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Other People's Kids
Do you have a friend, relative or neighbor with kids who drive you crazy with their misbehavior? I think we all know one family that fits this description. It puts you into a very uncomfortable position. You...
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How to Talk to your kids About Anything
Raising a child is probably the most gratifying job any of us will ever have -- and one of the toughest. In large part, that's because times have changed. We live in an increasingly complex world that...
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Personalizing
The professionalization of foster care is a long overdue reform in child welfare. The underlying rationale is that it is crucial to the quality of care that children in the system receive, and this has to be...
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Rescuing Our Sons from the Myth of Boyhood
The Boy Code: "Everything's Just Fine" Adam is a fourteen-year-old boy whose mother sought me out after a workshop I was leading on the...
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Helpful Hints for Healthy Parenting
Are you a hurried parent who could benefit from hints on how to enhance communication with your kids, tips on getting along better, guidelines on how to improve your relationship with your children? Please...
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Positive Discipline
Look for underlying needs. Give your child something to play with while waiting in line. Give information and reasons. If your child colours on the wall, explain why we colour on paper only. Look...
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Raising an Only Child, Single Parent Families
Since my husband and I decided to delay having a child, for the first few years of our marriage the pitter and patter of little feet came from...
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Only Children, Lonely Children?
Had I been writing this a year ago, I probably would've unintentionally biased the article in favour of only children. Many parents of only children find ways of justifying their decision, or circumstance, to the...
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I Caught Them Playing Doctor!
Question: I can’t believe it! I walked into the playroom and found my child comparing private parts with a friend. They said they were playing "doctor." I yelled at them and sent the friend home. Later, I...
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Girls Will Be Girls
The Search for Perspective "It's pretty hard being a girl nowadays. You can't be too smart, too dumb, too pretty, too ugly, too friendly, too coy, too aggressive, too defenseless, too individual, or...
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Remote Controlled: Part One
Once upon a time, in days long ago, villagers would gather in the evening around the local storyteller. Sitting on the ground or perhaps a rugged bench, the young and the old would listen to tales of the...
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Remote Controlled: Part Two
It's a curious twist of logic. On the news, on the street, and at the funerals we abhor the pain and agony that violence brings. Yet on television and in the movies, we can't seem it to get enough to satisfy...
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Spit Spots and Sweaty Socks
My weekends are my own. For approximately 28 hours each weekend I revel in the knowledge that my two young boys are in the care and custody of their Dad, while I take the 'break' I so deserve after a five...
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Parenting 101
Welcome to the internet parent education workshop. This skills workshop will help you as parents to discipline kids from toddlers to teens. It will help you to encourage children and adolescents to feel ...
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Listen With Your Heart
Think back to when you were growing up, and all the times when you felt self-doubt, confusion, and frustration. It's tough growing up! You can help your children get through the bumps and bruises of childhood...
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