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May, 2008 Posts published in May, 2008

20 May Posted by in Academics, Featured Authors | 1 comment

Getting Excited To Read

Parenting children to learn to enjoy reading may seem like a difficult task for some parents to accomplish, when in reality it should be a privilege.  Parents who enjoy and model reading on well onto their way to assisting their own child to do the same.    The following article written by parenting coach, Dr. Caron...

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Finish The School Year With Success!

Summer is coming and your child is anxious to quit school on a sour note. You keep telling your child to “finish strong, or else!” Parents searching for some parenting tips to keep your child in the “learning mode” will find this advice article helpful. Parenting Tips To Ending The School Year On A Positive...

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Graduation Party Tips: Graduation Ideas For Your Special Child

Congratulations! You have a child who is graduating. It may be a graduation from kindergarten, high school, college or another event. It’s all big and it’s all important. This article will provide you with some graduation ideas that you may have not considered. The purpose of this article is to also stimulate your thinking process...

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Summer Activity Tips: Inexpensive Ways To Keep Kids Busy All Summer Long

Here comes summer! Schools will be closing shortly and parents will be searching for activities to keep their children in the “learning mode” while having fun! Author, Bunny Kas, shares thirteen inexpensive, fun-filled activities that parents can easily encourage their child and friends to participate and enjoy. Do something different! Plan one or all of...

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Discipline Tips For Successful Parenting

Parenting takes time and practice. Parents who become familiar with a variety of parenting discipline strategy and techniques successfully learned implemented by other parents are on their way to becoming a better parent. This article will assist parents in learning the “key discipline” techniques that may be used at home with children in an age...

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16 May Posted by in Parent Coaching Articles, Teens | Comments

Gangs: What Parents and Schools Can Do

Community and school leaders have teamed together for several decade now to address the issues of gangs. Gangs are real, but like many other community and school problems, gangs are a reflection of our society. To say that we can get rid of gangs is to say we need to get rid of society. Please...

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School Safety: Advice For Parents and Teachers

On April 16, 2007, the shooting events at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, VA, brought about intense debate about the responsibility of colleges and universities to provide safe environments and to increase their abilities to prevent and manage serious crisis events. In some states, mandatory school lock down drills practices several times a year are now...

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07 May Posted by in Parent Coaching Articles, Teens | Comments

Preparing For Prom: Avoiding Prom Dangers and Alcohol

  Going to a high school prom can be a great experience for the participants and parents. For many students, prom signifies a step toward adulthood, social acceptance and positive fun. Too often, however, prom becomes a negative event for some due to poor planning, false expectations and a lack of parent supervision or involvement....

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07 May Posted by in Family Stress, Teens | Comments

Making Teens Accountable: Teen Family Contract

Helping your teen learn to become accountable for their behavior is important. One methods that can be used to accomplish this goal it to put together a Teen Family Contract. The purpose of any contract is to establish some formal understanding of a desired outcome. Establishing a Teen family Contract will bring about a purposeful...

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06 May Posted by in Featured Authors, Teens | Comments

Helping Teens Solve Problems

Ten Ways to Help Your Teen Tackle Problems By Vanessa Van Petten Learning how to approach a problem or a big project is a life skill that many adults do not ever learn how to do (I am still learning). Recently, I have been working with a lot of teens on how to approach and...

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