All new parents have to deal with crying, but some babies just seem to belt it out all day long. Handling a colicky newborn is far from easy, but there are ways to help soothe your little one so you can all have a little peace and quiet.

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Actually, the slogan on the JC Penney T-shirt, marketed to girls age 7 to 16, reads, “I’m too pretty to do homework, so my brother has to do it for me.” That’s right, you read those words correctly. The description for the shirt on their site? “Who has time for homework when there’s a new Justin Beiber [...]

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If there is a museum to honor giant shoes, mustard and Pez dispensers, there might as well be a museum dedicated to moms.

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One mom, one marketing job, five kids under the age of 6.

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Sure, baby's adorable, but after the 100th blurry photo of the cute rugrat, you might want to take one that Grandma can actually display on the mantle. Get inspired by these pics every parent needs to take of their little one.

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How Laura Lippman does it.

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Those Baby Einstein videos might have been a rip-off, but parents eager to stimulate a baby’s mental capacity may have some new justification to do so. A new study finds that infants can be trained to concentrate, which  – down the road – could lead to mor …

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Aren’t you guys excited about the long three-day weekend coming up? Me neither. Because I can’t be the first to point out that summer just ended and for moms whose kids just started school, we finally got our lives back. Do we really need a holiday weekend a mere five days into the year? I’m all for recognizing hard work and marking the day after which it’s no longer okay to wear white shoes, but wouldn’t these lessons be just as effective coming from a teacher?

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How is it that dropping my daughter off for her first day of high school almost felt like the first day of kindergarten? How is it that I spent more time awake in the middle of the night than she probably did...worrying about the transition?

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With the 10th anniversary of 9-11 coming up, kids will be exposed to images and stories about the tragedy everywhere: standing in the checkout line at the grocery store, watching TV in the living room, and… coloring pictures?  One new coloring book for sale online ha …

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