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Parent Resolutions For 2014: Less Telling, More Listening

Tell Me More's parenting panel dishes on their lessons from the last year. Host Michel Martin is joined by parents Leslie Morgan Steiner, Lester Spence, Jeff Yang and Dani Tucker.

Parent Resolutions For 2014: Less Telling, More Listening

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Obesity And Preserving Culture: Latinos Discuss Parenting Challenges
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Obesity And Preserving Culture: Latinos Discuss Parenting Challenges

For Latino parents, choosing what language to speak at home isn't a simple choice. Neither is it easy to find the right way to talk to children about weight and other issues. Host Michel Martin speaks with a roundtable of parents to get their advice on how to handle tough conversations.

Obesity And Preserving Culture: Latinos Discuss Parenting Challenges

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Teen Boys: Mean or Misunderstood?

The world of boys can often be mysterious, especially when they aren't too eager to share what's going on. Now a new book called Masterminds and Wingmen explores the way boys communicate. Host Michel Martin speaks with a roundtable of parents about the challenges of raising teenage boys.

Teen Boys: Mean or Misunderstood?

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Getting Rid Of My Breasts, A Lot Of People Didn't Understand

The news that Angelina Jolie had a preventative double mastectomy has many women thinking about how far they'd go to protect their bodies. Cleveland journalist Regina Brett has written about how she and her daughter Gabe went through the same surgery. They share their story with host Michel Martin.

Regina and Gabriel Brett talk with Michel Martin about their cancer dilemma

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Parents Playing Favorites ... Inevitable?
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Parents Playing Favorites ... Inevitable?

Most parents deny that they favor one child over another, but in a recent Time cover story, senior editor Jeffrey Kluger says it's natural for parents to have favorites. In this week's parenting conversation, guest host Tony Cox discusses the contentious topic with Kluger, as well as Shawn Bean, Parenting magazine executive director and father of two boys, and Jolene Ivey, Maryland state legislator and mother of five boys.

Parents Playing Favorites ... Inevitable?

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Latina Moms Find Advice, Community In 'MamiVerse'

The news and lifestyle website MamiVerse launched this summer. It features Latina journalists, writers, entrepreneurs and everyday moms who are just trying to keep it all together. The site is also for the moms' daughters and their families.

Latina Moms Find Advice, Community In 'MamiVerse'

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Dads: Helping Boys Form Deep Friendships

A recent parenting conversation about boys friendships featured moms and researcher Niobe Way, who finds that boys crave and value deep friendships with each other, but American ideas of masculinity make these bonds tougher to keep as boys grow older. Now two fathers and a young male weigh in on the research and discuss their own friendships.

Dads: Helping Boys Form Deep Friendships

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Can't Take The Kids Anywhere?

Imagine the tantrums they'll throw, when they find out they're not welcome. This picture taken, circa 1952 shows little Peter Moore throwing a temper tantrum while on a visit to Bournemouth, Dorset. Evening Standard/Getty Images hide caption

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Can't Take The Kids Anywhere?

This month, a Pa. restaurant banned children under age six, and Malaysian Airlines banned babies from first class. To learn whether these policies are ever appropriate, and how to keep kids from throwing public tantrums, guest host Allison Keyes speaks with parenting contributors Leslie Morgan Steiner and Jolene Ivey, as well as "Speakeasy" Editor Christopher John Farley.

Can't Take The Kids Anywhere?

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Independence For Kids: When To Give It And How Much

Levi Aron, left, is arraigned in Brooklyn criminal court Thursday, July 14, 2011, in New York. Aron, 35, is charged with luring 8-year-old Leiby Kletzky to his home on Monday, and then smothering him and chopping him up when he learned that a search was under way for the missing child. Detectives found the boy's feet in Aron's freezer. Louis Lanzano/AP hide caption

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Independence For Kids: When To Give It And How Much

Many kids crave the freedom to go from place to place alone. But last week in N.Y., an 8-year-old who asked and was allowed to walk home alone was murdered. So at what age should kids be granted more independence, and how do parents know when these kids are ready? Host Michel Martin speaks with moms Jolene Ivey, a Md. state representative; Sue Goodwin, an NPR executive producer; and Lenore Skenazy, author of Free Range Kids: How to Raise Safe, Self-Reliant Children (Without Going Nuts with Worry). Also joining the conversation is the National Crime Prevention Council's Michelle Boykins.

Leaving Kids In Hot Cars: Foul or Forgivable?

Virginia resident Karen Murphy's son died after being left in the family's car for seven hours. Prince William County, Va. Police/AP hide caption

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Leaving Kids In Hot Cars: Foul or Forgivable?

A Va. mom is being charged with felony murder and child neglect after she allegedly left her baby in her van for hours by accident. In this week's "Moms" segment, host Michel Martin discusses this case with regulars Dani Tucker and Jolene Ivey, as well as former Md. State Attorney Glenn Ivey and journalist Gene Weingarten.

Leaving Kids In Hot Cars: Foul or Forgivable?

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