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5 Tips To Help Your Preschooler Learn To Read

By kindergarten most schools recommend (or require) that children read for at least 20 minutes every night. With benefits like positive self esteem, increased vocabulary, enhanced creativity, increased attention spans, and higher cognitive abilities*, it is no wonder why teachers and schools are placing such an emphasis on reading. I was a learning specialist in…

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What Really Bothers Me About The Willow Smith Photo

Imagine this tableau: a pretty 13-year-old girl lies next to a handsome 20-year-old man on a small, messy bed. The man is shirtless. His head is thrown back and he’s laughing. The girl, fully clothed and unsmiling, looks at the camera.Are they friends? Sexual partners? Brother and sister?Moises Arias, who played Rico on the Disney TV show Hannah Montana, and Willow Smith, the young daughter of movie stars Will Smith and Jada …

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Pediatricians: Absolutely No TV For Little Ones!

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) once againreminded parents with children ages 2 and under that they should not be allowing their little ones to watch TV or other screens (like computer screens and smartphones) – something that 90% of parents currently allow! Why not? The doctors group said such exposure can have more potential negative effects than positive effects.