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• Parenting with a United Front
  Parenting may be one of the toughest jobs in the world. One of the challenges of raising children is parenting with a united front with your spouse or partner. Why? People are different. Everyone has different backgrounds, needs, behaviors, and parenting styles.
• Set Up Your Child for Success at School
  Beep, beep, beep. The ringing of your child’s alarm clock signals that a new school day has arrived. Studies show that parents have the strongest effect on children’s behavior; they are children’s first and primary teachers. Children learn from parents’ actions. So, the “do as I say, not as I do” approach often does not work!
• Teaching Kids How To Manage Money
  Ever bought your child that candy bar or comic book at the checkout counter to calm a tantrum?
  
  Most parents experience moments that tempt them to keep their children happy and behaving well—and often this involves money.
• Eating Disorders Awareness Week
  Do you often say, “I’m too fat” or “I need to go on a diet”? How often do you make these comments in front of your child? As a parent or caregiver, you can help prevent eating disorders before they occur by being a good role model.
• Set Healthy Goals
  For many of us, New Year's resolutions are easily made and easily broken. Whether it's to lose weight, save money, or adopt a healthier lifestyle, New Year's resolutions can be hard to keep. But, working toward these and other goals can improve your life. Setting realistic goals year round-and not just at New Year's-can lead to a healthier lifestyle, improved self-esteem, and increased confidence.
• Junk Food and Your Children’s Health
  When was the last time you saw junk food advertised on TV? How about veggies? For junk food1, you probably answered, “The last time I watched TV with my child.” For veggies, most likely you said, “Never.”
• Be a Good Role Model: Someone Is Watching You
  Who is your role model? Mahatma Ghandi? Mother Teresa? Abraham Lincoln? Eleanor Roosevelt? Who are your child’s role model? You? Yes. Whether you know it or not, you are a role model for your child. What does this mean for you? As a parent, you have more influence for good than maybe you thought you did. By setting a good example of healthy living, you can help your child make healthy choices in his life.
• Secondhand Smoke Can Harm Children
  Now that spring is in full swing, you and your family might head outside for some fresh air. But if you’re smoking outside, your children still are being exposed to the nicotine in your cigarettes.
• Healthy Holiday Eating
  Whether your taste runs to old standbys or desires something new, it’s easy for normal eating patterns to take a back seat at holiday social events. By following a few tips on holiday eating, you and your family can enjoy special foods while keeping a balanced and healthy diet.
• Managing Holiday Stress
  Ready for decorating, shopping, and cooking? Or do you feel anxious, nervous, or worried when you think about what you have to do in the coming weeks? If so, you are not alone.

* We refer to a child as "him" in some places and "her" in others. We do this for easier reading. All information applies to both boys and girls unless otherwise specified.