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5 Easy Ways to Show Your Teen You Care

By: Jolene Roehlkepartain

How do you show affection? When kids are young, it’s often easier. Young children love hugs, saying “I love you,” and snuggling. But as kids get older, they often bristle when you try these things. So, it’s important to adapt. Read more >

Blowing a Teachable Moment

By: Jolene Roehlkepartain

You had the perfect opportunity to teach your child an important lesson, but you blew it. Now what? Read more >

It Isn’t Easy Being a Kid

Kids’ growing pains are more than just physical. Kids’ growing pains can be about their social lives, academic pains, or just growing up emotionally. No wonder it’s not easy being a kid!

What to Do When Kids Fall in Love

“Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place.”—Zora Neale Hurston, author

When kids fall in love, parents can feel baffled about how to respond and how to help kids make sense of

5 Essential Skills for Resilient Kids

As much as we try to protect our kids from the harsh realities of life, hard stuff happens anyway. Do you know what it takes to be resilient?

Danger Signs: When to Worry

When a child is locked in the bathroom with water running and he says he is doing nothing but the dog is barking, call 911.
—Erma Bombeck, parenting humorist

As a parent, it’s sometimes tricky

Taming Temper Tantrums

Temper is a weapon that we hold by the blade.
—James Matthew Barrie, novelist

Your child can really blow his top, whether it be at age 2 or 15.

Ouch: When Your Kids Treat You Like Dirt

If you’ve never been hated by your child, you have never been a parent.
—Bette Davis, American actress

“I hate you!” The first time your child says this to you, you’ll be shocked.

Power Struggles

_I decided to serve my kids macaroni and cheese for every meal until they asked for something else, just to teach them a lesson.

When Your Kids Feel Sad

There’s no denying that it can be tough to be a kid. Grown-ups make the rules, things are built above hand- or eye-level, knees get skinned, and worse.

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