

Flu-Proof Your Child

Dr. Bob Sears gives expert advice on keeping your child healthy through flu season. Helpful tips are given on vaccines, immunity building foods and healthy practices that the whole family should follow.

Proper Use of Time Out

Dr. Ann Corwin gives parents the secrets to performing a proper time out, what the true purpose of time out is, and explains that it should not be used as punishment.

Ending Food Battles

Dr. Cara Natterson gives parents the secret to getting your children involved with a healthy food planning process, so that they understand what healthy foods do for their bodies. These expert tips will help get kids excited about eating the right foods, ending mealtime food battles for good!

Going Back to Work Guilt Free

Dr. Foster Cline helps mothers struggling with the guilt of leaving the kids to go back to the workforce. Reveals affirming statistics that a working mom has positive affects on her kids.

Traveling With Twins: What You Need to Know!

Flying with a baby for the first time is sure to cause anxiety in any mom, but can you imagine taking a transatlantic flight ... with twins!? Today, Parents Ask expert Betsy Brown Braun offers tips to Radhika Delfosse, a new mom preparing to fly with her twin daughters for the first time.

When to Stop Breastfeeding

Jason Rothbart lists the benefits of breastfeeding, including increased weight loss if you go past 6 months, and explains that it's a mother's personal decision if, and when to stop, breastfeeding.

Lose Your Baby Belly

Erin O'Brien gives expert advice on retraining the muscles in and around your tummy in order to lose your baby belly.

Weight Loss After Pregnancy

Erin O'Brien explains how long after a C-section and after natural birth, you must wait before exercising, the best types of exercise to begin with and what to avoid.

Banking Baby's Cord Blood

Jason Rothbart explains the life saving reasons for banking or donating your baby's umbilical cord blood before it gets discarded. And the differences between using a Private Bank or donating to a Public Bank.