Yesterday, AOL launched SafeSocial, a paid-monthly service that allows parents to monitor their child�s online interactions on social networking sites like Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter — without having to be a �friend.�

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New AOL Service Tracks Kids’ Social Media Usage

A Southwest Airlines flight attendant took a 13-month-old girl away from her parents after the mother slapped the child during a flight, CNN reports.

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Flight Attendant Takes Baby after Slap from Mom

10 clever ways to get your child to give up the paci

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Giving Up the Pacifier

Is your child having difficulty passing bowels?

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Health Guide: Constipation

It’s often the first sign that your child’s coming down with something — a scratchy throat that hurts when she swallows. Learn how to treat and prevent them with our comprehensive guide

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Caring for Sore Throats

It’s painful to watch: Your child and her best pal were practically joined at the hip, but suddenly they’re barely speaking.

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When Best Friends Break Up: How to Help

Let me preface this post by saying that I am not one of those moms who's constantly comparing my kid's developmental stages to other kids' developmental stages. If anything, I show signs of Baby Narcissism — as in, I think my child is the cutest, sweetest, happiest, most well adjusted baby on the planet.

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Developmental Stages

English, Child of John Variations Joenns, Joness, Jonesy Nicknames Jo

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Ask humor experts (yes, there is such a field of expertise) if we’re born with a sense of humor, and the answer is a decided “sort of.” “Everyone is born with the potential for humor — the ability to find things funny and make people laugh,” says Paul McGhee, Ph.D., author of Understanding and Promoting the Development of Children’s Humor. Not all kids will be as jocular as others, however, and what isn’t already in your child’s genetic code depends largely on his home life, since children learn by example. Here’s an age-by-age guide to how kids develop a sense of humor — and what you can do to encourage it.

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Laugh It Up! How to Encourage Your Child’s Sense of Humor

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