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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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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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Kids Off the Cuff

Bob Sellers | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Kids, Funny Quotes, Parents, Children, Quotes, Parent, Conversations With My Daughters, Funny Things Kids Say, Kids Say the Darndest Things, Kids Off the Cuff, Parents News

My girls, Anza and Josie, have uttered things that make me laugh out loud, look at the world through different eyes or rush to cover their mouths before anyone else hears them.

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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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Children of Divorce and Their Friendships

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Friendship, Friend, Parent, Grandmother, School Avoidance, Divorce, School Phobia, Grandparent, Preteens, Friendship Advice, School, Coaching, Parents News

When parents go through a divorce, there can be friendship fallout for kids QUESTION Dear Irene, My formerly popular 11-year old granddaughter is b...

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Get the Most Bang Out of Your College Buck

Mark Goulston, M.D. | Posted 10.15.2011

Read More: Parent, College, Family Arguments, Parenting, Child Rearing, Teenagers, Family, College Application Process, College Admission, College Applications, College News

Is there any way that there can be a meeting of the minds between parents and college-bound children that won't suck the thrills and excitement out of this rite (vs. right) of passage as children go to college?

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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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The Highest Calling: Being a Dad

Jim Wallis | Posted 08.20.2011

To have this relationship with these two boys is literally the best thing I will ever have. And to always be with them, and for them, in this world, is the highest calling I will ever know.

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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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Jon Stewart and the Sheer Hypocrisy of Fox News on Teachers

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Public Schools, Collective Bargaining, Video, Sojourners, Husbands, Three Sisters, Jim Wallis, Middle Class, Private Sector Counterparts, Email, Vices, Opinion, Profession, Budget Deficit, Schools, Preachers, Public School Teachers, Economic, Comedy Central, Conservative, Parent, Hope, Billions of Dollars, Tax Cuts, Taxpayer Money, Parent Teacher Conferences, Public School Teacher, Economic Crisis, Money, Education, Men, Employee, The Daily Show, Rich Fox, Corporate America, Rediscovering Values, Corporations, Application, Jon Stewart, Part Time Jobs, Indecision, Public Sector Employees, Military, Fox News, Teacher of the Year, Eve, Conservatives, Wall Street Pay, Christian, Media News

I like teachers. But what I am learning from conservatives these days, especially the hosts and commentators for Fox News is that public school teachers are greedy.

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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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When you can't stand your teen's best friend

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.17.2011

QUESTION Hi Irene, What should you tell a teen whose friend is nothing but trouble when she feels that the friend is her best friend in the who...

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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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Reducing Expenses After Divorce

Natalie Pace | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: HuffingtonPost.Com, Debt, Pace, Irs, Divorce, Stocks, Bonds, Budget, Natalie, Medical, Health Insurance Annuity, Parent, Kid, Wealth, NataliePace.Com, Doctor, Divorce News

Reducing expenses after divorce is a must for most parents...

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What The Tiger Mother Can Teach Us About Resilience

Susan Stiffelman | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Parent, Children, Kids, Teens, Resilience, Amy Chua, Parenting, Tiger Mother, Parenting Advice, Raising Kids, Amy Chua Tiger Mother, Good Parenting, Amy Chua Chinese Moms, Amy Chua Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, Tiger Mother Parenting, Amy Chua Parenting, Healthy Living News

The notion of encouraging kids to push past easy doesn't bother me. Nor do I think we harm them by requiring them to do things they don't feel like doing. But I do maintain that parents should motivate their kids to stretch a little.

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The Cost of Child Support

Lee Block | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Child Custody, Children Youth and Family, Divorce, Child Support, Child, Parent, Noncustodial Parent, Divorce News

Child support is always a hot bed of discussion.

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Post-Divorce Advice: Child Support

Lee Block | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Payment, Alimony, Divorce, Child Support, Child, Parent, Expense, Divorce News

Every day I see clients that all have post divorce issues, but the one that I run into the most is about child support.

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Co-Parenting: The Toughest Job in The World

Lee Block | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Divorce, Family, Child, Coparenting, Anger, Single-Parent, Parent, Co-Parents, Marriage, Divorce News

The divorce is done and things are going along nicely for a while, and then it happens.

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How to Handle an Apathetic Co-Parent

Lee Block | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Best Interests, Parenting Plan, Co-Parents, Divorce, Family, Child, Noncustodial Parent, Parent, Divorce News

I often wonder why, when two people get divorced, yet parented together while they were married, they suddenly can't parent together anymore.

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