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How Our Teen Daughter Learned to Manage Money
Dennis Coates | Education, Guest Blog Posts, Parenting, Parenting Books, Teen Success, Work | No CommentsMoney matters can get complicated. Buying what you need and want while living within your means. Purchasing the right amount of insurance. Investing wisely and saving for your child’s college education. Minimizing debt and maintaining a strong credit rating. Protecting…
Sexualization in Children’s TV Shows
Dennis Coates | Adolescence, Guest Blog Posts, Health & Nutrition, Parenting, Teen Culture, Teen Sex | No CommentsWhen it comes to sex education, parents need to learn more about how our culture sexualizes their kids. This guest post, which addresses this “blind spot,” comes from Elizabeth McDade-Montez, Ph.D. a Senior Research Associate at etr.org (Education, Training, and…
What Every Parent Needs to Know about the Brain – a Fun Introduction
Dennis Coates | Parent-child Communication, Parenting, Parenting Books | No CommentsYou see those beautiful eyes and that heart-melting smile. What you don’t see (and probably rarely think about) is your child’s brain, which is steadily growing, preparing itself for the challenges of adult life, and will continue to do so…
It’s a Jungle Out There – Raising Strong Kids
Dennis Coates | Encouragement, Parenting, Personal Strength | No CommentsWe were excited. Bewick’s wrens had been building a nest in the little house we had put up to attract them. We watched for days as the male and female flew back and forth with nest material. It was a…
