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Your child has just moved from elementary school to middle school. It sounded fun and exciting; there would be new classes, new teachers, a new building. Now, it’s turned out to be a disaster. The best friends who’ve been riding…
Ask any person who works with children and they will tell you that it’s quite obvious which kids have been read to on a daily basis. Children who are read to each day have more expansive vocabularies, stronger communication skills,…
Everyone – at any age – loves to hear someone tell them they’ve done a good job on an assignment, the new haircut is flattering or the meal cooked is just delicious. Our children love to hear praise too and…
It can hurt a parent or caregiver’s heart deeply to see your child being teased, harassed, and terrorized by another child, but one thing that will hurt even more is finding out that your child is the one who is…
Child abuse isn’t always obvious, with bruises or broken bones. Sometimes, it is petty criticisms that tear down a child’s self-esteem, constant screaming instead of conversations that cause a PTSD-like reaction, or straight psychological warfare. Unfortunately, many parents don’t realize…
When children start dating, parents prepare themselves for broken curfews, late-night phone calls, a few bad decisions, and a broken heart now and again. What most parents don’t expect is that there is a chance that their child will be…
Kids tend to be underestimated nearly every day by almost everyone. We underestimate their ability to understand big problems, their ability to find solutions, and their ability to carry out a plan. In the media, adults often promote children that…
Toy catalogs are stuffing mailboxes in homes across the country to entice parents and grandparents to buy lots of gifts – things that light up, make noise, move, shake and otherwise give us all a holiday headache. Our older children…
Parents are told time and time again not to compare their children with others, as each child develops at their own pace, but parents still struggle not to compare their child to other children, particularly when kids start and continue…
