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Is a Specialized HS Right For Me?

As an SHSAT tutor, my job is to help students get the best score they can on the specialized high school entrance exam; it's not to help them decide which school is the best fit for them. Nevertheless, parents often ask me what I think about Stu...

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When Is My Daughter Ready For Ballet Pointe?

When should you let your daughter start en pointe work? Ballet Pointe dance is strenuous and requires a lot of skill, but each dancer treasures her memories of the first time she makes it up and onto her toes. Your daughter should be at least 11 yea...

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Validating vs. Indulging Children’s Feelings

Validating vs. Indulging Children’s Feelings by: Margaret Paul, Ph.D. I grew up at a time when children’s feelings were not important. I was supposed to go along with the program without complaint, regardless of how I felt. If I was upset ab...

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Creative Ideas for Easing Separation Anxiety

Creative Ideas for Easing Separation Anxiety by: Nicole Brekelbaum Does your child exhibit separation anxiety at daycare drop-off? Do you spend more than fifteen minutes struggling to calm your child's fears? You are not alone. All parents ...

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Bathing Your Newborn Baby

Bathing Your Newborn Baby by: Michelle Higgins Your newborn baby is so small and tender that giving him a bath might be a little scary. However, in spite of all your concerns, you will find that bathing the baby will soon be a fun thing for both...

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Savings For Child Financially Prepares Them For Their Future

In a day where people are predicting the second depression, guardians worry about how their children will survive in a financially starved society. They remember their own youth. The emotional angst they underwent when they embarked into the real wor...

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Shopping List for the Baby Nursery

Preparing the baby nursery is an important job that requires both time and effort. There are so many tasks to accomplish when preparing for a new baby that it can become overwhelming and more stressful than anything else. Granted that preparing the b...

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Christmas Crafts

Rekindle some joyous spirits from Christmas past by re-crafting some of your most precious Christmas ornaments with your loved ones. What do you do when parents no longer want to do the whole Christmas tree decorating thing and they have chosen to p...

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The Art of Criticism

The Art of Criticism by: Nilesh Gore If you do anything / different / beyond others expectations in your work on your own way or private life that impacts someone else, Criticism is always possible, and likely. When you get criticized, do you vi...

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About Emotional Child Abuse And Neglect

About Emotional Child Abuse And Neglect  by: Reverend Brenda Hoffman Any child who experience any form of physical or emotional maltreatment is likely to bear emotional scars. For this reason it is necessary to use the following broad definition...

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