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Topic: Blogs and Blogging
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5 award-winning mystery novels for young adults
Here are five great mystery novels aimed at teenage readers.
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Briefing
Five things to know about Freedom House's latest global rankings
A look at the 2012 Freedom House ranking of 197 countries according to their relative freedom.
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6 famous dissidents in China
The surprising escape of a blind legal activist from house arrest is buoying China's embattled dissident community, even as the government cracks down on those who helped him.
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Censored: 5 plays and novels banned around the globe
Censorship of the arts has a long history, from ancient Greece to present-day Thailand. Here is a list of five plays and novels banned, for a variety of reasons, in regions across the globe.
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Marco Rubio & 9 likely Republican VP candidates
Too soon to start speculating about possible Republican vice-presidential candidates? Evidently not. Mitt Romney's rise to the level of presumptive presidential nominee seems to have given political writers and pundits the go-ahead to begin one of the favored handicapping contests in all of politics.
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Modern Parenthood
Bullying and suicide: Misinformation and hyperbole link them
A teen's fake Facebook page about a child who committed suicide as a victim of bullying raises the need for digital literacy to separate fact from fiction. Facebook isn't a context – life is the context for Facebook.
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Modern Parenthood
Homesick at summer camp: five tips for parents with unhappy campers
Give you kids time to settle, make friends and have fun before bringing them home, say our teen experts in their five tips for dealing with kids who get homesick while at summer camp.
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Modern Parenthood
7 tips to help reignite the Twyla Tharp creativity in any parent
7 tips to reignite the Twyla Tharp-style creativity in any parent. From note-taking to magazine-reading to Ms. Tharp's own trademark magpie inspiration box, this list will help parents find that special inspirational spark.
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Modern Parenthood
Mom, I'm an atheist: A son's decision troubles religious parents
Mom, I'm an atheist: A son's decision troubles his religious parents. Our guest blogger gives advice to such parents who might be upset that their child is starting to question the God he was raised with.
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Modern Parenthood
Raised with rabbis: One family's journey to share their faith
At Modern Parenthood we've been interested in how parents share their faith, or lack thereof, with their children. Our guest blogger shares how her family's relationship with religion has evolved.
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Modern Parenthood
"Playborhood:" Parent guide creates community playscapes
"Playborhood," a new how-to guide for parents gives tips on how to turn empty spaces into the kind of community playscapes that increase the safety of neighborhoods, while encouraging kids to get off the couch and play.
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Modern Parenthood
Parent engagement, not policing, best policy for Internet use
Parent engagement, not harsh policing may be the best policy for Internet use, according to a recent study of the habits and techniques of thousands of teens and their families in over two dozen countries.
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Modern Parenthood
Potty dance at Costco: Can a good mom let 5-year-old “go” alone?
Costco bathroom is the scene of another free-range parenting controversy. If a 5-year-old is doing the potty dance in the check-out line, does a good mom allow her kid to use the bathroom alone?
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Modern Parenthood
Nature versus nurture: our parenting expert’s two cents
Our connective parenting expert’s two cents on this ever-interesting, ever-controversial question. And for the record, she's going with nurture.
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Modern Parenthood
A happy home and an orderly home can come hand in hand
That's the message of our happiness expert, who writes that something as simple as keeping a tidy bed can make your whole family happier.
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Modern Parenthood
Prom progress: Less expense, more safety, less drama
Proms are making progress. Parents and children work together (gasp) to try to ensure a happy and safe prom celebration.
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Modern Parenthood
GPS app usage rising among teenagers with smartphones
GPS app usage rising among teenagers with smartphones, as more and more teens use location services like Foursquare and Facebook to connect and meet up with friends.
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Modern Parenthood
7 ancient tips to good behavior, straight from the sage Erasmus
7 ancient tips to good behavior, straight from the sage Erasmus and his compatriots, the esteemed Francis Bacon, Sydney Smith and Lord Chesterfield, as recommended by our resident happiness expert.
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Modern Parenthood
Let it be: learning to let go and live in the moment
Let it be: learning to let go and live in the moment instead of constantly worrying about the future implications of yours and your children's emotions. Take a deep breath and simply accept what's happening right now.
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Modern Parenthood
The 'Mean Girls' effect: teenagers and the quest for popularity
The 'Mean Girls' effect: a new study shows that teenagers and the quest for popularity, depicted as 'normal' by the media and in pop culture, carries risk.
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Modern Parenthood
"How to spot a predator." Really?
'How to spot a predator.' Really? Our free-range parenting expert sounds off on some parents' continuing 'stranger danger' fears of child predators.
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Modern Parenthood
Proms and princesses: The Disney generation grows up
Proms and princesses: The Disney generation grows up and goes to high school, but the desire to look and feel like a princess does not necessarily go away. Savvy marketers have capitalized on the trend, and parents are paying for it.
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Decoder Wire
Does it matter if Mitt Romney was a bully in high school? (+video)
When Mitt Romney was a senior at suburban Detroit’s Cranbrook school, he led a 'posse' that forcibly cut the long blond hair of a nonconformist junior, according to a Washington Post report.
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Modern Parenthood
Cooking with kids: big fun, with a dash of skill development
Cooking with kids: big fun, with a dash of skill development. Gourmand Mom sees benefits, for parent and child, of rolling up your sleeves and whipping up something delicious in the kitchen together.
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Modern Parenthood
When life gives you lemons: five tips for raising resilient kids
When life gives you lemons, Modern Parenthood offers up five tips for raising resilient kids. Parents often want to protect their kids from the outside world, but avoid the urge to "rescue them," before they have a chance to help themselves.
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Modern Parenthood
Mother's Day: Parenting teenagers is like a personal action movie
Mother's Day 2012 is just around the corner, and parents of teenagers may be feeling like the parenting experience is becoming far too much like living inside an action adventure film, complete with action, romance and a lot of angst.
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Modern Parenthood
Five parenting tips to put a stop to your child's whining
Five parenting tips to help put a stop to your child's whining around the house. From infant to adolescent, whining is a normal stage of development, but the way you handle the situation can mean the difference between conflict resolution and misery.
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Modern Parenthood
Kayaking as learning: Navigating life's knowledge whitewater
Kayaking as learning: learning should be more like kayaking, explains one knowledge expert, and the experience of picking information should be treated like an action sport, a whitewater rafting trip navigating the waters of knowledge and interaction.
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Modern Parenthood
Thank you, Gloria Steinem: Feminism, family, and the fourth wave
Thank you, Gloria Steinem: Feminism, family and the fourth wave of the women's movement collide for our blogger as she watches a Gloria Steinem biopic with her son and wonders, who will lead today's female activists?
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Modern Parenthood
Mother's Day report from a mom in Norway, the "best place" to be a mom
The annual Mother's Day report from Save the Children gives the gold to Norway, for the third time, as the best place to be a mother. But from this correspondent's view it seems that Norway pushes mothers into the workplace through economic incentives and pushes kids into public day care in the name of "integrating."
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