Rethinking Christmas Wish Lists
Help your teen move from receiving to giving — using these six simple strategies. We spent the afternoon cleaning and decluttering our elderly ...
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Tween and Teen Development
Tweens and teens experience many physical and emotional changes that can be confusing for parents. Dr. Meg Meeker explains those changes and offers ...
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Educational Activities for Kids Stuck at Home
“Would you like spaghetti or peas?” my daughter asked. “Oh, peas, of course.” I responded. She put on her apron and started working in her ...
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How you can help your teens live out their faith
“I prayed for my band director tonight.” My 14-year-old son, Eli, tossed his saxophone in the back of the van and slid into the passenger seat. ...
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Parents Fear Child May Be Victim of Cyber-Bullying
How can I know for sure whether my child has become a target of intimidating text messages or cruel rumours on social media? Are there any tell-tale ...
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Strategies for growth and learning: Help for helicopter parents
After slip-sliding my way to work in the rain, I called home. I didn’t think the weather was right for our daughter to take her driver’s test. ...
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Risks teens take
Does your son think he’s invincible? Does your daughter believe that the life-changing consequences of risky behaviour could never happen to her? ...
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Risk takers
Get a bunch of teen guys together and what happens? Nonstop competition. The more extreme, the better — right? Case in point: During a wilderness ...
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Friendship factor: Making and keeping friends
“I don’t have any friends!” Does that sound familiar? If your teenagers are like so many I’ve worked with, they probably struggle with ...
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Dealing with lazy teenagers
Question: How can I motivate my two lazy teenagers? They won't help me around the house, and they consistently wait until the last minute to do their ...
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Dating in a digital world
"My daughter dates by spending hours texting with a guy,” my friend told me the other day. “I’ve never met him, and I don’t know what ...
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Changes that occur through puberty and adolescence
Question: Can you tell us what changes we should expect as our child goes through puberty and enters adolescence – and how we should deal with ...
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