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The Parent Report with Doug Cope
Education Poll
Half of Americans say U.S. schools are doing only a fair to poor job preparing kids for college and the work force...
Baby Boomlet
We seem to be going against the trend...the U.S. is experiencing a baby boomlet while most other industrialized nations are not...
Environmentally Aware
Making your kids more environmentally aware...
Megaskills
What are the best gifts you can give your child?
Supermom
Not everyone has to be a “super mom!”
The Soccer Mom
Celebrating the soccer mom...sort of. 
Prescription Drugs
Kids getting prescription drugs illegally over the Internet is becoming a growing problem.
Alcohol
Another call for tougher restrictions on alcohol ads on TV. 
Voting
How can you help teach your kids about the political process? Take them in to the voting booth with you.
Child Obesity
Researchers say we're making progress battling child obesity...but there is still a lot of work to to do.
Puzzling Kids
Is your child's behavior puzzling?
Mercury
Another health warning about the effects of Mercury.
Product Recall
Another product recall parents of young kids should know about.
Education Poll
It's not much of a report card. Half of Americans say U.S. schools are doing only a fair to poor job preparing kids for college and the work force...
School Violence
Is violence on the rise in our nation's schools? 
Pills and Kids
Medicine cabinets across America are overflowing. But what effect can all these pills have on your children?
Child Nutrition
Your kids are what they eat!
Diet Study
If your child needs to lose weight...experts say there's one thing you definitely shouldn't do. 
Diabetes
Are there ways to make your kids less likely to develop diabetes? 
Risky Behavior
New research shows picking and choosing your child's activities could help reduce the chance that they will get involved in "risky behavior."
Facebook
There are new safeguards for the social networking site "Facebook." 
Safe House
An author believes the healthy American household is under attack.
Lead and Crime
Could there be a link between lead poisoning early in life, and violent crime later on?
Kids Snacks
What do you think is the most popular snack for kids?  You're probably wrong.
Crayola Anniversary
The young at heart across the nation are celebrating burnt sienna sunsets and yellow green pastures.
Metal Bats
A New Jersey family is filing suit after a boy was gravely injured when he was struck by a baseball hit with a metal bat.
Invasive Parenting
Are you an invasive parent...do you try to control your kids' lives too much?
Teens
How can parents and teenagers communicate better?
Media
All media and no play makes our children dull.
Screen Time
The Surgeon General warns too much screen time is bad for your kids.
Risky Behavior
New research shows picking and choosing your child's activities could help reduce the chance that they will get involved in "risky behavior."
Medicine
Medicine cabinets across America are overflowing. But what effect can all these pills have on your children?
Nutrition
A new study has some new ways of improving nutrition for kids.
Backpacks
Can those backpacks your kids wear each day to school affect their health?
Vocabulary
How can you improve your kids' vocabulary? A local educator says...talk to them!
Aquarium
A local institution, which is a favorite with parents and kids, is making waves around the world.
Preschool
A new study calls for improvements in national pre-school education. Steven Barnett is Director of the National Institute for Early Education at Rutgers University. He co-authored the 2007 State Preschool Yearbook.
Rookie Driver
Caution! Rookie Driver ahead! Corinne Fortenbacher is co-founder of RookieDriver.net.
Girl Scouts
The Girl Scouts are getting a new look. Gone are the familiar green skirts...but the cookies will stay.
Credit Cards
Credit cards on campus are causing problems for college students.
Booster Seats
A call for booster seats to improve the safety of young kids in cars. Car crashes are the leading causes of death for children between the age of 4 and 7.
School Food
Following a recent beef recall, there are concerns about the overall quality of food delivered  to schools across America. Chris Waldrop of the Consumer Federation of America believes the USDA has not been doing all it can to assure food safetyin the nation's schools...
Breakfast
A good breakfast is important for kids to start their day off right, and Framingham has been honored for doing just that.
Crib Recall
There's another product recall that parents with young kids should know about.
College Donations
2007 was a very good year for American colleges and universities...donations were at record highs. Money given to colleges and universities hit a record of nearly $30-billion-dollars last year...
Kid Depression
Can you tell if your child is depressed or just being moody? 
Reactive or Proactive?
Are you a reactive or proactive parent?
Colleges
It's that time for many parents...the time when their ready-for-college age kids are filling out those applications, and making visits to campuses.
Dads
If you're a father, do you have "Dadditude"?
Raising Kids
It's a challenge every parent faces...how to raise happy, confident kids.
Cell Phones
California has become the latest state to pass a law banning some teenagers from using cell phones in cars.
Peanuts
There's something new in the fight against peanut allergies.
SAT's
More and more high schoolers are taking SAT's in order to get to college, but average test scores have dipped a bit.
More than a million seniors took the latest S.A.T.
Recall
Another toy made in China has been recalled.
Drugs in School
The battle against drugs in schools is apparently getting tougher to fight.
Passports
Tighter travel rules surrounding passports are creating some big benefits for single parents who've been waiting for child support payments.
Archive
 
 
Recent Audio
Parenting issues from child care to elder care and everything in between.
Education Poll
WBZ's Doug Cope talks about your child's grade school education.
Baby Boomlet
WBZ's Doug Cope talks about the sudden boom in births.
Environmentally Aware
Making your kids more environmentally aware...
Megaskills
What are the best gifts you can give your child?
Supermom
Not everyone has to be a “super mom!”
The Soccer Mom
Celebrating the soccer mom...sort of.
Prescription Drugs
Kids getting prescription drugs illegally over the Internet is becoming a growing problem.
Alcohol
Another call for tougher restrictions on alcohol ads on TV.
Voting
How can you help teach your kids about the political process?
Child Obesity
Researchers say we're making progress battling child obesity...
Puzzling Kids
Is your child's behavior puzzling?
Mercury
Another health warning about the effects of Mercury.
School Violence
Is violence on the rise in our nation's schools?
Kid's Snacks
What do you think is the most popular snack for kids?
Pills and Kids
Medicine cabinets across America are overflowing.
Child Nutrition
Your kids are what they eat!
Diet Study
If your child needs to lose weight...experts say there's one thing you definitely shouldn't do.
Risky Behavior
New research shows picking and choosing your child's activities could help reduce the chance that they will get involved in "risky behavior."
Facebook
There are new safeguards for the social networking site "Facebook."
Safe House
An author believes the healthy American household is under attack.
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Red Sox manager Terry Francona with WBZ's Jon Miller at Fenway Park prior to game one with the Yankees.
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Red Sox outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury with WBZ's Jon Miller at Fenway Park prior to game one with the Yankees.
 
 
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