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We're built By Parents, For Parents™. We've banded together to build a website to educate, empower, and connect ourselves, other parents, and people trying to become parents. We're doing this out of our love for children, and our desire to do our best raising them to become good adults. We believe parenting is a sacred responsibility.

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Tax time! Do you teach "Financial Literacy"?
 Ah... the tax man "cometh". Here in the states April 15th is the deadline of filing federal taxes. It is also a perfect time to reevaluate both your family budget and the lessons on finances for our kids. Do you practice and teach financial literacy with your brood? Check out Financial Literacy: It's Not What You Think! Share your own tips also!
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Need help convincing your partner?
 You'll love this one: Top 10 Ways to Get Him into Babymaking! Presented direct from a guy's point of view it offers practical advice wrapped in a touch of humor that is bound to appeal. Let me know what you think of the advice... and better yet, show us your positive home pregnancy test pic in a few weeks!
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How will you be celebrating Earth Day?
 There are lots of ways to celebrate Earth Day -- what will you be doing?
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Favorite spring cleaning solutions
 What are your favorite spring cleaning solutions? Are you "green" or use the old-fashioned stuff? Where do you start?

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What are you waiting for?
 Your baby registry should be as unique as you are! Now it can be as you create a custom baby registry all your own -- selecting items from any store in the world! You can even sync registries you've already set up. Free and easy (you can even 'shop' in your jammies!) Perfect for any occasion, we invite you to try it today! What have you to lose? Click to create your registry/wish list now! (Click on "Tools" in the navigation bar at the top and select the registry option to return anytime!)
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Need a pregnancy ticker? Get one today!
 Have you made your custom Pregnancy Ticker yet? After completing four simple steps, you and your family/friends can enjoy counting down the days 'til your due date! We have a handy "How-To" Guide available for this and our other great features! Create yours today!
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Did you enjoy?
 What did you think of January's focus on early literacy? Please revisit any of the links below, comment, and share with others you know! This topic should be a priority "resolution" that we each vow to keep -- encouraging our own children to establish a lifetime love of reading!
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Are you counting down to "D(ue) Day?"
 Newly expecting? Share your journey with family and friends with your very own Customized Pregnancy Ticker! Together you can countdown 'til your due date, celebrate milestones, and more!

Come back, click "Show Conversation" and test your codes! We'd love to see!
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Deadbeat Dad Lured Home for Starring Movie Role
 We’ve all heard the adage, if it seems too good to be true, it probably is but apparently this aspiring movie star/deadbeat dad didn’t take it to heart.
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Toddler Blog Tells All -- Insights from a Three-Foot Perspective
 Toddlers can be a mystery. They'll look at you, sometimes stare and you know they're in deep thought, but what are they thinking? One toddler blog may finally crack that mystery wide open! Although the blog isn't written by the tyke, it's gone viral with good reason.
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Celebrity Round-Up: Hollywood Births, Splits and "Kiss and Tells"
 Every week we bring you all the news there is to use when it comes to celebrities. In this edition we have births, splits and "kiss and tells."
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Fetal Genome Sequenced Without Father's DNA in New Procedure
 For the first time, researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have sequenced the genome of a fetus using only a mother's blood sample.
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Watch a Birth from the Inside for the First Time!
 Imagine how still this mom had to be. For anyone who has had an MRI, you know that you can't move in order to get a good picture. Well, this is not your average birth video. German researchers have used Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) to peer inside a woman's body during labor, a medical first that sheds light on the birth process.
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Kindergarten Career Aptitude Test in the Works
If you thought you had time to worry about your child studying for and taking their SAT and ACT tests, you don't. A new digital tool to test academic and behavioral skills will target students starting in kindergarten. The test is intended to gauge a student's traits towards certain careers.

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Kindergarten Leads to Higher Crime Rates
Does kindergarten lead to a life of crime? According to one legislator, the answer is yes. No matter what side of the political aisle you're on, this is the kind of story that will likely leave you shaking your head.
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Celebrity Round-Up: Cruise-Holmes Split, Nora Dies, Emily and Oprah
 Don't miss this week's edition of the celebrity round-up! Get all the celeb news you can use in a "byte-sized" package!
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11/30/2012 - 01:44
MissyJ:
For those celebrating Christmas or Yule, decorating the tree is a big part of the festivities! Through various discussions, however, "when" to put it up seems to be up for debate! Vote now: "Celebrate Christmas or Yule? When do you put up your tree?" and add your thoughts in the comment section!
11/13/2012 - 16:30
MissyJ:
Within the U.S.,1 in 8 babies are born too soon. Good news! The number of preterm births has dropped as more women are educated and empowered to take charge of their health! Learn how *you* can lower your risk of preterm labor and give you and your baby a healthy start! Read "U.S. preterm birthrate lowest in a decade -- lots of work ahead!

Have you shared this yet? Take time to pass this along to friends and family!
11/12/2012 - 14:42
MissyJ:
Has your Thanksgiving turned from time to savor good company and food to instead a countdown for the race to the mall? What do you think? Vote now in our poll: Are the early-bird Black Friday sales ruining your Thanksgiving celebration?

Weigh in with your thoughts in the comment section too! Pass the link along to have others join in!
10/11/2012 - 08:41
MissyJ:
Did you read our article, "Folic Acid Critical for Early Embryonic Development"? We are looking now for members to add your own words of support for future expectant parents within our comment section! Hearing from you may be the advice that sways them to add folate to their diet! Help us help others as a part of our campaign to raise awareness of spina bifida!
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