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Looking back and looking forward: New voices join Go Ask Mom

I have some news to share today.

Sarah Lindenfeld Hall, Go Ask Mom editor

Looking back and looking forward: New voices join Go Ask Mom

Hey, moms, stop trying to make Christmas perfect: 3 ways to relieve that holiday stress so you can celebrate too

Around this time of year, a favorite line of mine repeats on an endless loop inside my head, growing louder on the days when the stress of the holidays gets a little overwhelming: "It's not a perfect Christmas if it's a perfect Christmas tree."

Sarah Lindenfeld Hall

Hey, moms, stop trying to make Christmas perfect: 3 ways to relieve that holiday stress so you can celebrate too

Learn, Love, Laugh: Why these three words encourage kids to open up about their school day

"How was school?" It's a simple, open-ended question - a conversation starter that most parents ask after a long day at school. The answer? If your kids are like most kids, this response is typical: "Fine."

Sarah Lindenfeld Hall

Learn, Love, Laugh: Why these three words encourage kids to open up about their school day

'Look for the helpers:' Helping kids find comfort in the face of tragedy, terror

Mr. Rogers wrote about how to help kids with tragedy and terror in "The Mister Rogers Parenting Book," the last book he worked on before his death in 2003. His mother's words helped him make some sense of tragic events.

Sarah Lindenfeld Hall

Mother's Day: 6 things I don't want this year

Flowers. Jewelry. Dinner out. Americans are expected to spending a whopping $23.6 billion this year on gifts for Mother's Day, according to the National Retail Federation. Here are six things to save your money - or time - on.

Sarah Lindenfeld Hall

Mother's Day: 6 things I don't want this year

So long, McDonald's orange drink

It's been real.

Sarah Lindenfeld Hall

12 life skills to teach your kids on this snow day

There's no time like snow days to get a little instruction in on those chores and life skills that will come in handy once they become adults. Here are a dozen life skills I'm teaching my kids.

Sarah Lindenfeld Hall

12 life skills to teach your kids on this snow day

Scarce Toys: Cabbage Patch Kid theft, other stories of hard-to-find toys

Cabbage Patch Kids. Teddy Ruxpin. Tickle Me Elmo. This year's Hatchimals. There's always one toy that throws kids and parents into a frenzy.

Sarah Lindenfeld Hall

Scarce Toys: Cabbage Patch Kid theft, other stories of hard-to-find toys

Graduation 2016: Rosy futures for kids, pause button wishes for parents

Excuse me, for a moment, as I get all maudlin. My tween graduated from fifth grade this morning.

Sarah Lindenfeld Hall

Graduation 2016: Rosy futures for kids, pause button wishes for parents

Five Things: Lessons from a field trip chaperone

As Amanda wrote the other day, we're in that end-of-year frenetic race. The finish line is the last day of school, but there are plenty of hurdles along the way - recitals, tournaments, celebrations and, of course, the field trip.

Sarah Lindenfeld Hall

Five Things: Lessons from a field trip chaperone

Ready to fly: So long preschool, hello kindergarten

I'm sitting here at my computer getting a little weepy today. My younger daughter rolled into kindergarten this morning, ready to go, 100 percent confident, excited and eager.

Sarah Lindenfeld Hall

Ready to fly: So long preschool, hello kindergarten

When kids go alone, a walk to park can end in investigation, arrest

If this spring and summer is anything like 2014, I suspect we'll see more of these incidents where parents are investigated or even arrested for letting their kids just be on their own.

Sarah Lindenfeld Hall

When kids go alone, a walk to park can end in investigation, arrest

Study: Are you turning your child into a narcissist?

Does your son have extraordinary gifts? Would your daughter's class be as much fun if she weren't in it?

Sarah Lindenfeld Hall

Study: Are you turning your child into a narcissist?

Online Retailers: Stop ruining my kids' Christmas!

My younger daughter and I were innocently watching an online video previewing Disney on Ice presents Frozen the other day when, low and behold, to her wondering eyes appeared an advertisement with a picture of the exact same Frozen-themed art set that is a top request on her Christmas list.

Sarah Lindenfeld Hall

Online Retailers: Stop ruining my kids' Christmas!

Catch me on Fox 50 chatting about State Fair for families Wednesday

The N.C. State Fair starts Thursday. I'll be on Fox 50 Wednesday to share tips for families.

Weekend triathlon lets kids compete, help other kids

The Applebee's Kids Helping Kids Triathlon is designed for kids ages 7 to 12. It raises money for The V Foundation for Cancer Research.

Sarah Lindenfeld Hall

Weekend triathlon lets kids compete, help other kids

Dinner's Served: In defense of family dinners

With all due respect to the group of N.C. State sociologists who claimed in a recent report that home cooking is an ideal that merely reflects an "elite foodie standpoint," I say, as I look at the stack of dishes that I need to put away from last's night dinner, wait ... what?

Sarah Lindenfeld Hall