PARENT OR PAL? One parent of teenagers wrote to an advice columnist, “I want my kids to feel I am their friend, but…
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This post might have been called “Time Management for Parents,” but to many parents of primary-school children, that phrase is a contradiction in…
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If there’s anything more painful than being a chronically lonely person, it’s watching your child suffer from chronic loneliness: never being with friends,…
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KEEPING THE HUMAN ELEMENT IN AN AUTOMATIC AGE Are you fed up with a “computerized” society that treats you as having no…
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It hurts to hear your children call themselves “stupid,” or see them sit around brooding, or watch them explode in frustration over trivial…
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School years may be limited, but learning can be every day for a lifetime. Here are a few ideas for expanding your children’s…
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Although “collaboration” often has negative connotations (“collaborating with the enemy”), its primary meaning is “working with someone to produce or create something.” Writers…
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Images of “good old days” invariably include quiet suburban neighborhoods where everybody knows everybody else. Contrast this ideal with the all-too-common-these-days scenario where…
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Christianity Today recently reported that “2 Chronicles 7:14 … has become a mantra among [Donald Trump’s] supporters: ‘If [God’s] people … will humble…
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6 WAYS TO BE AN OPTIMISTIC PARENT Are you confident that your children can look forward to happy, successful lives—or are you obsessed…