For parents and teachers who care, instructing children includes helping them find and develop their unique skills so every individual can grow as…
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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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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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6 WAYS TO BE AN OPTIMISTIC PARENT Are you confident that your children can look forward to happy, successful lives—or are you obsessed…
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The trouble with growing up in a “follow the rules” environment is that one never learns to critically evaluate what one hears. The…
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When “snail mail” was a primary method of communication, every etiquette book included this advice: If you write a letter in the heat…
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HOW TO ENCOURAGE RESPONSIBILITY WITHOUT MAKING EVERYONE MISERABLE It’s a classic household dilemma: the children complain, “Our parents never quit nagging us to…
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A TEACHER’S GUIDE TO STAYING CALM AMIDST CHAOS Relief though it was to put chaotic 2020 behind us, 2021 brought little immediate serenity.…