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Military Families With Young Kids Face Mounting Child Care Challenges, Study Finds

by Mary Beth Sammons, Posted Mar 9th 2011 1:00PM

Military families struggle with early child care, a new survey finds. Credit: Getty It's one thing for most working parents to try to orchestrate child care from 9 to 5, but imagine dealing with the nanny coming down with the flu and ...Juggling the work/family balance requires the skills of a military strategist.
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4-year-olds Learn More Through Teacher Interaction Than in Free Play, Study Shows

by Monique El-Faizy, Posted Sep 16th 2010 12:00PM

Your child spends his hours at preschool happily building giant towns with colorless wooden blocks or sitting quietly in a corner, mesmerized by the pages of the book he's flipping through. This is how kids learn, right? Actually, maybe not. A new ...Your child spends his hours at preschool happily building giant towns with colorless wooden blocks or sitting quietly in a corner, mesmerized by the pages of the book he's flipping through. This is how kids learn, right? Actually, maybe not. A new study shows that 4-year-olds make more significant gains in early language and math skills when being guided by a teacher.
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