302 articles on "parents"

If your child is being bullied - 20 top tips for parents

Keith is now in the fourth grade and he dislikes school. For a fourthgrader, this does not sound right. The reason Keith dislikes school thoughdoes not have anything to do with academics. Keith is being bullied beforeschool, at school, and on the sc...

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YIKES! I’M TURNING INTO MY MOTHER!

If you’re like most people, you probably said to yourself at least once during your childhood or teens: “I’m never going to behave like my mother (or father) when I grow up.” Such thoughts would enter your mind especially when your parent tre...

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Contact Lens Options for Your Pediatric Patients

Contact Lens Options for Your Pediatric Patients by: Steve Cogger Pediatric patients are some of the most special patients we see in any practice. When infants present for contact lenses, we all know it is a medical necessity. The practitioners ...

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One Definition of Success

As parents, we want our children and teens to grow up and "be successful." But what "being successful" means depends on our definition of "success" in the first place. Obviously "success" means a lot of different things to a lot of different people. ...

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Your Job as a Role Model

A certain educator was once asked at what point should a parent begin to prepare for child raising. "How old are you?" the educator inquired. "Twenty-three." "You should begin twenty-three years ago." What is the message? The single most important th...

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Jackass stunts, high school hazing and herd mentality. How can parents of teenagers protect kids from doing stupid things

Jackass stunts, high school hazing and herd mentality. How can parents of teenagers protect kids from doing stupid things?The video clips are disturbing indeed. The melee that occurred in north Chicago was competing for air time with the Sarasota, Fl...

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Should We Worry About Immigrant Assimilation and Education?

Yes, they are important to our future! Many of tomorrow's workers and business owners are the children of today's immigrants. More than 40% of the growth of our labor force in the late 1990s was due to immigrants, and since immigration WIL...

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The Rejection is a Masked Deprivation

The Rejection is a Masked Deprivation by: Nilesh Gore Parents rejection of the child, though unintentional, is also shown in various ways, like physical neglect, denial of love and affection, lack of interest in the child’s activities, interes...

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Borderline Division 1? How To Make It

As a former NCAA Division 1 Athlete, I have parents ask me quite often what their son or daughter needs to do in order to make it to the highest level of college athletics. First, mom and dad need to know where they fit in the equation to success. ...

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Take Advantage of Your Child's Energy Levels

Take Advantage of Your Child's Energy Levels by: Joseph Browns “Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.” -Josh Billings If parents want to be able to make best use of time with their children, then it...

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