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Our 2011 National Parenting Publications Awards for Parenting Resources feature books, gear, web sites and more to make your parenting lives easier. Here, we list the 20 gold-winning products. For all of this year's winners, visit NAPPAawards.com.

Angered by the Phoebe Prince bullying case, Swampscott resident Megan Kelley Hall reached out to fellow young adult fiction authors to ask them to share experiences with bullying, either as a victim, an aggressor, or a person silent on the sidelines.

Plenty to Devour at the Eric Carle Museum

Published: 10/26/2012 by Susan Flynn in Education

It's called an art museum, but the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, MA, is so much more – illustrations, books, a hands-on art studio, a giant caterpillar-shaped book nook and more await adults and kids alike.

Enter our contest to win a signed copy of The Phantom Tollbooth and tickets to see the book turned into a play at Wheelock Family Theatre in Boston.

5 Questions for Financial Advisor John Spooner

Published: 05/25/2012 by Susan Flynn in Family Finances

Author and Boston-based financial adviser John Spooner pens a new common-sense advice book told through a series of letters to his grandchildren.

A new poll of parents finds that more than 40 percent are giving their very young children over the counter cough and cold medicines to relieve cold symptoms, despite federal warnings against this.

When Kids Exclude Others

Published: 09/24/2012 by Deirdre Wilson in Behavior

New research reveals that children's reasons for excluding peers from games, parties and cliques are more complicated than previously thought. The study's findings could help adults guide kids to find alternatives.

Local Doctor Helps Parents Understand Their Babies

Published: 05/26/2011 by Susan Flynn in Behavior

Kevin Nugent, Ph.D, director of the Brazelton Institute at Children's Hospital, Boston, has become an expert in interpreting the language of babies. He has written a new book to help parents decode and understand the behavior of their infants.

Norton Juster, the beloved author of the children's classic, The Phantom Tollbooth, talks about the power of imagination, his childhood, and the dangers of pushing kids to read too early.

Autism's New Definition: What It Means for Families

Published: 11/30/2012 by Christina Elston in Behavior

A proposed overhaul of the way autism is defined has some parents worried that their children's diagnoses and services are in jeopardy. But health providers say most kids will retain the diagnosis under the proposed guidelines.