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Resilience, A Woman’s Act Of Coming Back To Center
Resilience is a great concept. As mothers, we must master this art. Resilience is the ability to recover quickly from illness, change, or misfortune. Resilience is buoyancy. Think of all the things this covers. A few examples might be our families ...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Heather Lynn Jergens
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Adoption: Tips for Dealing with Secrets
Secrets…we all have them. Adoptive families have too many, it seems. I’m tired of keeping secrets. They’re too much work. They clutter up the relationship section of my soul. Who knows what pieces; how much do they know?
I was an adopted child of t...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Beth O'Malley
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Talk to Teenagers Without the Three Cs
Do you want a more satisfying relationship with your teenage children? Do you want to reduce conflict and pique their interest in your words of wisdom? Start by being a skillful listener. When teenagers talk, listen without the three C’s; cutting ...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Marilyn Suttle
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Read this if You are Having Troubles Controlling the Little Monsters
Have you ever heard a parent say that the kids are out of control? Have you ever heard a teacher say she spends more time in the classroom babysitting that teaching? Have you ever heard a couple in a restaurant complain the children of another are ...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Lance Winslow
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A Word of Warning For Expectant Fathers
I’m about to do what I swore I would never ever do in my entire life. I’m going to dish out advice on being a new father. When my wife was pregnant, Dad’s were always “enlightening” me on the intricacies of fatherhood. “You just wait,” they’d te...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Kevin Kilgarriff
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Things to Know About Selecting a Child Day Care Provider
Most parents think childcare is a baby-sitting service. This is a misconception, as childcare is a profession as any other. There are so many important things to note about the challenging and rewarding career of being a childcare provider.
Child...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : David Chandler
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Parenting Tips: How to Prerpare for the Prodigal
“Every parent is at some time the father of the unreturned prodigal, with nothing to do but keep his house open to hope.” - John Ciardi
The above quote reminds me of the proverb that says “raise up a child in the way they should go, and when they a...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Jeff Herring
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Parenting Tips: How to Handle Spring Break Questions
Although it certainly may not feel like it in many parts of the country, spring is right around the corner here in Tallahassee. The azaleas and the dogwoods are in bloom, and there is color everywhere.
If spring is just around the corner, then so i...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Jeff Herring
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When Your Teenager is Out of Control: Troubled Teen Programs
Introduction to Troubled Teen Programs
More than ever, teens today are facing an uncertain future. With political instability across the globe and unrest in local communities, it’s no wonder that our teens are confused and scared about the...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Paolo Basauri
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Parenting Tips: You Raise Your Teenager as You Raise Your Toddler
Did you know that teens and toddlers are very similar creatures?
It's true, in my experience.
It’s been said that you raise your teenager when they are a toddler. Twenty five years of experience working with families certainly bares out that notion...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Jeff Herring
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Silvia Johnson and the Cool Parenting Movement in America
Being a parent is the hardest job you’ll never get a paycheck for. In fact, I think before you can become a parent you should take a Parenting Equivalency Test (P.E.T.). After all, parenting is the most important job on the planet, ironically anyon...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Timothy Crawford
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Myths and Wives Tales
I was told today, by a close friend, that if you get canker sores, it is your bodies way of punishing you for lying. What?! Have you ever heard that? Me neither. Isn't just the feeling you get after you lie to someone bad enough? All these old myth...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Tyler Brooker
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Raising Strong Family By Fishing
I have always enjoyed the outdoors since I was a kid. My Father made hunting and fishing an everyday part of my life. He was a Boeing Executive, but using the outdoors as your stress relief made him a great Dad.
Well, I grew up and had my own fam...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Robert Scribner
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How To Teach Your Child To Be Thankful
The holidays are approaching. Another year has blown by. Our children have grown miraculously before our eyes. As the Thanksgiving holiday approaches, we pause to reflect on our blessings - what we're thankful for. For many of us, we struggle with...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Dr. Charles Sophy
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Evergreenbrowns-When a Teenager Decides to Die
Jay, a gorgeous lanky teenager, a young man of seventeen. Jay, with the green eyes and the special smile he reserved for his mom. Jay, the sportsman with the dream of playing international cricket. Jay, who commited suicide, hanging himself a week ...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Silver Jade
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What Can Parents Do to Guide the Social Development of Children?
Making friends is a skill, just like playing the piano or riding a bike. Skills can be learned and behaviors can be changed. While it may require more effort for some people to be comfortable in groups, it can be learned, especially if the child ...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Judy Wright
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Talk to Your Kids About Marijuana
There are more than 200 names for marijuana, including pot, grass, reefer, and weed. No matter what you call it, marijuana is dangerous, "far more dangerous than most users realize," according to the American Council for Drug Education.
Users may ...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Harriet Hodgson
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Parenting Tips: Taking a Management Approach with Teenagers, Part 2
A good way to set things up is that the teenager, over time. can learn and earn the ability to be more and more in charge of themselves.
Over time
Notice that I said over time.
What this means in the day to day world of parenting is that parents gi...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Jeff Herring
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Breaking the Silence of Struggling Children
Growing up as the oldest of two children in a small town in the mountains of Virginia, everything appeared normal on the surface, but inside, I struggled silently and alone. I wasn’t into sports but I was a very motivated, creative, and hardworkin...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Jeffrey Nicely
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Parenting Tips: Taking a Management Approach with Teenagers, Part 1
The first part of a management approach is that the parents are clearly in charge.
Notice I am saying in charge, not in control.
Now in no way am I saying that parents should let teens do whatever they want. There is way too much of that going arou...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Jeff Herring
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Parenting Your Teenager: What Happens When Parents Think Together
From thinking apart to thinking together
I see so many parents get stuck in the erroneous belief that they have to agree about every facet of parenting.
It's a myth folks. Parents do not have to agree on each and every facet of the complicated job ...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Jeff Herring
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How to Get Your Children to Behave
We all know what a bad parent looks like: intolerant, constantly critical, more interested in their own affairs (in both senses of the word) than in the needs of their children. But what does it take to be a good parent? What does it take to give y...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Noel Swanson
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Parenting Your Teenager: What Happens When Parents Think Apart
Where did we get the crazy idea that parents have to agree on each and every facet of parenting?
Just stop and think about it a moment. Two people from different homes and backgrounds, are now supposed to come together and agree on every involved i...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Jeff Herring
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Reinventing Time-Out
Parents are often advised to put their child in time-out as a form of discipline. While this sure beats the old-fashioned method of spanking as a behavior management tool, it still presents a few problems. Not the least of which is … who’s gonna ...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Karen Alonge
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Parenting Rules for Permissive Parents: Use These with Caution
I remember a childless couple who slept with their dogs. They were clearly uncomfortable with the situation. Yet every night their dogs crawled into bed with them.
During the day the two black labs ran through the house, climbed on the furniture, a...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Jean Tracy
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