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Head Off Holiday Havoc

Stress less, relax more with these tips for holiday downtime.

Pet Proof Your Home

Keep your 4-legged friends safe at Santa time.

Tips for Co-Parenting During the Holidays

Divorced? Ease kids through the challenges of the season.

Celebrate the Holidays in the Triangle

Santa sightings, tree lightings and more festive fun!

Is safer food coming to the family table?

Worried that the food you eat isn't always safe? Who wouldn't be after the recent salmonella outbreaks in eggs and peanut butter? But help may be on the way for families across the country.

This week, the Senate passed a bill that would give the FDA more power over food safety, allowing it to boost inspections of food facilities and recall food instead of relying on producers to do so. It could provide the most sweeping changes to the FDA since the 1930s, according to CBS News.

Parenting in the News
Traveling exhibits, peformances for Triangle-area families

Big shift in Wake students on table

Parenting tips for the weeks between turkey and tinsel

Local 6-year-old boy stows away on school bus

Lowe's recalls 11M blinds for strangulation risk

Eating disorders rising fast among young kids

A Very Left Out Single Dad
Are you a dad? Our publisher wants to know how we can serve you better. Let's hear from you on what you're not getting from us.

Scare at the Bookstore
Ever lost a kid in a store? Suburban Rebel Mom has been telling her kids what to do if they're ever lost. So why didn't all that training pay off recently at the bookstore?

Off-Season Family Fun at Jordan Lake
See why Allison thinks Seaforth Recreation Area at Jordan Lake holds loads of tot fun on a warm fall day.
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Dora's Christmas Carol DVD!
When Swiper tries to swipe the Christmas Star from Dora's Nochebuena Party, he needs Dora's help to get him off Santa's "naughty" list. Learn more!

The WotWots Books
Meet aliens SpottyWot and DottyWot, who spend their days exploring a zoo where their steam-powered spaceship landed. Learn more!

Christmas Classic DVD and Bluray
Win Christmas Classics like "Frosty the Snowman," "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town" on DVD and Bluray! Learn more!

Do you think you spend enough time with your family?

Once you've decided where to celebrate the holidays, focus on being at peace with that decision and make the holidays memorable.

Read more about deciding where to celebrate the holidays.

Camp & Education Fair

Mark your calendars for Carolina Parent's annual Camp & Education Fair, Sunday, Feb. 13, 2011, from noon-4 p.m. at Cary Academy. It's free for parents!

Triangle Mommies Discuss...

When do you think we'll get our first snow?

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