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Ryan Gerken Jr. died in 2009 after his mother, Jessica Barnes, left him unattended in a bathtub at their Bradenton home.

That was the finding of BabyCenter, a digital resource for parenting and pregnancy, which released the top 100 baby names for 2013.

As I write this last column, I am busy getting ready for yet another bus trip from Boston to New York.

The event featured a keynote speaker and three "Ages in Stages" breakout sessions for parents of elementary, middle, and high school students.

Too often - once is too often - you've heard or read about a parent who has left a child in a car.

Shawnee's voice is shrill, quavering -- on the edge of desperate. She clutches her 11-month-old son while trying to comprehend the situation unfolding in front of her.

By Cynthia Hanson From Life & Beauty Weekly Motherhood is supposed to be a joy-filled journey -- or so the ads and Facebook memes tell us.

Thanks to celebrities who learned their tax lessons the hard way, we all have great examples of what to do -- and not to do -- when it comes to our taxes.

Breastfeeding helps babies in lots of ways, but it's not the key to getting little guys on track to succeed in school as some have suggested.

U.S. says missing Malaysian jet could be 'act of PIRACY': Evidence shows plane changed direction and climbed to 45,000 feet 'under command of a pilot' after tracking devices were manually disabled Pictured: Girl, 6, found frozen to death outside her Minnesota home in -27 conditions as her cousin is arrested for manslaughter Pilots who were flying ... (more)

Rachel Canning, the 18-year-old New Jersey teen who sued her parents, is back home with mom and dad.

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I began writing a weekly column on parenting and education for the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows News in August 1990.

Well done! You have got the community talking! More than 50 comments have been made on one of your articles.

If you want to understand why Ukraine matters to Vladimir Putin, take a look at a map.

Students at Portland Public Schools' high schools have had what one parent referred to as "part-time high school" for the past three years, according to a state ruling.

Schools tell us that four factors are crucial for school success: * A child needs to have about ten or more hours of regular sleep.

Being a single parent is difficult. Though life is whirling by faster than the Spinnaker at the city fair, who has time to stop and figure out all of the unresolved emotions a single mom or dad should be handling, emotions such as accepting a circumstance you didn't ask for or letting go of what you can't change.

Over protection and co-sleeping forever are the keys to the destruction of a child.

BACK TO THE SMALL SCREEN: Alan Thicke and his wife Tanya, will star in a new "reality-ish" TV series.