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Powerful Parenting: Building Relationships, Instilling Confidence, and Teaching Skills
As parents, you worry about the risks your children face and the choices they will have to make. But if you have a strong relationship with your children that is built on a foundation of trust and open communication, they are more likely to tell you about their problems and gain from your values. ...
Source: Committee for Children
Building Your Child's Character
We live in a time when teaching our children to be virtuous is especially challenging. Youngsters are surrounded by political sound-bites; outlandish promises from advertisers; and television programming and films filled with lying, gratuitous violence and sex as entertainment. As a parent, you ...
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Social Graces: What to Expect From Your High Schooler
Education and manners guru Cindy Post Senning said manners education should follow along with a child's development, and...
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Rules and Responsible Behavior
Even very young children can take some responsibility for their actions or for taking care of themselves and their...
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Can Too Much Self-Esteem Be Bad for Your Child?
Has the self-esteem movement gone too far? Many experts argue that instead of raising healthy high achievers, we're...
Source: Education.com -
What Can I Do to Stop My Child From Shoplifting?
My 16-year-old daughter was caught shoplifting recently, and I'm both devastated and worried about her. What should I...
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Teaching Kids to Give Thanks
The formal thank-you note is slipping fast out of favor in the adult world. But even if you're content to whip off an...
Source: Education.com
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