A unisex or androgynous name is one which is used by both males and females. Sometimes parents choose a name because they know its a unisex name; other times, perhaps more frequently, parents are unaware that their chosen name is also popular with the opposite sex. In some countries, such as Germany, the bestowing of unisex names is discouraged by law, which requires that babies be given names that conform to one gender or the other. In the United States, no such restr…

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Sittercity and other services provide background checks. Why you should not skip the background check step when looking for a caregiver.

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A firsthand account can drive a lesson home. That’s the idea behind a campaign that’s sending a young man across the country to talk to students about drunk driving.

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Teaching children some basic financial skills will pay off down the road.

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A mother’s intuition can be a valuable asset when it comes to the well-being of a child.

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Parents can help their children take the right steps toward fitness. That’s a particularly good thing, because children today tend to be less active than in generations past.

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Written by a Respiratory Therapist with years of experience, this article offers some insight into the inner workings of a Level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

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The phenomenon of limited or impaired attention span, of difficult or aggressive behavior, of problems with peers or of making friends, of body level agitation which leads to nervous gestures or an inability to sit still for more than a minute all of these can be symptoms not of a medical or psychological condition, but a condition that has to do with the greater presence of light on the planet and in the spiritual atmosphere or environment in which we live.

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A look into the past sparks insight into the future.

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Crying is a normal event in the lives of all babies. A healthy newborn baby should cry and it is a normal physiological event. However, sometimes a baby cries for a specific reason. This article provides several reasons why a baby would cry.

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