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FAMILY LIFE & RELATIONSHIPS
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Your Toddler's Relationships
with Family & Friends
If you drew a circle to
represent your toddler’s world
at the beginning of this year,
you would have to place her
right in the middle. She is at
the center and all others
revolve around her. She knows
other people exist, especially
her parents and other close
family members, but she does not
have any real concept of them as
separate people. As far as she
is concerned, they think and
feel the same as she does. Their
purpose is to entertain her and
to meet her physical and
emotional needs...
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[Parents]
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How to Build a Healthy
Relationship With Your Stepchild
Parenting holds a great many
challenges. Little is more
challenging than the role of
Christian stepparent. In short,
the stepparent joins the
biological parent in raising his
or her child, but does so
initially without a clear bond
with the child. Parental
authority is based on the depth
of relationship between adult
and child. The
stepparent-stepchild
relationship is weak due to
little emotional connection and
only a brief shared history
(developed while the adults were
courting), making the
stepparent's role very difficult
and frustrating...
more
[Successful Stepfamilies]
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10 Guiding Principles:
Strategies to Change Your Teen's
Thinking and Preempt Crises
Today's teens face overwhelming
issues – peer pressure,
widespread instances of
substance abuse, concerns about
sexuality, the academic stress
of high school, the risks and
freedom of driving and the worry
about getting into a good
college...
more
[Teenagers Today]
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Nine Steps to More Effective
Parenting
Raising children is one of the
toughest and most fulfilling
jobs in the world - and the one
for which you may feel the least
prepared. Here are some ways to
tackle your child-rearing
responsibilities that will help
you feel more fulfilled as a
parent, and enjoy your
children...
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[Kids Health]
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Blissful Blending Gone Sour?
I have a big problem. I was
married for four years and
divorced three years ago. I have
just remarried a man who has two
children, ages eight and four,
from a previous marriage. I have
a daughter who is now seven. At
first our blended life was
blissful, but...
more
[Parent Soup]
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Is
divorce always damaging to the
kids?
A
friend of mine is miserable in
his marriage. He and his wife
hate each other and have tried
to work through it. They are
afraid of the damage a divorce
would do to their...
more
[Parent
Place]
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Children and Divorce
One out of every two marriages
today ends in divorce and many
divorcing families include
children. Parents who are
getting a divorce are frequently
worried about the effect...
more [AACAP]
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Ten ways to save big on family
travel
Nothing takes a bite out of your
travel budget like last-minute
airline tickets and hotel bills.
Try to choose travel dates at
least two months ahead of time
(three's even better)...
more [Baby
Center]
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Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
Grandparents are an important resource for both parents and children. They
routinely provide child care, financial assistance and emotional support. Occasionally they are called...
more [AACAP]
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Dads: How to Get Involved
As a proud papa,
you want to do everything you
can to be involved in your
child's life. But during those
bleary early weeks, when your
baby is nursing around the
clock, it can be hard to...
more [Baby
Center]
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Talking to Your Kids About Sex
Talking to your children about love, intimacy, and sex is an important part of
parenting. Parents can be very helpful by creating a comfortable atmosphere in
which to talk to their children...
more [AACAP]
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10 Common Mistakes Parents Make
Think you're a pretty good parent? Chances are, you're right. But many of us
make well-intentioned mistakes in many areas of our lives--including raising
children. No parent...
more [Parenthood]
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Step Family Problems
With the high incidence of divorce and changing patterns of families in the
United States, there are increasing numbers of stepfamilies. New stepfamilies
face many challenges...
more [AACAP]
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Children and Family Moves
Moving to a new community may be one of the most stress-producing experiences a
family faces. Frequent moves or even a single move can be especially hard on
children and...
more [Parent Soup]
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13 Timesaving Tips for Busy Moms
We've all wished for just a little more time in our busy schedules –- time to
spend with the kids, time to spend with our friends and a little more time for
ourselves. There's still no...
more [Parent Soup]
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40 Mom-Tested Tips for Balancing Work and Family
Wondering how to create a better morning routine, stay involved in your child's
life while you're at work or make the most of your evenings at home? Get
tried-and-true advice on...
more [Parent Soup]
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Talking with Kids About Mental Illness
Kids are naturally curious and have questions about mental illnesses.
Understanding mental illnesses can be challenging for adults as well as for
children. Myths, confusion, and misinformation...
more [AACAP]
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Talking with Kids About Terrorism and War
In today's world, parents are faced with the challenge of explaining violence,
terrorism and war to children. Although difficult, these conversations are
extremely important...
more [AACAP]
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Talking with Kids About Violence
Raising a child is one of the most gratifying jobs you'll ever have and one of
the toughest. Try as you might to be the best parent you can, our complex world
challenges you every day...
more [Talking With Kids]
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Talking with Kids About HIV and AIDS
As upsetting and confusing as it can be to bring up the subject of AIDS with young children, it's
essential to do so. By the time they reach third grade, research shows that as
many as...
more [Talking With Kids]
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Talking with Kids About Sex and Relationships
Most parents want to do their best in talking with their kids about sex and sexuality, but we're often
not sure how to begin. Here's our advice: Studies show that kids who feel...
more [Talking With Kids]
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Talking with Kids About Alcohol and Drugs
The issue of drugs can be very confusing to young children. If drugs are so dangerous, then why is the
family medicine cabinet full of them? And why do TV, movies, music and
advertising...
more [Talking With Kids]
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Getting Along Together
Childhood is a time for children to learn about the world-and that includes
learning how to get along with others. Parents play a crucial role in helping
children figure out...
more [The Whole Child]
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How to Help Your Child Deal With Death
When Jennifer T.'s grandfather died unexpectedly, the 4-year-old bombarded her
grief-stricken parents with questions: "What did they put Poppa into to bury
him? Is he lying down or...
more
[Kids Health]
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How to Talk to Your Child About the News
Children learn about the world through a variety of sources, including parents,
teachers, friends, and the media. Although news gleaned from television, radio,
or the Internet can be a positive...
more
[Kids Health]
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Talking to Your Child About Menstruation
Many women have embarrassing or even funny memories of learning about menstruation: some parents never mentioned it back then, whereas
others handed their daughters a book and...
more
[Kids Health]
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Talking to Your Child About Puberty
Today, kids are exposed to so much information about sex and relationships on
TV and the Internet that by the time they approach puberty,
they may be familiar with some advanced...
more
[Kids Health]
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Talking to Your Child About Sexual Abuse
Childhood should be about sweetness and light, not gloom and doom. So why broach
the subject of something as awful as sexual abuse with your child? Why bring it
up if it may never happen? Is it...
more
[Kids Health]
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Talking to Your Child About Drugs
If you think you don't need to discuss drug use with your kids, you're not
alone: according to a recent survey from the National Center on Addiction and
Substance Abuse at Columbia University...
more
[Kids Health]
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Talking to Your Child About Smoking and Smokeless Tobacco
Advertisers spend billions of dollars each year trying to get children to smoke.
Talking to your kids honestly, clearly, and convincingly about the dangers of
tobacco and nicotine addiction is an...
more
[Kids Health]
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An Only Child Is Aggressive With Other Children at School
My son is 6 and an only child. We have always taught him that hitting does not
solve a problem and to use words instead. Recently his teacher expressed that he
was becoming more aggressive...
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[Parenthood]
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Arguing and Back-Talk
I know my kid's going to grow up to be a lawyer! He argues whenever he's asked
to do something. He debates his rights when he's asked to stop doing something.
He pleads his case when I...
more [Children Today]
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Dealing with Stealing
"When my 5-year-old son came home from school with change clinking in his
pockets, I knew he was up to something," says Claude, father of Max. "My wife
and I confronted him, and after..."
more [Children Today]
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Dealing With Child Misbehavior
It’s 10:10 and thirteen-year-old Megan is still on the telephone. The rule is,
there will be no telephone conversations after 10 o’clock. Mother sticks her
head into Megan’s room...
more [Parenthood]
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Disciplining Your Child
How do you keep a 1-year-old from heading toward the VCR? What should you do
when your preschooler throws a fit? How can you get your adolescent to respect
your authority? Approaches...
more [Kids Health]
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3 Steps to Clear Communication with Your Kids
Ever wonder what happens when your young children respond in unexpected ways to
the words you say? It's because the words they hear differ from the
emotional messages they receive at...
more [Parents Talk]
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Helping Children Tackle the Tough Questions of War
Kids ask a lot of tough questions, none tougher than those about acts of
violence, terrorism and war. As parents continue to grapple with their own
fears, anger and sadness about the...
more [Parenthood]
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Stay-At-Home Moms and Dads
Good old-fashioned family values may not be dead. They've just got a new gender
twist. According to an online poll of...
more [Parent Soup]
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Teaching Your Children to Resolve Their Own Conflicts
One of the most commonly asked questions I get from parents is "How do I deal
with sibling rivalry?" Most problems between siblings do not involve rivalry.
They involve conflict...
more [Parenthood]
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Getting Involved at Your Child's School
Whether your child is just starting kindergarten, entering the final year of
high school, or somewhere in between, there are many good reasons and opportunities for you to volunteer...
more [Kids Health]
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Household Chores: The Do's and Don'ts of Involving Your Kid
With all the demands of single parenting there is often less time to devote to
household chores. Don't fret -- children can play an important part in creating
a home that runs smoothly...
more
[Parents Place]
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Helping Siblings Accept a New Baby
Having a new baby is one of the most rewarding experiences in life. For a young
sibling, however, a new addition to the family may not be entirely welcome. In
fact, most children will be...
more [Parenthood]
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10 Tips for Talking with Your Kids About Tough Issues
Raising a child is probably the most gratifying job any of us
will ever have -- and one of the toughest. In large part, that's because times
have changed. We live in an...
more [Parenthood]
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Ten Reasons to Sleep Next to Your Child at Night
1. Family co-sleeping takes full advantage of the ease
of breastfeeding, as there is no need to go to another room to get the child. A
breastfeeding mother in a "family bed" can easily...
more [Parenthood]
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Family Bed: An Evolutionary Approach to Family Sleep
On the first night after my daughter's birth, I
rested soundly with her nestled beside me in my narrow hospital bunk. Until I
was awakened by the nurse on the overnight shift; she waved...
more [Breastfeeding]
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