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Several studies over the past year have revealed a consistent message: good parenting in the first year of a baby's life can have a lasting impact on child development well into the teenage years. While the definition of "good parenting" is loosely defined, here are the top 10 science based parenting tips.

More and more research unveils the importance of parenting skills in a baby's first year of life. As the old saying goes, experience is the best teacher and many new parents would certainly agree. The same adage may apply to infants as well, as a new study found 10 month old babies were already able to apply lessons learned.

Most parents can relate to other parents when they talk about whining kids. Here are some true and tried strategies that will help curb this problem and make your life easier

Life is full of big and small disappointment, whether it's a failed trip to the park because of the rain or the ice cream shop has run out of chocolate sprinkles. Though we try so hard to keep our kids from such disappointments, we can't - but it's a good thing.

When you become a new parent, one of the first worrying factors is safety of your little one in daily life. Mother's Zone brings to you some useful safety ideas for kids that will help you keep your children safe at home and outside home.

When you become a new parent, one of the first worrying factors is safety of your little one in daily life. Mother's Zone brings to you some useful safety ideas for kids that will help you keep your children safe at home and outside home.

Learning how to win and lose is a large component of children's sports. It teaches them proper decorum and coping mechanisms to deal with adverse situations in life. Although these days with the helicopter parents getting air time, sports fanatical fathers making the news for the wrong reasons, and dance moms getting their own television shows, we may be going in the wrong direction...

Getting a good night's sleep with a newborn baby in the house, as many parents know, is not going to happen anytime soon. Despite the odd waking hours of babies, the first 6 months of life are critical to helping a baby set their circadian rhythms (regular sleeping and rising patterns) that will stay with them for years to come. Some babies, however, may have some hurdles to overcome as a new study explains babies' with depressed mothers experience disruptive sleep.

Buying kids apparels perhaps one of the toughest jobs in the life of parents. These days, it is seen that the garments for your baby is going to be extremely expensive that kills your wallet gradually.

Surrogate motherhood history dates back to biblical times, some say it all started with Sarah and Abraham, others say it was around even before them, just they were the only ones recorded about it because of Abraham being in the bible. In countries all over the world the history of surrogate mothers dates back further than we can recall. Many cultures beliefs include surrogacy as a way of life, and those who don't abide by it are banned from their families. Many religions and cultures today believe the surrogates themselves are martyrs for their beliefs; their good deeds and overall intentions go unnoticed by many. In the 1980's the gay community took on the use of surrogates to form families for themselves; which was frowned upon then. If you really look at the history of surrogacy, aside from biblical times, it really began in the late 1800's with the Indians (which are just one culture.) If an Indian woman was found to be baron, the husband would go to the chief and inform the chief of this problem. The chief would then advise the husband to counsel with the witch doctor/ medicine man. After several attempts with medicine if the woman was still found to be baron, the chief would allow for the husband to consort with another female who was baron so that the husband would have a son to carry on his tribe; surrogacy then was not in vitro, rather, the male would have to have relations with the other female… the wife would have no biological ties to the child. But the Indians were not the only culture to use surrogacy as a means to carry on the family name. It's been known about throughout Europe and Spain and other such places. Kings would often bring in several surrogates until one bore him a son, then the surrogates would be kept as nannies to the child; the child would believe the King and Queen were its biological parents and know nothing about its genetic ties to the nanny. Often things of this matter were kept in close regard because if such thing

...Some simple steps that parents can take at home to support the knowledge and skills that students are learning in school and to help build connections between school and life.

Motherszone is an open online community where ladies can get lots of recipe ideas for their kids or for family. Motherszone is not only for ladies but also ensures advice and guidance for development of your kids and expose them to many aspects of life with some great tips.

Motherszone is an open online community where ladies can get lots of recipe ideas for their kids or for family. Motherszone is not only for ladies but also ensures advice and guidance for development of your kids and expose them to many aspects of life with some great tips.

Parental life baby skin rashes are common issues.

The talk among teenagers and adults recently has been all about The Hunger Games. Hopefully children will take a life lesson or two away with them. Some may already have preconceived notions...

Society and relationship with your own father develop your idea about how it's like to be a dad. Unfortunately society is prone to believe different false information including myths about fatherhood. So if you are already a new dad or planning to become one, we offer you to read the scientific studies to know the reality of such a wonderful stage of life as fatherhood.

Education in today's world plays an important role in every individual's life. In order to keep pace with it various citizens residing in the apartments follow various techniques of home based learning in order to train their kids in academics during their examinations.

Our schools believe in discussing abstinence. Won't teaching teenagers about consent lead to more sexual activity among those same teenagers?

What unrest are you 2 hours from? What needed conversation with your child have you been avoiding or procrastinating with starting? Ask yourself, "What discussion with my child scares me?" The answer is the discussion you need to have today.

The moment that you have been dreaming about for years has finally arrived and you and your husband are expecting your first baby! You care about your physical and mental health and wish to provide your baby with the best start possible. You believe in living an active, healthy life and plan to continue exercising throughout your pregnancy.