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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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Consistent Rules Can Limit Television Watching, Study Shows

by Monique El-Faizy, Posted Jun 14th 2010 12:35PM

You can help save your child from turning into a TV zombie. No, it's not a lost cause. As much as your kids may love sitting in front of the television/computer/video game monitor, a new study shows that by setting limits, parents can curtail ...
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Hope for Craft-Challenged Moms

by Kathy Peel, Posted Jun 10th 2009 10:00AM

Over the years I've written books and countless articles about keeping kids creatively occupied in the summer. This being the case, people naturally assume that I'm an arts-and-crafts diva -- you know, the kind of mom who saves Styrofoam meat ...
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Screen time compromising a love for nature?

by Christina Sbarro, Posted Aug 13th 2007 10:23AM

I grew up without television. As a result, I have a bizarre pop-culture deficit that causes some rather entertaining, if not baffling social encounters, and makes me appear to be much more serious than I actually am. It's not that I don't think ...
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