In Dr. Gwenn Is In - Posted 9 hours ago

The US Department of Energy and Disney have joined forces to produce two websites for kids about energy conservation. With the tough financial times we are facing, these sites are incredibly timely as we can help our kids learn how to save our resour...

In Dr. Gwenn Is In - Posted 4 days ago

With our country facing one of most challenging economic crisis in most of our life times, it's easy to go into protection mode and want to shelter our kids from our adult stresses. With the holidays on our heels, though, our stresses will very soon ...

In The Parents Zone - Posted 4 days ago

Here's something you already know, but don't know you know: Children love to be ignored. It does not mean neglecting them.It is about ignoring them, as in being seen and not heard, out from underfoot, free to do their own thing without adults hoverin...

In ParentDish - Posted 1 week ago

Filed under: Kids 8-11, Money & work, Fun & activities, Celeb kids, Celeb parenting, Media, That's entertainment, Extreme childhoodJaden Smith may have landed the role of a lifetime. Will Smith's ten-year-old son is set to star in a remake of the 80'...

In ParentDish - Posted 1 week ago

Filed under: Celeb parenting, In the news, EducationBarack Obama has been busy this week making decisions about his White House staff in advance of January's inauguration. But the President- elect has also been consulting with the Mom-in-Chief about ...

In Allergy Moms Blog - Posted 1 week ago

If you have not come across about.com's Parenting Special Needs Children section, you might want to take a peek. Written by Terri Mauro, mom of special needs children herself, it is choc full of tips, articles, products, websites, books and more. Her...

In Dr. Gwenn Is In - Posted 1 week ago

A former physical education teacher in my home town, John Passarini, once told me: No child is disabled. They are all just differently abled. That was his philosophy during his many years teaching generations of kids in our town and now teaching te...

In Dr. Gwenn Is In - Posted 2 weeks ago

Wow! What a night last night was. For many people, including me, last night represented one of those nights that will be difficult to forget.Today, two years of campaigning finally comes to a close and we can finally move forward. SNL has allowed us ...

In ParentDish - Posted 2 weeks ago

Filed under: Preschoolers, Kids 5-7, Kids 8-11, Development, Playground bureau, Extreme childhoodIt is so much easier to say yes -- or is it? Part of being a good parent is setting limits and doling out the discipline, but so often we find ourselve...

In ParentDish - Posted 2 weeks ago

Filed under: Preschoolers, Kids 5-7, Kids 8-11, Teens & tweens, Playground bureauIs there anything quite like election day?For me, it has always been something of a holiday. As a young cub reporter I stayed up all night, waiting for returns and even,...