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Top 10 skills middle school students need to thrive, and how parents can help
In elementary school, I was too shy to address my teachers by name. I would hover nearby, hoping they would realize I had a question. I also was the new girl, and the existing cliques seemed...
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How letting go of anger has allowed me to be a better mom
I’ve been frustrated most of my life. It doesn’t matter where I am or what I am doing; irritation simply follows me. On the outside, I am engaging and good-humored, but beneath the surface is a pinched...
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Teacher says: Want your child to succeed in school? Help them clean out their...
One of my high school students had asked for help with his homework. “Of course, I’ll help,” I answered. I told him to find it and watched as he hauled his heavy backpack onto one of the classroom...
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How to be a better money role model for your child
By Kimberly Palmer As a mom who writes about money for a living, I figured my 6-year-old daughter would learn a lot about personal finances from overhearing me talk about my work. She’s listened to me...
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Autism: When to push and when to stop
By Lauren Swick Jordan April 1 TJ and the author. (Courtesy of the author) My son, TJ, is 15 years old. He has autism. When TJ was in elementary school, we worked tirelessly on so many issues. Sitting...
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Three things parents should say to girls to help them build a positive body...
By Katie Hurley “Hello, I’m a fat person, fat, fat, fat.” Taken out of context, these words, from the mouth of a 6-year-old female toy tester at the Mattel headquarters, are a bit jarring. They are the...
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Go call your mom. Science says it’ll make you feel better.
By Amy Joyce Telling the story of a negative experience helps one cope with it better, researchers say. (iStock) There are many days — okay I’ll admit it, all my days — when I get the urge to pick up...
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Why the suburbs are all wrong for my kids
“LOOK. AT. THE. DEER!” I say this to my sons, 11 and 14, as we do our normal weeknight swing down the tree-lined driveway, home from what feels like their 10th basketball practice of the week. But my...
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Thinking of home schooling? Me, too.
By Allison Barrett Carter While the rest of the parenting world thinks ahead to summer camps and languid months of their children lounging on their sofa all day, my thoughts are consumed with the month...
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When it comes to paying for college, be realistic and do your homework
By Joanna Nesbit It’s that time of year when families are mentally processing their high school senior’s college financial aid award and quietly freaking out. I know I was doing that last year, and I...
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