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# Dr. Rotbart’s Developmental Milestones of Parenting

March 7, 2016 1 min read 

The big news of 2016 (drum roll, please) my wife and I have become grandparents (!!!!) More about the grandparent thing coming in a future post soon, but for now, this is for our kids who have just become new parents, and for parents of all ages everywhere. While much is written about the predictable developmental milestones of childhood, much less has been written about what parents go through during their kids’ amazing growth. Well, here the are, in my post for Parents Magazine, the 14 Developmental Milestones of Parenting. Click here

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