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The REAL truth about snow days

February 19, 2015

You’ve seen the photos on Facebook and Twitter of smiling faces playing in the snow on snow days when kids are home from school. What […]

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7 Important reasons to eat dinner as a family

February 6, 2015

Every new parent is told over and over again to eat dinner together as a family, but rarely do parents understand the importance of this […]

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Are you unintentionally encouraging misbehavior in your kids?

March 3, 2014

Do you ever feel exasperated with your children’s continued misbehavior? If so, you’re like many other parents! You may even feel like shouting at your kids, […]

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6 Signs your child may have an addiction

January 28, 2014

One of my favorite photos of myself is a photograph taken on Christmas morning when I was still a child. In it, I am beaming […]

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What’s your toddler really thinking?

July 17, 2013

Kids may say the darndest things, but toddlers seem to have the market cornered on defiant expressions of opinion. Your once sweet, but inarticulate, baby turns […]

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5 Issues parents worry about that don’t matter

June 12, 2013

I sometimes think when an obstetric nurse hands the rapturous parents their beautiful newborn child, another nurse should be sticking a twenty-year prescription for Xanax […]

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Tweens experimenting with drugs

March 19, 2013

By Jerry Weichman, Ph.D. Tweens love to try new things, including dangerous, addictive drugs. Would you be able to tell if your kids were sampling […]

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10 Steps to calmer parenting

August 14, 2012

By Susan Stone Belton Parenting is the toughest job in the world, but also the most rewarding. The journey is long, and how we approach […]

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