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Tracy has submitted countless hacks over the years, and they're always so simple...yet smart. Tracy: I anoint you with the Parent Hacks Forehead Smack of Brilliance!We have a couple of those flushable wet wipe containers from (Read More)
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We're nothing if not practical here at Parent Hacks. Tell me if this hack doesn't revolutionize bathtime at your house! From John:We've completely eliminated the need for bath toys when traveling (and at home) by conjuring bi (Read More)
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This beats my "just add frozen peas" hack hands down. From Kelli:When I would prepare a meal for the whole family our food was either too hot for our preschooler and toddler or too cold for my husband and me. Because we also (Read More)
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Making the abstract concrete. It's a fundamental part of the teaching we do as parents. But how does one take a huge, scary concept such as a father's military deployment and make it understandable for a toddler and a prescho (Read More)
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Emily's smart shoe-shopping hack:I've been having a hard time keeping up with the rapid growth of my toddler's feet. It's so hard to get him to stand still long enough to check the shoe size with the "toe squish" method. Rece (Read More)
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New in the Parent Toolbox: Jason Avant of DadCentric passes along the color-coded behavior chart that can be read across a crowded room. The post he wrote to go along with it brings up the issue of parental consistency -- tha (Read More)
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Here's how lookmomnohands takes the "bite" out of giving medicine to her preschooler:I've noticed that my son, though he's allergic to almost everything, doesn't like to take any kind of "medicine" to treat his allergy sympto (Read More)
Geekdad:
The VTech Kidizoom Plus (image: VTech)VTech, whom we all know as a manufacturer of sturdy learning toys for kids, recently released a new product line for the fall. When they asked me to review one of their products, I jumped (Read More)
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Look at Brienna's adorable daughter! And those cozy little legs! Those homemade legwarmers are stylish, practical, and free:With my 4 year-old daughter starting preschool and dance classes, I repurposed an old sweater she'd o (Read More)
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New in the Parent Toolbox today: Liz Gumbinner of Cool Mom Picks shares the New Foods chart that is (almost) motivating her girls to expand their palates. I figure if one of the kids is eating Vodka sauce, she's onto somethin (Read More)
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One of the reasons I started Parent Hacks was because I was hoping to find out how other people were doing this parenting thing. How do other people manage to remember to refill the diaper bag after an outing? How is it that (Read More)
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I've decided, this year, it's not BACK to school. It's FORWARD to school.Both of my kids will be starting new schools this year; my son is heading off to a private school for 4th grade, and my daughter is transferring to our (Read More)
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Kai's ingenious solution for indulging her little girl's makeup fascination:My daughter is getting into the "I'm a big girl/princess" phase. My parents didn't allow me to wear makeup until I was a teenager. When I finally app (Read More)
Geekdad:
Last year on GeekDad, you were reading this by āZā:I let my 3-year-old watch television.That being said, I can already feel the disdain of a subset of our readers filtering through the internet ether to settle on me like a de (Read More)
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Leanne has a great tip for helping kids deal with the inevitable summer bug bites:Toddlers and preschoolers have little self-control when it comes to not scratching mosquito bites. When my 2 year-old got a bad sting recently (Read More)
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While my search-and-browse system isn't the best (for now! for now!), you can find lots of great hacks to keep your summer going smoothly. Here are a few to get you started. And don't forget the piles of family travel tips in (Read More)
FitSugar -- Healthy, happy you.:
This week, turn off your television set and turn up the volume on your physical activity. From now until Sunday, it's officially National TV Turnoff Week, designed to help families get moving in the fight against childhood ob (Read More)
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Autumn's fantastic tip for helping toddlers get accustomed to wearing a helmet:My husband and I are both snowboard instructors and have recently started teaching our son, Noah (18 mos) to ski. [WOW. -- Ed. (who didn't ski til (Read More)