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Middle School 'Mean'?

Darryl Sollerh | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Girls, Dads, Child, Middle School, Child Rearing, High School, Boys, Moms, Parent, Parenting Tips, Parenting Advice, Parents News

A mom or dad may be quite shocked to discover that their own daughter has, in Middle School, taken up behaviors that can only be described as, well, mean.

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How Happy is Your Kid's Bedroom?

Sophie Keller | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Bed, Tidy, Children, Child, Kids, Room, Feng Shui, Sophie Keller, Bunk Bed, Howhappyiscom, Happy, How Happy Is Your Home, Sleep, Parents News

The photos in Jude's room make him feel that his family is close to him, even though they are all around the world.

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Executive Function Dysfunction?

Leslie King, LCSW | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Parent, Dad, Teenager, Children, Child, Mother, Teen, Mom, Father, Parenting, High School, Homework Help, Homework, Studying, Parents News

In essence, parents would do well to understand that teenagers develop execution function capacities at different times and in individual ways.

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Orphans Of Technology: Choosing Between Our Smartphones And Kin

Nancy Colier | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Smartphone, Diner, Awareness, Parent, Attention, Responsibility, Child, Psychology, Technology, Present, Love, Presence, Mindful, Stress, Unplug and Recharge, Healthy Living News

Like everything, humans included, technology resolves itself in contradiction. And yet, we must be mindful of what we are doing with technology, particularly when in the company of our children. Our emotional presence is the greatest gift we can offer our children.

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Goodbye, My Child -- Hello Alien?

Darryl Sollerh | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Dad, Teenager, Girl, Parental Challenges, Children, Child, Middle School, Parent, Raising Children, Mom, Teen, High School, Boy, Parenting, Middle Schooler, Parents News

With a little judicious self-understanding, awareness, patience and support, your Middle Schooler may not seem quite so alien after all, and you likely won't seem quite so alienated from them.

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Are You One With Courage?: A Call to Action to Support National Child Abuse Prevention Month

Teresa Huizar | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Protect Our Kids Act, Child Abuse, National Children's Alliance, Child, Children, National Child Abuse Prevention Month, Impact News

It takes courage for adults to recognize the signs of abuse and report suspected abuse. And it will take courage for all of us to engage in an open dialogue about child abuse.

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The Meaning Of True Strength

Nancy Colier | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Parent, Emotion, Child, Strength, Parenting, Warrior, Sadness, Presence, Truth, Mindful, Joy, Emotional Wellness, Sadness Love, The Sorrow, Sadness and Sorrow, Sorrow, No More Sorrow, Healthy Living News

To be strong is not to outrun sadness, but rather to learn to embrace it when it is here, to take good care of it so that it can heal. This is a warrior's strength, a wise parent's strength.

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8 Ways to Mess Up Your Kids

Margaret Paul, Ph.D. | Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: Margaret Paul, Child Abuse, Child Family, Child, Children, Parenting Tip, Inner Bonding, Parenting, Child Health, Parents, Parents News

Most parents REALLY want to be good parents. But since it is rare for parents to take parenting classes before becoming parents, we inadvertently do l...

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Want To Feel Happier? Enjoy Childish Pleasures

Gretchen Rubin | Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: Your Inner Child, Happiness and Children, Happiness, Gretchen Rubin, Mindfulness, Children, Child, My Inner Child, The Happiness Project, Childish Pleasure, Inner Child, Healthy Living News

My children make me happy for many reasons, of course. But it strikes me that one reason they make me happy is they encourage me to engage more deeply with the physical world.

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First Lines

Amy Bernays | Posted 03.18.2012

Read More: Emerging Art, Drawing, Raising Children, Art, Bernays, Painting, Children, Child, Emerging Artists, Arts News

I wanted something about the viewer and viewed: knowledge and innocence, old and young, knowing and not knowing. This is all complex lines and fine...

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The Top Ten "Stupid Stoner Stories" of 2011

Russ Belville | Posted 03.04.2012

Read More: Lakeisha Owens, Children, Stupid, Marijuana-Possession, Jeffrey Hoydic, Clarissa Johnson, Robert-Watson, Driving Under the Influence, Sgt. John Terrel, Busted, Child, Bho, Joel Dobrin, Butane Hash Oil, Locksmith, Sean Corwin, Cocaine, Parents, Weird News News

In many of these stories, the stupid is someone simply wanting police help and wouldn't even merit a ticket if pot weren't illegal... so don't forget that the biggest stupid is prohibiting adult use of marijuana in the first place.

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Sex, Education, and Abuse: Are We Failing Our Kids Miserably?

Barbara Greenberg | Posted 02.06.2012

Read More: Depression, Abuse, Trauma, Child, Children, Sex, Teens, Tweens, Parenting, Anxiety, Molestation, Mothers, Family, Parents News

Simply telling your kids about good versus bad touches and then expecting them to come to you if they have been touched in the wrong places is not enough.

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Gaining a Child's Perspective

Nikki Stone | Posted 02.04.2012

Read More: Perspective, St. Jude, Motivation, Dreams, Inspiration, Child, Health, Children?S Hospitals, Goals, Children and Optimism, Child's Outlook on Life, Mindfulness, Children Attitude, Children and Positivity, Healthy Living News

I'd met everyone from celebrities to Olympians to the president of the United States, but I walked out of that hospital feeling more inspired by those children than by anyone I had ever met before.

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Is There Lead In My Phone Case?

Turnstyle | Posted 10.31.2011

Read More: Infants, Poison, Lead Poisoning, Lead, Education, UC Santa Cruz, Children, Child, Health, Environment, Science, Parenting, Cener for Environmental Health, Healthy Living News

Originally published on Turnstylenews.com, a digital information service surfacing emerging stories in news, entertainment, art and culture; powered ...

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The Dancing Parent: Summer Fun with Family?

Leslie King, LCSW | Posted 10.03.2011

Read More: Summer, Vacation, Vacations With Family, Entertaining Family, Parenting Summertime, Summer Vacation Family, Parent, Summer. Child-Rearing, Dad, Child, Mom, Parents News

For all the restful, supportive days the summer months may offer some families, for many others what can also arrive with the balmy breezes are bouts of anxiety, disappointments, arguments and patience-sapping endurance tests.

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Stressing Motherhood: Could the Stress From Inequality be Killing Our Kids?

Eric Michael Johnson | Posted 10.02.2011

Read More: Stress, Poverty, Biology, Parenting, Infanticide, Murder, Mental Health, Child, Murdering Ones Own Child, Healthy Living Mind, Healthy Living News

A mother's affection for her child is thought to be absolute. Yet, throughout history, women have taken the lives of their children under a variety of contexts and reasons. Why?

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Parents Should Support Children's Digital Literacy

Daniel Donahoo | Posted 08.07.2011

Read More: Children Youth and Family, Technology, Youtube, Child, Education, Ipad, Digital Media, The Joan Ganz Cooney Center, Education News

Parents, as they should, have a clear role to play in their children's effective and appropriate use of media and technology. But, where will they develop he skills and knowledge to do this?

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The Dancing Parent: Grading Your Kid's Grades, Part 2

Leslie King, LCSW | Posted 08.06.2011

Read More: Parent, Kid, Dad, Grading, Children, Child, Raising Children, Mom, High School, Parenting, Tests, Evaluations, School, Grades, Education News

Let's take a look at why kids who may well have a realistic capacity to regularly receive top grades, yet who seem to be chronically underachieving.

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What Are the Family Courts Thinking?

Lee Block | Posted 07.23.2011

Read More: Child Custody, Cancer, Divorce, Child, Chicago, Parent, Breast Cancer, North Carolina, Divorce News

This is not a rhetorical question. I really do want to know what the courts are thinking. The family courts just get worse and worse as time goes on.

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Child Support: The Debate That Never Ends

Lee Block | Posted 06.08.2011

Read More: Children Youth and Family, Child Support, Parents, Father, Family, Child, Childsupport, Parent, Single-Parent, Noncustodial Parent, Divorce, Divorce News

There are so many things to say on the subject of child support...

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Have Primary Custody? Want To Relocate? Not So Fast

Lee Block | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Best Interests, Parenting Plan, Parental Alienation, Child, Parent, Child Custody, Divorce, Fathers' Rights Movement, Divorce News

Will he let me move? This was the main question that was asked the other night while at dinner with some divorced girlfriends and it got me thinking....

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Why Do We Stigmatize Non-Custodial Moms?

Lee Block | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Child Custody, Child Support, Divorce, Primary Caregiver, Home, Child, Marriage, Parent, Divorce News

I used to think about a non-custodial mom in a negative way. I thought about someone who must have some pretty major issues. They must be drug addic...

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Why 'In The Best Interest Of The Child' Is A Wrongheaded Notion

Lee Block | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Best Interests, Divorce, Health, Family, Child, Parent, Mental Health, Divorce News

The "best interest of the children" is a term that is thrown about with abandon during divorce and post-divorce. The courts, the attorneys, the paren...

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Why, Finances Aside, Our Children Will Be Better Off Than We Are

Peter Block | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Peter Barnes, Children, Gross National Happiness, Economy, David Korten, Community, Bhutan, Happiness, Wealth, Children Happiness, Peter Block, Kids, Measuring Wealth, John McKnight, Olivia Saunders, Living, Future Well-Being, YES! Magazine, New Economics Institute, Optimism, Pew, City, Future Standard of Living, Parenting, Recession, Abundant Community, Children Well-Being, Child, Health, Pew Research Center, Environment, Pew Research, Healthy Living News

Our children will be better off than we are, but not because they will make more money.

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Child Support Myths and Legends

Lee Block | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Child Support, Family, Child, Expense, Parent, Child Custody, Children Youth and Family, United States, Slidepollajax, Divorce News

Child support is a dangerous subject on a good day when everyone is in a good mood, so imagine that subject when everyone is in a bad mood. It brings...

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