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Study Reports 77% of Kids 8-14 Help Parents With Online Tasks

by Myra Turner

Here's an interesting new study I read about. It seems that 77% of kids between the ages of 8 and 14 are helping their parents with online tasks.

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Why Parents Need Support and Encouragement (And The Best Kinds We Can Get)

by Kori Rodley Irons

Sometimes, the very best thing people can do to help children is to help and support their parents. So much of our "focus on the children" efforts go toward providing programs, services, and attempts to change attitudes about kids.

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Three-Level Method of Discipline

by Myra Turner

How many times do you warn your kids before you administer a punishment? Is it three? Five? Depends on how you are feeling? As you know, consistency is the name of the game when we discipline. Your kids have to know what to expect in order for any method to work. Dr.

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Bartering for Time

by Myra Turner

Sometimes as parents, we have to barter with our kids in order to get what we want. This is especially true if we have young kids who demand a lot of our time and attention. Being a writer, I don't work traditional hours.

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Making Good Friends

by Teresa McEntire

Friends can have an enormous influence in our children's lives. These friendships can be for the good or have a detrimental effect upon our child. So as parents it is important that we help our children cultivate and maintain good friends. Good friends are invaluable, especially for teenagers.

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When You Want To Hit A Bully Follow-up

by Teresa McEntire

This week I posted a blog titled "When You Want To Hit A Bully" and I just wanted to follow up on the story. The other day we told my son to hit the kid who had been bullying him for the last year at the bus stop. We felt like we had exhausted all other possibilities.

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When You Want To Hit A Bully

by Teresa McEntire

I recently read a post to an article that Kori Rodley-Irons wrote titled "What if You Don't Like Your Child's Friend?" and I wanted to respond to it.

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Helping Children Deal With News Trauma

by Teresa McEntire

Every time you turn on the news you are confronted with stories of car crashes, murders, bombings, or the latest natural catastrophe. As adults we can distance ourselves from the tragedies playing out on the television screen. But for children the news can be confusing and scary.

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Playing In The Kitchen

by Teresa McEntire

If you are like me you spend plenty of time in the kitchen. This includes making meals, breakfast, lunch, dinner, and even snacks. Then there is the clean up time, washing down the cupboards and stove, and putting the dishes in the dishwasher.

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Talk About Television

by Teresa McEntire

The television is a wonderful source of information but it also contains a lot of information that is misleading and inappropriate for children. So as parents it is important that we talk about T.V. with our children.

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