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Back to School Traditions
Family traditions can bring a family closer together; they can make children feel secure, and promote feelings of togetherness and uniqueness. The back-to-school season offers a great opportunity to celebrate the...
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Sibling Harmony Versus Rivalry
Two siblings, ages three and five are bickering over the toys. The parent admonishes the younger child, “You are almost four, now share.” The older child next hits the younger child and the parent...
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Creating the Marriage of Your Dream: Lesson Six
What is love and why is it so important to us? We need to learn how to really give what the other person needs and also how to receive from them...
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Creating the Marriage of Your Dream: Lesson Five
Relationships are fiery and passionate and the friction that results is the pathway to closeness. We need to never run away from conflict. We just...
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Whose Baby is it Anyway?
If you thought your in-laws were intrusive before you had kids, then hold onto your maternity pants. The “fun” has just begun. I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but the truth is that your...
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The Keys to Good Self Esteem: Free Time and a Passion
I think the most important thing you can do as a parent is to sponsor good self esteem in your child. If a child believes in themselves and feels...
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How do you score on kids' safety? Mark yourself with the Safe Kids Canada Report
Despite a drop in injury rates over the past 10 years, unintentional injury, such as car crashes, drowning, or threats to breathing, remains by...
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Dealing with backtalk
Lately Dan and Sabrina's 4-year-old daughter Amy has become somewhat defiant over the simplest situations. She refuses to pick up her toys or to get ready for bed when asked. Not only is she demonstrating this...
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Is the Internet safe for my kids?
One of the most frequently asked questions I receive from concerned parents is whether parents should shut the Internet off to their kids. While I can understand the fear that may rule over the family computer...
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On Coping with Death
Death. It hits hard and with a loved one, no matter what the preparation, the loss is heartfelt. Now imagine you are a child. Coping with the death of a parent in childhood will be different depending on...
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Marriage without Criticism
When I was young I used to drive with my parents to visit my aunt and uncle. They had been married for many, many years, and like most members of the World War II generation, they stayed together through the...
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10 Ways to Raise a Successful Leader
Leaders are very influenced by the words and actions of those raising them. Everything that we say and do influences our children. They mirror our actions as we are their first examples of relationships, and of...
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Terrific Tips for Parents Who Want To Teach Their Child A Second Language
You realize the benefits of having a second language, but do you know where to turn or how to begin the process of teaching your little one a...
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Teach Your Children to "Suck it Up"
Popular culture conveys to children very unhealthy messages about responsibility. Through its focus on the pampered lifestyles of the rich and famous and advertising that suggests that life should always be a...
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Is Your Child a Safe Kid?
It seems lately that tragedy and turmoil surround us. If it 's not a natural disaster, or violence on a global scale, we're hearing reports of attempted abductions, children injured, bullied or lost. It is...
