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A National Tragedy: Helping Children Cope
Are you wondering how best to speak with your child about certain current events? ...
Accepting Your Children for Who They Are
Is your child not who you expected—or even hoped—he would be? Successful parenting ...
Age-by-Age Guide to Giving an Allowance
Must we introduce our little ones to the necessary evil of money early on? Most ...
Arm Your Kids with a Bullyproof Body Image
In a appearance obsessed society it's easy for us to send harmful body image ...
Big Business Wants Your Child's Milk Money
Take a look at how and why kids are obsessed with consumerism- and how you can ...
Building Your Child's Self-Esteem
During their growth and development, children go through many stages of self-doubt; ...
Bull's Eye: Advertisers Are Targeting Our Kids
Today's children are often the target of marketing and advertising campaigns—from ...
Children and Grieving
Dealing with the death of a loved one is difficult for anyone, young or old, and ...
Competitive Parenting
Are your friends always comparing their kids to your kids? Do you feel pressure to ...
Families That Think
As parents, we want our children to grow into confident, independent thinkers, but ...
Help Your Kids Make Mistakes and Avoid Failure Phobia
As our children get older they will be confronted more and more with the scrutiny of ...
Helping Your Child Through the Tough Times of Life
Helping children understand the ups and downs of life is critical to their ...
Helping Your Young Child Deal with Bullying
With incidents of bullying escalating to epidemic proportions nationwide, parents ...
Parent Coaching: A New Choice
Are you feeling overwhelmed as a parent—filled with questions but unable to find the ...
Positive Thinking for Kids
During their growth and development, children go through many stages of self-doubt. ...
Racial Identity and the Multiracial Child
For many interracial couples, helping young children carve out a racial identity can ...
Self-Confidence Boosters for Your Child: Tips for Parents
The Parent to Child Communication Connection
Keeping the communication connection open between you and your child is key to ...
What Do You Want to be When You Grow Up?
It's the eternal question that sometimes leaves kids squirming. Learn how best to ...
What Your Child Needs to Know about Touching
What separates an innocent hug from an aggressive grab? What about a kiss on the ...
When Words Hurt: How to Help Your Child Handle Teasing
It's a fact of life—children tease each other. While you can't always prevent the ...
Guidance Quizzes
Are You a Helicopter Parent?
Helicopter Parenting describes parents who hover over their children and become too ...
Are You Raising Independent Thinkers?
Take our quiz to find out if you're on track to raising self-directed children
Guidance Slideshows
Bad Moments in Celebrity Parenting
Dangling a baby off the balcony? Marrying your own stepdaughter? See the stars who ...
Guidance Ask an Expert
Children and Physical Exploration
Discipline, Spanking and Time Outs, Can't Decide
Guidance Mom to Mom
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Surviving the Strong-Willed Child
