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Daily Q: Good vacation location to go with a 1-year-old?

We’re considering a summer vacation to take with our 1 year old son.  Nothing too long (maybe 5 days tops) and we’re trying to stay in the US.  Looking for recommendations on cruise lines or resorts in particular.  Thanks! (read more & answer here!)

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Introducing “He Said, She Said” Parents Guild style

We have 2 new guest bloggers this week. Jeremy Hankins is a parent of 3 with a graduate degree in philosophy, a tech career, and serious props for stay-at-home dad-dom with twin boys. Anna Hankins is a Wisconsin pediatrician who had three children during med school and spent a year as a stay-at-home mom with her [...]

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Daily Q: How did you get your child into healthy sleeping habits?

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Adding Google Analytics to Facebook Fan Pages

I just found a neat article that explains how to get more than the default Facebook insights about your fan page using Google Analytics, however it didn’t answer all my questions. In particular, it didn’t clearly explain how to add FBML code to your page, and how to get that code to multiple tabs of [...]

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Just launched: Facebook “Like” button

We did it. We read all the news today about the Facebook “Like” button and decided to hop aboard to help Mark Zuckerberg get his 1 billion likes in the first 24 hours. Go ahead. We dare you. Like us. :)

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Daily Q: How do you eat healthy without going to the store every 2-3 days?

I really like having fresh fruits and vegetables available for my family (though I’m not opposed to frozen).  With only cooking what the baby will actually finish in 2-3 days, some stuff just doesn’t last long… What do people do to keep a variety of fresh snacks in the house? read more & reply!

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Daily Q: How to deal with a toddler’s hitting behavior

My son is 16 mo old and is, I believe, starting to test limits.  He has recently started hitting the pets and other kids or people with his toys.  He also will occasionally take toys from other kids or shove people out of his way…. read more & answer!

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You’re safe with us.

Just a quick note to let you know that we here at Parents Guild take your security seriously. Very soon after launching, a user commented that we didn’t use secure HTTP (https) for our login and logout pages.  Well, I’m happy to announce that we’ve remedied that situation.  We have an official SSL certificate, and [...]

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Fathering critical to human evolution?

Ever wonder why it is that mothering a child connotes “caring for a child” while fathering seems to mostly connote “siring”? Maybe you answer – well, traditionally (unlike today!) fathers didn’t have much to do with the raising of a child beyond being a provider, so it makes sense that the words might originate or [...]

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Daily Q: Kindergartners being mean

My 5 year old son is in Kindergarten and has had a pretty good experience so far this year.  Since getting back from Spring Break a little more than a week ago, some kids are being REALLY mean….  My son told me he spends some recesses hiding because other kids chase him and tackle him [...]

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