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Early Years Institute and CA Technologies Sponsor 'Screen-Free Week' in Long Island
Early Years Institute and CA Technologies ask Long Island kids to unplug for one week in April. (read the story...)

Fight Less, Love More: Tips from Relationship Expert Laurie Puhn
Five New Year's resolutions from famed relationship expert Laurie Puhn that will help you talk more effectively with your partner — and be a better role model to your kids. (read the story...)

Wish You Were Here!: How to Keep Kids Close to Distant Relatives
When your relatives don't live right around the corner, heed our tips to help your kids stay close to them in other ways. (read the story...)

The Happy Stepmother: How to Keep Your Family Harmonious, Even During the Holidays
Rachelle Katz, a family therapist and stepmother herself, offers advice for stepmoms on how to set boundaries and keep your blended family harmonious, even during holidays. (read the story...)

New Book Promises to Transform Your Relationship
In her new book, to be released on October 12, Fight Less, Love More: 5-Minute Conversations to Change Your Relationship without Blowing Up or Giving In (Rodale), couples expert Laurie Puhn explains the simple strategies that can immediately improve your communication and the quality of your relationship. A Harvard-trained lawyer and family and divorce mediator, Puhn is also a married mom and runs a private practice in couples mediation in New York City. (read the story...)

How to Maintain Your Marriage While Caring for a Child with Special Needs
One mom opens up about how she keeps her relationship with her husband healthy and stable while caring for an autistic child. (read the story...)

Just for Moms: How to Start a Book Club
Moms: Carve out time to sit back and read a whole book, and connect with friends real and fictional. Read on for tips on how to start a "moms only" book club - without the guilt. (read the story...)

How to Get Dad to Help Out a Little More
Read our five tips on how to get Dad more involved at home and with the kids. (read the story...)

Make Time for Date Night
Experts say couples who make time for themselves are better able to foster a sense of support for each other and can make more effective parents. And scheduling a "date night" is easy in New York, the perfect backdrop for romance. Read on for some intimate ideas. (read the story...)

Smart Money for Single Parents
Check out these tips from finance guru Kara Stefan, single mom and author of "Head of Household: Money Management for Single Parents." (read the story...)

10 Tips for Stepfamily Sanity this Holiday Season
Wednesday Martin, Ph.D., author of "Stepmonster: A New Look at Why Real Stepmothers Think, Feel, and Act the Way We Do," offers ten tips for stepfamilies to make this holiday season a smoother and more enjoyable one for everyone. (read the story...)

Just For Moms: Wear a Smile This Holiday Season
Columnist Kayla Fioravanti shares some tips on how to look your best while preparing meals and entertaining guests this holiday season - just put a smile on! (read the story...)

Dating with Children
Internet dating, hookups, blind dates, and the odd booty call -- how does this cornucopia of dating delights mesh with your role as a mom and caregiver to your kids? (read the story...)

Pacing Your Child's Day
Between long school days, homework, extra curricular activities, and family time, there's not much wiggle room left. So how do you know when your child's schedule is too packed or too empty? (read the story...)

Accidents and Anger
It is normal to feel angry when your child accidentally or carelessly breaks or ruins a precious object. However, an impulsive expression of anger will likely cause your child to feel guilty with no way to correct the situation. (read the story...)

Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child
Over the past decade or so, research has shown that a child’s emotional quotient (EQ) is just as — if not more — important as IQ for his or her success. So where do we start? (read the story...)

The Daddy Blues - Paternal Post Natal Depression
Postpartum depression doesn’t just affect new mothers. (read the story...)

Blending Families for the Holidays
The holidays can be particularly difficult for divorced or stepfamilies. Jeannette Lofas, founder of Stepfamily Foundation, Inc. in NYC, offers these tips for helping the holidays go smoothly... (read the story...)

How to Quell Household Disputes and Restore Domestic Tranquility
Like it or not, moms are usually the home “sheriffs” and the ones charged with “putting out the fires.” Momagers® (mom and manager) must be great problem solvers who can quell the almost daily sibling or spousal flare-ups. Effective mothering, put simply, requires fine-tuned conflict management skills. (read the story...)

Chic Moms: Be Mine . . . Valentine Beauty
Simple and fun ways for you to feel all the love Valentine’s Day has to offer! (read the story...)

Single Parenting : Kids in the Middle
Divorce is stressful for a family. If there are children involved, the situation is even more heartbreaking. (read the story...)

When Divorce Moves on to Dating
With divorce rates over 50 percent, chances are a parent will start dating and considering new relationships while their children are still in the home. (read the story...)

Balanced Moms: make it happen!
It’s a pretty well known fact: Moms are pulled in many directions and their to-do lists almost never get completely crossed off. (read the story...)

Dealing With Divorce During The Holidays
It can be difficult for kids to cope with the divorce of their parents at any time of year, but the holidays can be especially challenging (read the story...)

Making a U-Turn on Marriage and Motherhood
Sometimes, divorce can be the perfect catalyst for reinvention. For Nyack native, Terry Martin Hekker, an unexpected split after 40 years of marriage led her to face her fears, find a new path, and change her philosophy about working motherhood. (read the story...)

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