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Less lazy time recommended for kids

Canadian kids are being urged to get their butts off the couch and their eyes off the screen in some newly released lifestyle guidelines.

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Tiffany Higham, 16, with her father Dave, just started dating and is using her dad's book, titled A Girl's Dating Journal, as her guide.

Dating 2.0: A dad's dating journal helps gals find the right guy

When Ayla Fraser started dating her boyfriend 10 months ago, she relied on a network of girlfriends to help her navigate the fledgling relationship.

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Teens need career guidance

She proudly shows her art, which is actually many swirls of varying colours and her mom says, "I really love looking at all the different colours in your picture." Olivia grins.

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Shaping your kids’ eating patterns

It is amazing to observe my niece and nephew, who are almost two and four years old respectively, impersonate their parents. My sister Christa has been a devoted stay-at-home mom, teaching them life lessons...

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Girls bond better than boys with video-gaming parents: Study

Time to share the Xbox, Dad. New research suggests that playing video games with a parent may be good for young girls.

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Paul Ikonen, 29, right, plays with his 15-month-old son Isaac at their Waterford, Michigan home, September 21, 2010. New research suggests moms and dads get along better — at least in certain situations — when fathers back off caregiving duties, such as feeding and bathing, and put more effort into playtime.

Couples fare better when dads do playtime, not caregiving: Study

Fathers, put down that feeding spoon and pick up that football.

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Mom goes global with baby food containers

Alberta mom created Wean Green Cubes last summer to provide families with eco-chic tempered glass cubes for homemade baby food. The product has already won awards and will be featured in the Boom Boom...

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Going Momma Bear on the Tiger Mom; I'll raise my kids the Western way

At a story meeting today, we talked about Amy Chua's Wall Street Journal piece on being a Tiger Mom, and how she raised her daughters to be happy, confident children.

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U.S. author stirs 'Chinese' values debate

A book by a Chinese-American woman about her no-nonsense child-rearing has sparked an online flurry of criticism and debate over strict "Chinese" parenting methods versus more relaxed Western ways.

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Freezing the tick tick tock of the biological clock

Proponents of egg freezing say the technique is the greatest advance in female reproductive choice since the Pill. Critics say it is unproven and will only encourage women to push back motherhood to...

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Time for a change, but make it doable

Let children make their own resolutions, but steer them away from the impossible.

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We know much more about mother-child relations than we do about fathers, how they interact with their children and how that affects childhood development.

Less time with Dad can lead kids to bullying: Researchers

Children who feel they don't spend enough time with their parents are more likely to become bullies if their fathers work long hours, new research suggests — but the same doesn't hold true for mothers...

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Meeting sperm donor dad won't hurt children: studies

The 2010 drama "The Kids Are All Right" featured two teens raised by a lesbian couple who decide to contact their biological father -- an experience that is unlikely to leave scars in real life, two studies...

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