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Take your children to the park this weekend, and leave them there

Take your children to the park this weekend, and leave them there. That's the advice of our free-range parenting expert, who explains how simply taking your kids to the park can strengthen communities and instill independence.

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.

A closer look: Time's breastfeeding cover story and attachment parenting (poll)

Is breastfeeding a child until she or he is 5 or 6 too much? Or is it natural and instills a sense of love and caring in the child? Take our poll.

Here's A Three-Year-Old Breastfeeding On Time Magazine Cover

We've known that attachment parenting has become trendy. The practice encourages parents to closely bond with children by wearing slings (instead of putting them in bouncers), co-sleeping (versus putting the kid in a crib) and breastfeeding until the child is ready for college—and even Blossom has written a book about it . But now Time Magazine is jumping into the bourgie parenting debate with a ...

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.