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Autism Awareness Month: Stress in parents of Autistic children (Photos)

  • Autism Awareness Month 2013
  • April 7, 2013
In April the examiner.com reported that the CDC had released in March their most recent findings; that 1 in 50 school age children are being...
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Parents are you listening to your children

Raising children is very serious business that should not be taken lightly. Although many take this responsibility serious, there are many others...
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Staying together!

Staying together, what does that mean to people? Many people would say marriage or going steady in a relationship.Today the family unit needs help...
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Are You a "GOOD JOB!" Parent? Maybe Not So Good...

Do you find yourself walking through your day telling your kids "Good Job!" all the time?My mother calls us the “good job”...
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The policies

The school district has a lot of policies. In order to keep track of all the policies, they put everything in a book called the Code of Conduct...
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Ask Kathleen: Mad Momma VS. Unsupervised children

Dear Kathleen,Recently my husband, our children and I have moved into a new apartment. We live right by the play ground. I am finding this to be...
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Fashion and the middle school years

  • Tweens and fashion
  • April 8, 2011
As most of you have heard, Abercrombie has a new bikini targeted at girls eight and up coming out this spring, complete with built-in push-up bra...
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Success or a mess: what makes the difference?

John and Sue had two sons. One never caused any problems; the other was almost always in trouble. One did well in school and got a scholarship to...
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Success or a mess: what makes the difference? Boredom

“I’m bored.” How many times have parents heard those words from their child’s mouth? Adolescents don’t have the...
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The family dynamic:Child centered vs parent centered

Today's families are more diverse than ever before. Families can include one parent, step parents, functional siblings,gay and interfaith...
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