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Why Are Girls So Different From Boys?
I'd like to understand more about my 11-year-old daughter's behavior. She's my youngest child; I've already raised ...
Source: The Nemours Foundation
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Appreciating Cultural Differences
Children see and interact with people of different races or ethnic backgrounds every day—around the neighborhood, ...
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Learn About Others
You can help your children learn about and appreciate the differences among people and groups of people by opening your ...
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Body Image and Self-esteem
What Are Body Image and Self-esteem?Body image is the picture that you have of your physical appearance in your mind. ...
Source: Families Are Talking
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Media and the Consumer Culture
Development is affected by the dynamic interaction between the individual and various other forces that extend beyond ...
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Tattoo or Not to…
During the spring and summer, it's almost impossible to walk through a mall for more than a couple minutes without ...
Source: Missouri Families
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Open Communication Can Help Kids Develop Healthy Attitudes About Race
Two years ago, San Bruno mother Mary Mendoza-Newman’s three-year-old son asked her in a restaurant why the man ...
Source: Action Alliance for Children
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When Hurt Leads to Hate
Being the target of hate can be devastating and often results in tremendous sadness, grief, and fear. During such a ...
Source: NYU Child Study Center
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The Role of Cognition in Gender Identity
Forming a concept of oneself as either a boy or a girl is a cognitive task. Some theorists have argued that one’s ...
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Let Your Kid Play with Fire
Should you let your 7-year-old drive a car? Play with knives? Dismantle your appliances? One expert says yes. Here's ...
Source: Education.com
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Development of the Concept of Self in Preschoolers
Annie poses in front of the mirror in the dramatic play area. “Look at me; I look like a princess, and my daddy ...
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Trying, Sharing, Enjoying Different Foods
For breakfast, Sisi had rice cakes filled with beans. Timmy ate cheese grits. Juan ate a scrambled egg wrapped in a ...
Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Your 4th Grader's Social Life
For most kids, the transition to fourth grade is like merging into a social fast lane. Gone are the comforts of early...
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Is Your Child Her Own Harshest Critic?
"I can't do it!" "I hate my project!" If these phrases of frustration burst from your child regularly, don't panic....
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According to the School Psychologist: 4th Grade
Expert advice from a school psychologist on how parents can better understand their fourth grader.
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Your 5th Grader's Social Life
By fifth grade, your child is likely to be a lean, mean, social machine, and I mean mean. It's a matter of survival. Now...
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How to Raise a Leader
Parents are all too aware that teenagers face big challenges. And while parents can't come to the rescue like they used...
Source: Education.com
