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Listening to What Children Want
A big part of our experience as parents has to do with developing ways to address the deeply felt wants and needs of ...
Source: Hand in Hand
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It Takes Two: Comunicating with Your Child
Do you ever feel like you and your child are speaking two different languages? If so, you aren't alone. Many parents ...
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Active Listening: A Communication Tool
Overview For teens and their parents, adolescence is a time of happiness and troubles. It is a time when an adolescent ...
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Family Communication: Activities & Ideas
Stay Connected Talk about the everyday stuff every day — If your kids learn they can trust you with the ...
Source: A Better Child
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Suggestions for Parents on Facilitating Language Development
Be an active listener and participant in the conversation the child wants to have Follow you child's lead. ...
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We Don’t Have Money for That: Parents Talk with Kids about Their Family’s Tough Times
When I lost my job, it hard to explain to my kids,” says Gina Jackson, a Fremont mother of five. “I did not ...
Source: Action Alliance for Children
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Teaching Money Concepts - A Newsletter for Parents of Fifth Grade Children
What Do You Think? Drew comes home from school and tosses his book bag on the kitchen table. "Dad, I ...
Source: Iowa State University Extension
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Family Communication
Family communication is much more than just the exchange of words between family members. It is what we say, how we say ...
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Deciding on an Allowance - A Newsletter for Parents of First Grade Children
What Do You Think? Scott and Mom are waiting in the checkout line at the grocery store. Scott immediately ...
Source: Iowa State University Extension
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What to Say about Potty Talk and More
Four-year-olds, especially boys, find toilet talk hysterical; parents and teachers don’t. Had enough? Here's what you ...
Source: Education.com
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Interaction Styles Within Families
The child-rearing practices that parents employ influence children’s behavior as we observe it in schools and ...
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Language Development in Preschoolers
For three-, four-, and five-year-olds, it is a time of immense growth in language. Vocabulary is expanding, and the ...
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Teaching Children Manners
If you help young children learn polite and caring behavior, they will continue to use good manners and become more ...
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Helping Young Children Deal With Anger
Children's anger presents challenges to teachers committed to constructive, ethical, and effective child guidance. This ...
Source: Educational Resource Information Center (U.S. Department of Education)
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Children’s Changing Feelings
Children cope with sadness better if they can express their feelings in a trusting, warm atmosphere. Your children will ...
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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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Not My Kid: What to Do if Your Child is a Bully
Bullies come in all shapes and sizes. They may be introverts or extroverts, academic achievers or struggling in school....
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According to the School Psychologist: 5th Grade
Expert advice from a school psychologist on how parents can better understand their fifth grader.
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How to Talk About Adoption
November is Adoption Awareness Month! If your child hasn't come across the concept of adoption yet, this is a perfect...
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When Your Teen's New Friend is a Bad Influence
Now that your kid's a teenager, friends matter more than ever. This is great, as long as it's those buddies that bring...
Source: Education.com
