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Bonding With Adoptive Children

Jun 26, 2014
By: Kids in the House
There are many concerns when adopting a child. Perhaps the most challenging thing about the process is creating a bond with a newly adopted child . Children who are adopted often come from pasts that were not nurturing of growth or emotional development, and this can create a real sense of unease...
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Advice on Adopting Older Children

Jun 26, 2014
By: Kids in the House
Adopting a child can give a child the lifelong home they have always dreamed of. Many people consider adoption as a process in which a baby is given to adoptive parents shortly after birth and is raised by the adoptive parents throughout the child’s lifetime. However, the option of adopting older...
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A Simple Breakdown of the Legal Issues Surrounding Adoption

Jun 26, 2014
By: Kids in the House
Understanding adoption laws can be confusing and frustrating. According to state laws, there are a few variations in legal requirements for adoption. Working with an adoption attorney or agency will better help you understand the process. Here are important considerations to think about with the...
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Understanding Colic

Jun 24, 2014
By: Kids in the House
It’s 9pm, and your normally placid 8-week-old starts screaming. You nurse her, burp her, swaddle her, sway her – but nothing works. The screaming continues, nonstop, for the next three hours. Your partner tries to help, but nothing he does makes a difference, either. Both of you feel helpless,...
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Stuck in the Middle With You: Parenting your teen after graduation

Jun 24, 2014
By: Kids in the House
The summer between high school ending and college beginning is one of transition. Parenting an 18-year-old who is about to gain tremendous freedom and responsibility, but who is still living under your roof, can be understandably tumultuous. Plus, summertime celebrations and graduation parties are...
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Avoiding Hidden Toxins During Pregnancy

Jun 24, 2014
By: Kids in the House
You take your prenatal vitamins, do pregnancy yoga, and try and eat a variety of healthy foods (providing your morning sickness will allow you to eat something besides saltine crackers). But you may not realize there’s another piece to having a healthy pregnancy – ensuring that your unborn child...
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Breastfeeding and Pumping at Work

Jun 24, 2014
By: Kids in the House
When Denene Millner returned to work after having her daughter twelve years ago, she quickly discovered that pumping wasn’t going to be easy. “I worked at a place that had two smoking rooms, but nowhere for me to pump outside of the bathroom. And so I made the very brave and crazy decision to pump...
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Taming Toddler Tantrums

Jun 24, 2014
By: Kids in the House
Imagine having a co-worker or boss who constantly burst into tears when you asked her something totally innocuous, like whether she wanted coffee. Or maybe she comes running into your office every hour, screaming bloody murder because you didn’t wear her favorite pair of shoes. You’d probably want...
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Can Parents Help Prevent Eating Disorders?

Jun 24, 2014
By: Kids in the House
Eating disorders affect more than 24 million people in the United States, most of them between the ages of 12 and 25.* It isn’t a disease you can treat with a pill, or fix with an operation, and many parents don’t even realize their children are affected. Eating disorders (including anorexia,...
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Ask Leana: CEO of Kids in the House

Jun 19, 2014
By: Kids in the House
Kids In The House receives questions everyday about the struggles you face as parents and Leana Greene, CEO of Kids In The House and parenting trend expert , wants to help you! She has been working hard to find the nation’s top experts to help find answers to your parenting questions. She now...
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