Relationships

While the Cat's Away: What to Do When a Family Member Travels

Posted March 9, 2010 - 19:22 by Lain Ehmann

Relationships

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Whether your spouse is on the road for business, an older sibling is heading off for sleep-away camp, or an ever-present grandparent goes on an extended trip, even a temporary break-up in the family unit can make things scary for the little ones left behind.

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Working Moms' Kids Face Negative Judgments

Posted March 4, 2010 - 08:01 by Rhonda Franz

Social Skills, Time Management, Work Balance, Pre School, Relationships, K-8, High School

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A new study suggests there are less-than-favorable perceptions of children whose moms work full-time. Is society really judging the children of working mothers? Or is it just more fodder for the Mommy Wars?

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Same Sex Parents Raising Well-Adjusted Kids

Posted February 22, 2010 - 05:50 by Lela Davidson

Health, Relationships

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A new report could lend support to same-sex couples hoping to adopt. It aggregates existing research that confirms that gender has no impact on the quality of parenting.

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Childless House Guests in the Kid Zone

Posted February 12, 2010 - 07:45 by Margaret Garcia-Couoh

Home Life, Etiquette, Conflict Resolution, Culture, Relationships

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It can make or break a friendship if you can’t communicate about all the mishaps waiting in the wings when a childless friend comes to call. So here it goes — my list of things to tell your buddy before you start freaking out and they start thinking you are from another planet.

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Lessons in Parenting: Teenagers Actually Do Listen To Us

Posted February 10, 2010 - 12:24 by Fred Lee

Safety, Chores, Social Skills, Conflict Resolution, Relationships

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It may not seem like it, but teenagers are not only listening to their parents, but they even appreciate and value their presence.

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The Duggars: How Many Is Too Many?

Posted February 10, 2010 - 02:00 by Lori Kerrigan

Conceiving, Pregnancy, Etiquette, Relationships

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Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar are parents to 19 children with no current plans to stop adding to their brood. How many kids are too many? And why do we care?

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Best of Parenting Round-Up: Communication Edition

Posted January 22, 2010 - 14:00 by Lain Ehmann

Relationships

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If money is the root of all evil, good communication may be the root of peace in our families! Here's our round-up of the best parenting blogs have to offer on the topic of communication with kids of all ages.

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Routines Build Trust

Posted January 21, 2010 - 09:36 by Lela Davidson

New Parents, Relationships

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I never realized the routines I relied on to to survive my children's earliest years would become the foundation for so much more than survival.

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Embracing Your Single Childfree Friends

Posted January 12, 2010 - 15:00 by Margaret Garcia-Couoh

Culture, Relationships

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Are you the only one of your friends with children? Have your single friends built great careers that cannot include full time children? Is your childern’s peer group a little limited? If you said yes to any of these, it’s time to enlist your friends to your family. They might just hit it off.

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Strong Early Attachments Key To Lifetime Of Happiness

Posted December 29, 2009 - 15:16 by Lela Davidson

Social Skills, New Parents, Culture, Relationships

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What is happiness? And how as parents can we give our kids the best chance at achieving it later in life? It all starts with the earliest interactions.

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The Slaughter of Innocence

Posted November 19, 2009 - 09:27 by Margaret Garcia-Couoh

Social Skills, Conflict Resolution, Culture, Sex Ed, Relationships

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I keep hearing the stories of children being killed by their parents, their mother’s boyfriends, the next door neighbor. It feels so common place that we should hear of deaths under the age of 10 that I almost feel like I’m being stupid for raising the question -- but I’ll ask it anyway. Why does it seem like we are killing our children?

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5 Tips For Fun Family Dinners

Posted November 17, 2009 - 12:44 by Lain Ehmann

Social Skills, Relationships

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The evidence is in. Eating together as a family is linked to lower rates of teen pregnancy, drug and alcohol use, and teen depression. The problem? Getting everyone at the same table to get along is also linked to higher parental blood pressure levels.

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Ellen, Oprah, and Explaining Homosexuality to My Nine-Year-Old

Posted November 13, 2009 - 19:43 by Lela Davidson

Culture, Relationships

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How and when do you explain possibly uncomfortable topics to kids? In our house, we take life as it comes.

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Letting Dads Be Dads

Posted November 13, 2009 - 07:00 by Fred Lee

Home Life, Relationships

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Fathers may do things differently than moms, but this is not necessarily a bad thing.

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Five Ways to Connect with Your Pre-Teen Son (and five ways to send him screaming from the room)

Posted August 31, 2009 - 07:04 by Lain Ehmann

Relationships

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I was hoping that sometime soon – say, before he left for college – I’d be able to get a little closer to the soon-to-be-man in my house. So I began waging an all-out campaign to regain his affections. Here’s what I discovered works (and what doesn’t).

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The Art of War: How Arguing in Front of Your Kids Can Benefit Them

Posted August 11, 2009 - 08:32 by Sonja Stewart

Etiquette, Sex & Relationships, Conflict Resolution, Relationships, Wellness

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Before you take that disagreement with your spouse to the bedroom, think about how your children may learn of it. It's a fine line, but if you can play by the rules, your kids will benefit from your “heated discussion,” and pick up some valuable tools.

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Parenting Lessons: What I learned from Redneck Softball

Posted July 23, 2009 - 18:36 by Margaret Garcia-Couoh

Social Skills, Etiquette, Conflict Resolution, Culture, Relationships

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I have been collecting information, advice, and observations about different cultural styles in parenting. This is the result of half a summer’s work. Lesson number one? Embracing Redneck Softball and all it has to offer is making me a better parent--teaching me to love without hovering.

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I'm Just Not THAT Kind of Mom

Posted June 9, 2009 - 15:06 by Jo-Lynne Shane

Relationships

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Last week I attended my 9-year-old son's last baseball game of the season. Going to my son's baseball games requires supernatural amounts of patience and perseverance because I have two younger daughters, and because my husband is one of the coaches, I am on my own with childcare duties.

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Mommy, What's a God? (and other questions of myth and religion)

Posted April 14, 2009 - 12:59 by Margaret Garcia-Couoh

Culture, Relationships

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"So Mommy, How come we don’t go to church?" Are you ready for this question? What do you say? And if that isn’t bad enough the grandparents want to enroll the kids in Sunday school. How do parents deal with their children asking the BIG questions when the parents have lived their lives happy to not have the answers?

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Daddy, Don't Divorce Us,

Posted March 18, 2009 - 07:51 by Margaret Garcia-Couoh

No Children Zone, Sex & Relationships, Sex Ed, Relationships

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So you don't love your wife right now. Big deal. You divorce that woman who brought your children into the world and you are in for a heap of guilt and angst that will, rest assured be entirely your fault. Something to think about guys, on your way to dissolving your family unit.

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