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Are Your Kids Getting Enough Pretend Play Time?

by Brett Singer, Posted Jan 6th 2011 10:00AM

Not all toys have to plug in. Credit: Getty Images Back in the day, "play time" didn't mean "screen time," because there weren't that many screens available. Now, of course, children have so many electronic entertainment options that ...Children have so many electronic entertainment options that they may not be getting enough good old fashioned pretend play.
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Tips for Keeping Your Sick Child Entertained at Home

by Carrie Snyder, Posted Jan 6th 2010 10:00AM

The child is grumpy. Way beyond grumpy. Grumpy is a distant planet in another solar system past which she's shot in her misery-fuelled rocket ship. She refuses to eat supper. She's lethargic, moping, upset over nothing. Uh oh. She's fallen asleep ...
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Young Kids Spending More Time Online

by Bethany Sanders, Posted Jul 14th 2009 10:00AM

Kids get friendly with the Internet. Photo: sxc.hu
This isn't your mama's Internet: Nielsen reports from the month of May found that kids, age 11 and younger, are a rapidly growing group of Internet users -- getting online at higher rates than ...
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