Do We Ever Truly Accept Our Children with Exceptional Needs?
Is acceptance consistent with still wishing that the child would stop losing her phone? Or that he would stop blurting out comments that are inadvertently hurtful?
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Parents and the Importance of the Adolescent Bedroom
The adolescent bedroom gathers telling power as the young person increasingly treats it as a personal reflection and statement of who they are and how they are becoming.
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What to Do When Your Son Tells You He’s Depressed?
My son just told me he’s depressed. What do I do? What do I say?
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Six Deep Breaths Back to Connection With Your Child
What do you do when a quiet moment threatens to turn nuclear with your teen? Stop and take six deep breaths and check in with yourself.
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Thriving or Just Surviving? Are Your Children Nested?
How can parents assess whether they are providing the evolved nest to their children?
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Why Do Kids Become Less Attached To Pets As They Get Older?
Both boys and girls become less attached to their pets as the enter adolescence. Is this the natural consequence of considering pets as family members?
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10 Ways to Be a Happier Mother
Being a less stressed, exhausted mother is within reach. Here’s how to rewire your brain to recognize triggers, ditch perfection and find joy—a gift to you and your children.
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Three Ways to Get Close to Your Child Despite a Hectic Life
Several tricks help a busy mom stay emotionally attuned to her kids without having to invest a substantial amount of extra time.
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Teach Your Teen to Set Emotional Boundaries
Setting emotional boundaries is an important part of developing healthy relationships. Parents who teach their kids about boundary setting contribute to their lifelong happiness.
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How Do You Stop Your Teen from Keeping Bad Company?
This problem, of teens associating with peers whom their parents and other concerned adults consider to be troubled at best and toxic at worst is nothing new.
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