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Does America need a time-out? Yes, according to this survey:

Is taking a trip a week before your due date a good idea?

Before 17-year-old Malala Yousafzai received the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize, she ran her acceptance speech by one guy: her father Ziauddin.

Fred Rogers would have been 87 today. Happy Birthday, Mr. Rogers!

This dad's fake movie poster really captures the drama of a toddler at bedtime, don't you think? http://yhoo.it/1BXahj7

Lindsay Powers , our editorial director, was featured on Good Morning America earlier today sharing tips for getting the most out conversations with your kids. Here's the clip in case you missed it!

“My parents spend time with my kids, playing and talking. My in-laws on the other hand, think that giving my kids gifts is a symbol of love. However, when they visit or call, they make no effort to talk to my kids."

#4: She's watching how you treat her mom!

The story behind HowToBeADad's hilarious "wearable breastfeeding tent:" http://yhoo.it/18Om5Kp

In all likelihood, if you’re a woman with a husband, you do this. If you don’t, congrats.

“A boy who’d sat down next to her said, ‘I think she’s having an allergic reaction. I know she’s allergic to peanut butter and I had it this a.m. but I brushed my teeth. Is she allergic to me?’”

Do you remember the first time you went somewhere without your baby? (It felt strange, right?) heart emoticon

It took one touch of egg on 6-month-old Henry Peters’ lip to trigger a terrifying allergic reaction that had his parents scrambling for help. We ask a doctor for tips on how to avoid a nightmare like this:

"It was horrible. I was exhausted and borderline suicidal."

Since the 1970s, the average amount of lead in children’s blood has fallen about 90 percent. Thank you, latex paint and unleaded gas!

"Never let yourself be swept away by anger, but instead find common ground, search out the ways to start a constructive dialogue."

The quadruplets are home with their dad and grandma!

“Same-sex marriage and parenting withholds either a mother or father from a child while telling him or her that it doesn’t matter. That it’s all the same. But it’s not. A lot of us, a lot of your kids, are hurting. My father’s absence created a huge hole in me, and I ached every day for a dad. I loved my mom’s partner, but another mom could never have replaced the father I lost.”

“In our culture, we expect kids to be able to collaborate effectively at a young age, have tons of friends, and be gregarious. When they aren’t, either related to temperament or behavior, we tend to think there’s something wrong.”

We've all been there!

“I wanted to cry very hard. It means the world to me.”

The vice principal of a California middle school has been placed on administrative leave after he was caught on a student’s phone camera saying, “I just don’t like the black kids.”

This grandma's reaction is absolutely priceless!

"The winter always brings me down too, so it’s not just you. We all get tremendously sad sometimes."

“On one hand it says, ‘This is who I am,’ and on the other it says, ‘What do you think of me?’” says a family therapist. “But in the end, the image sends the stronger message."

What do you think of the photos?

"I want to look beautiful, like you!" -4-year-old (and future beauty blogger) Mia after getting caught raiding her mom's makeup bag.

"The kids who need love the most ask for it in the most unloving of ways."

"He’s perfectly happy where he is now in Heaven, but he’s told me our love story on Earth wasn’t done. He wants to come back. They both came to me to help me move forward."

The report card allows kids to grade their parents on 28 questions from “Does your parent make you feel safe and protected?” to “Does your parent pack good lunches/snacks?”

“We have an international alert out but now they’re there, there’s not much we can do.”

“The kids here in our hospital are sick, going through very challenging things — everyone wishes kids wouldn’t have to go through [this]. Let’s have some fun, shake it off and forget about the hard stuff!”

One commenter called this journalist a “trailblazing giant rockstar" after she appeared on a television interview. We agree!

“My son has been humiliated and he’s frightened to go to school, and he feels sorry and has some esteem issues. I just don’t think that’s right."

Is "Cinderella" reversing all that female empowerment your daughter learned from "Frozen?" Some critics think yes:

"My husband was so tired one night that he reached into the laundry basket for a blanket and ended up swaddling the baby in a pair of his [clean] boxers," says Leah A.

"It’s a special spot for my daughter, and when she shares it with me and we get to play up there together, I’m the luckiest guy in the world.” ‪#‎DadsWhoRock‬

Careful the things you say, children will listen!

This mom says she has more body confidence now than she did when she had the “perfect bikini body.”

#5: Our sons typically want to protect their mothers from their boyhood “frailty.” They want their mothers to see them as men.

When parents are so focused on teaching their children right from wrong, it's easy to overlook the little things that deserve praise. Here, one mom shares an easy trick that made her a more well-rounded parent:

"A few weeks ago, though, Ellie asked me the one question I’ve been preparing for since before she was born, but was still not ready to answer: 'Daddy, what is Down syndrome?'"

The best way to handle biting behavior:

“We go collect the mail every day and the post office lady keeps Wyatt’s letters in special area because the P.O. box is now too small to hold them all."

An estimated 30 percent of Americans work remotely using computers and smart phones — just not usually obstetricians!

Kim claims she and Kanye attempt to conceive “500 times a day.” But is that helping her odds of getting pregnant with a second baby?

Hey, moms! Hilary Duff wants you to love your bod...

"Kids don’t come into the world with this preconceived notion that a mom and a dad is the way things should be. They come into the world thinking, who’s going to love me? Who’s going to take care of me? That’s what matters." heart emoticon

“I wanted to meet him, and to hold him, and for him to know us. We’d resigned ourselves to the fact that we were going to lose him, and we were just trying to make the most of those last, precious moments.”

"Parker and Jaxon, I love you dearly. If you can pick up a phone and call me or call the police or tell somebody, ask for help. I’m looking for you every day, every night, we all are. I love you and I will never ever stop looking for you."

Calling all parents! We're working on a story and would love your input: Does your child's dentist recommend routine x-rays at every visit? If so, do you go along with it every time?

The family has earned “enough money to buy our cars in cash, enough money to buy a house in Southern California in cash, and enough money to send our children to college.”

These 15 names were given to only five babies each in 2013. (In other words, time to say goodbye.)

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Is organic food really better for kids?

The baby name Aaliyah has been in the US Top 100 every year since the singer’s tragic death, and has inspired countless respellings and variations, from Alia to Kaliyah.

#6: Take responsibility for your own feelings and reactions.

"A sign taped to a door isn’t going to stop me from being that mom who drags her embarrassed sons into the ladies room."

“After my second C-section, I was up walking around within the next day. For major surgery, it was actually a pleasant experience.”

"He didn’t want a step-dad who wasn’t an addict. He wanted me. He just wanted to me to be me, and to be in his life."