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A New Perspective on Power Struggles - This is an excerpt from the book "Kids, Parents and Power Struggles by Mary Sheedy Kurcinka. Those of you who are subscribed to the Parenthub.com Email Newsletter, knows how excited I've been about this book. It has changed the way our family interacts with each other and it has taught me to understand not only my sons behavior but my own as well. Included in this book you will find strategies for: Understanding emotions, managing intensity and identifying triggers. If you're going to read a parenting book, I would read this one. It is an easy read, full of real-life examples.

Kids In Mind - This site will help you rate the movies your kids watch. They give you an objective review of objectionable material in movies. They give a neutral list of material you might not want your kids to watch or hear. You'll find category-specific ratings for violence, nudity, profanity etc.

Screen It - Just as the resource above, this site will help you figure out if you want your kids watching a movie or not. They give you a quicktake of the movie, the plot and a word to parents. Then they let you know if there is any of the following: alcohol/drug use, blood/gore, disrespectful/bad attitude, frightening scenes, profanity, sex/nudity, smoking, violence etc.

TV Parental Guidelines - These guidelines offer parents some advance cautionary information so they can better supervise the TV watching of their young children. On the site you can read about how the guidelines work, what the different ratings are, download "A Parents Guide to the TV ratings and V chip" and more.

Are you and overprotective parent? - Dateline ran a story on overprotective parents which was quite interesting. It made me go to their web site to answer some questions by Dr. Laurence Steinberg, an expert on the relationships between parents and children. There you will find 8 yes or no questions that will help you figure out if you are overprotective and what you can do to help curbe that.

A Contract for Coping - Another article from Dr. Wilkoff that deals with picky eating. This article helps you on your way in preventing meal times from becoming ugly battles. The article is based on his book - "Coping With a Picky Eater" and discusses how you can adopt a strategy that will allow your families mealtimes to be a pleasant experience.

Birthday Party Ideas - Birthday Parties are always a lot of work, usually quite an expense and a lot is expected of you. On this page you can find some great birthday party resources like recipes, how to save money, games, theme ideas and more.

GrowthSpurts.Com - A Free Web Site For Your Baby! - New parents can get a free web site and the internet's most comprehensive database to track their baby's growth and development. No HTML knowledge required. Easily create an online photo album to share with your friends and family!

Eight Suggestions for Coping with Your Picky Eater - Are you the frustrated parent of a picky eater? Are you worried that he may never learn to eat anything more than macaroni and cheese or chicken nuggets? Have meal times become battles without a winner? Do you find yourself preparing two or three different meals each night in hopes that your child will eat something? Dr. Wilkoff, the author of Coping with a Picky Eater has compiled an article from his book titled "Eight Suggestions for Coping with Your Picky Eater. Dr. Wilkoff is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics and Certified by the American Board of Pediatrics. He is a columnist for Pediatric News (the leading independent magazine for pediatricians). He has appeared on ABC’s 20/20 and The Today Show as well as numerous other radio and TV programs across the country.

Choose the sex of your Baby - Researchers now say that they are able to help couples choose the sex of their babies by sorting the sperm and then artificially inseminating with the sperm that carries either the Y or X chromosomes. Apparently Y chromosome (males) have about 2.8 percent less DNA than X chromosome sperm. Read the CNN article for more details and to find out how successful this "treatment" has been. Obviously this is a matter that stirs up the opinion pot. Should we really be choosing the sex of our babies? Researchers say that for couples with risk for sex-linked genetic diseases, this is a break-through.