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This Mom Is Urging Parents To Be Lazier With Their Kids
LeahOva/TikTok How much can your teens do for themselves without your help? They probably don’t come to you for help getting dressed, or looking up a walkthrough to get past that really difficult part...
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Teens Addicted To Social Media? Doctor Offers Advice On Opening The Conversation
Khakimullin/Depositphotos.com We’ve all heard how damaging social media addiction can be, and some of us have witnessed it with our children. On the other hand, many of us have experienced its...
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Schools Are Banning Cell Phones And Parents Are Divided
Syda_Productions/Depositphotos.com How public schools have dealt with cell phones has varied a lot across locations and over the past two decades the devices and their users have changed. Now, state...
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The Gifts New And Expecting Moms Really Want From Their Loved Ones
Paola Vasquez/Pexels If you have kids, you probably have a memory of their first days home, when you were overwhelmed and exhausted, and everyone you love wanted to help, but nobody quite knew what...
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“Child Star” Trailer Showcases Celebs Spilling On Their Young Hollywood...
Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/Depositphotos.com Being a child means relying on the adults around you for much of your safety and comfort. Being a star comes with massive responsibility and immense...
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School Picture Day? Many Parents Are Over It And Sharing Their Reasons
serrnovik/Depositphotos.com In the 1980s and ’90s, I remember bringing home packets of school photos and cutting them apart to distribute to grandparents, aunts, and other family members. There were...
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Shaming Or Truth-Speaking? ‘Supernanny’ Drops Advice That Has Parents Divided
ArturVerkhovetskiy/Depositphotos.com Social media has become the new town square; by ‘new,’ I mean this has been a reality for at least two decades. For teens, it’s a place to share drama, interact...
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School Shootings May Be Hurdle For Passing Cell Phone Bans
burdun/Depositphotos.com There are movements across the U.S. to ban cell phone use in classrooms. Not everyone is on board, though, and brutal murders such as those in a Georgia school this week weigh...
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Glass Fruit: Doctors Warn That A TikTok Shortcut Injure Children
ChinaImages/Depositphotos.com Is everyone trying glass fruit? When made correctly, this is a sweet, cute treat, but our collective obsession with instant gratification makes many things more...
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Colin Gray Arrest Highlights Parental Responsibility In School Shootings
modfos/Depositphotos.com “Where were the parents?” This question tends to come up in public discourse when anything newsworthy happens with a child, whether the child is the victim of an accident or...
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Teen Vaping (And Pre-Teen, Too) Is Finally Declining — Here’s What Could Be Next
creativephotographing.mail.ru/Depositphotos.com The CDC has released a report showing that high schoolers and middle schoolers are using vapes or e-cigs at a much lower rate. However, the report still...
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So, Your Kid Hates School — Now What?
kmiragaya/Depositphotos.com There’s a natural impulse to shrug this off and consider hating school and being miserable a fact of life. As parents, though, we don’t want our kids to be miserable. We...
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The Aftermath: Threats, Arrests, & Copycats Following School Shootings
YAYImages/Depositphotos.com After a student enters a school with a firearm and takes aim at his classmates and teachers, after the police response, the criminal charges, and the public statements,...
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Schools Are Installing Vape Detectors And Juul Lawsuits Are Covering The Costs
steveheap/Depositphotos.com Teen and preteen vaping are on the decline, but legislators, health advocates, and school administrators still have an uphill battle ahead to protect young lungs,...
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Social Studies Is Political: Do You Know How Your Child’s School Is Handling It?
monkeybusiness/Depositphotos.com The United States is amid one of the most significant political rifts in modern times. It seems like everything has become both political and binary. Suppose you hear...
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How Can We Protect Kids When They’re Online? Balance Is The Goal
Syda_Productions/Depositphotos.com Our kids are online. If they’re not using the internet at home, they’re probably using it at school or the library, and if they’re not, they’re missing out on...
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Kids With ADHD Need More Positive Messages, Child Therapist Explains
SimpleFoto/Depositphotos.com You’re not listening. You’re not sitting still. You didn’t finish this assignment. You’re daydreaming again. If you have a child with ADHD, maybe you’ve found yourself...
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Can You Recognize An After-School Meltdown? Hint: It May Not Look Like...
Milkos/Depositphotos.com For most of us, school has been back in session for a few weeks now, and we’re all starting to adjust to the new routine. For many of us, that routine includes our kids...
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An Airlined Booted An Unaccompanied Minor From A Toronto-Based Flight
Photo by encrier on Deposit Photos When 14-year-old Camryn Larkan was dropped off at an airport by her father last month, he had no idea he would soon be rushing back to the airport to pick up his...
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Autistic Moms Say They Need More Support
choreograph/Depositphotos.com It’s easy to find content and information about parenting autistic kids. Granted, plenty of that information will be contradictory, and a lot of the advice will...
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