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| 9 hours ago | The Challenge of Modern Parenting | | Over the last few decades, our culture has become less and less clear about its messages to parents and other guardians and educators of its children. Parents often experience doubts or guilt regar... |
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| 9 hours ago | Where Do We Find the Energy for Early-Year Parenting? | | Stepping into the role of mother or father of an infant can be one of the most exhausting jobs we'll ever have. Our newborns' irregular rhythms will throw our own into disarray. Contemporary wisdom... |
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| 9 hours ago | How to Save a Marriage or Relationship | | Modern commentators on marriage have long said that without a mutual perception of equality, partners cannot negotiate the many daily demands of life. Without this perception, one partner is contin... |
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| Yesterday | An Argument against Television for Children | | Studies have shown that in the past few decades, a significant number of American children spent more time in front of a television set than in a classroom. Many of them were free to watch without ... |
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| Yesterday | Diffusing the Heated Moments with Our Partners | | Many of the problems that intimate partners face result from unspoken assumptions that both of them are holding onto. Difficulties with communication arise when our partners are saying one thing an... |
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| Yesterday | Video Games and the Developing Child | | Video games have become a dominant industry, grossing more than motion pictures over the last few years and employing as much cutting-edge technology as the U.S. National Defense. In many ways, the... |
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| Sep 5, 2010 | When Parents of a Teen Divorce | | He may be six-feet tall and she may look every bit the young woman, but parents still see the grinning freckled-faced boy or the tow-headed girl twirling around in a pirouette. A teen's thoughts ... |
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| Sep 5, 2010 | Why Is Everybody Always Picking on Me? | | When I was twelve I had braces, thick, blue plastic glasses, and long wavy hair. Very Sarah Jessica Parker in Square Pegs. Needless to say, I was an easy target for other girls and boys to pick on.... |
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| Sep 5, 2010 | Where Boys Find their Mentors | | Many sons in our day and age spend a lot of time separated from their fathers due to work constraints, divorce or other factors. The lack of a consistent male role model in the house can complicate... |
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| Sep 4, 2010 | The Value of Mediation Even After Divorce | | Sometimes no amount of advice, counseling or hard work on the parts of both partners can save a marriage. Two people have parted ways on life's journey, and nothing can make their paths converge ag... |
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| Sep 4, 2010 | Teaching Kids to Relish their Responsibilities | | Children primarily learn things not from being lectured to, instructed, or drilled, but rather through imitation. A dozen occasions where we might try to explain to them how something should be don... |
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| Sep 4, 2010 | Should Your Child Have a Cell Phone? | | In some ways, the cellular phone revolution has become a monster out of control. Everyone has to have a cell phone. This includes adults, teens and preteens. Even toddlers walk around with toy cell... |
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| Sep 3, 2010 | Waterslides and Dragons! | | Where can you find waterslides and dragons? Can you say The Great Wolf Lodge in PA.
As we drove around the bend of the hill my husband's mouth dropped. |
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| Sep 3, 2010 | The Value of Reading Aloud to our Children | | Most children learn three-quarters of the words that they will use in their lives (at least in their primary language) by the time they are four or five years old. How do they manage to amass this ... |
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| Sep 3, 2010 | Finding Age-Appropriate Reading For Our Kids | | Many parents are concerned about media: the violence and adult situations their children can be exposed to through movies, television and music. Many look to reading as a healthier alternative to t... |
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| Sep 2, 2010 | Start A Neighborhood Cooking Club | | A fun new way socialize with neighborhood friends is the creation of neighborhood cooking clubs. The purpose of the clubs is to bring people together for a day of cooking and camaraderie. The pla... |
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| Sep 2, 2010 | Celebrating Halloween In Your Neighborhood | | Halloween is one of my favorite holidays each year. I love the spicy smell of the colorful fallen leaves and the change to cooler weather. I suppose I'm waxing nostalgic by remembering all of the... |
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| Sep 2, 2010 | Fall Is Tailgate Party Time | | A tailgate party is a great way to have fun with friends and families at sporting events. The good news is that you don't have to be going to a NFL game in order to have one of these. Great tailg... |
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