Three Common Mistakes in Parenting
Failing to give children family responsibilities, being a “friend” instead of an authority figure, and letting the culture raise your kids are 3 avoidable parenting errors.
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What Kind of Sports Parent Am I?
Parents need to ask themselves some hard questions about their role in the good and bad of youth sports.
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Restoring Children’s Play: Creating Places for Social Play
To enable children to play freely with others, we must create spaces safe enough for today’s nervous parents, yet free from adult control. Here is a list of possibilities.
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When You’re Breaking Up, Don’t Break Your Kids Hearts
Children are innocent beings, and it is our job to protect them. Yet sometimes people actually use their children to further their own emotional agendas.
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Four Boundaries Children Need to Understand
For parents who need help explaining personal boundaries, interactions with others and sexual consent, this tool can help.
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How to Love Being with Your Kids? Dive Deeper.
Show up 100% when you’re with your child. See how much more joy and delight you find in nurturing and guiding. And notice that it’s a gift to yourself as well.
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Stop Focusing on the 3 R’s and Focus on the 3 C’s
Stop focusing on the 3 R’s with your kids. Focus on the 3 C’s instead: caring, compassion and creativity
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Sleep, Discipline, and Child Behavior Problems
Researchers and doctors who insist that ADHD is a prevalent brain disorder seem to ignore obvious evidence that calls this into question – particularly if parenting is involved.
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Parents of Depressed Teens May Benefit From Treatment Too
Teen depression can have a significant impact on the whole family, and now a new study suggests that parents of depressed teens may also benefit from seeking treatment.
“Families are interactive, fragile ecosystems, and a shift in a teenager’s mood can […]
5 Types of Families: What Works, What Doesn’t
While we can look at families in several ways, one of the best is to look at the family structure. Here are 5 types, their strengths, weaknesses, and indicators of change
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