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Grown-Up Reads

Tips & Advice

You Deserve a Vacation, Too: What to Do If Your Kid Is a Terrible Traveler

It is actually possible to take a fantastic family trip — and if you are lucky enough to have the time and the resources to travel with your kid, you totally should. However, you should read this first.

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Grown-Up Reads

Over the River and Through the Woods: Lesley Stahl on Becoming Grandma

Becoming a gran exhilarated me with a new purpose. The change was so big and granular and unexpected, I wanted to understand it. So I took out my reporter’s notepad and a tape recorder and set off on a journey, a quest, to find out what was happening to me.

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Baby & Toddler

Pre-K

An Expert’s Opinion: What Parents Can Do That Apps Can’t

Reading is one of the most complex cognitive tasks we ask our brains to do, and it brings together a wide range of interacting skills that takes years to develop.

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Growing Reader

Tween

Don’t Banish the Ogre: Why We Should Share Sad and Scary Stories with Kids

Heather Shumaker explains why children need not-so-happy stories in their lives. When books reflect the range of human experience, kids feel wonder, empathy, and relief.

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