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The Encouragement Inoculation

The Encouragement Inoculation

Discouragement is when someone experiences loss, adversity, or failure and as a result they lose confidence in their own strengths and abilities to cope. They lose heart. This happens to kids a lot. Every day, a child struggles with the painful struggles of growing...

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New Skill for Parents – Encourage Your Child to Think

New Skill for Parents – Encourage Your Child to Think

It happens on a regular basis. Someone you know - a friend, a spouse, a child, a co-worker - will come to you frustrated because he's having problems. If you're in a hurry and if you have superior experience and wisdom, maybe you can make the problem go away. And...

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Encourage Teens to Think for Themselves

Encourage Teens to Think for Themselves

Should you give advice? The answer is the same whether you're relating to another adult or to a teenager. One of my friends has an interesting idiosyncrasy. Whenever we talk, his way of interacting with me is to give me advice. I think he does this because he's...

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Encouragements
for Parents

[five_sixth]    [/five_sixth][one_sixth_last][social_buttons hide_share_count="true" facebook="true" twitter="true" pinterest="true" linkedin="true"][/one_sixth_last] Encouragements All parents need encouragement, because raising kids is challenging. When something...

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The Secret to Mastering a Parent-Child Communication Skill

The Secret to Mastering a Parent-Child Communication Skill

I recently talked with a mom who was discouraged because her attempts to try some new listening techniques hadn't worked for her. She said they felt strange and she often forgot to use them. So she gave up trying. This is not an uncommon story. And there are reasons...

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For Your Child: the Top 5 Power Skills

For Your Child: the Top 5 Power Skills

As i write this, swallows have built a nest above our front entrance way, and the momma and poppa swallows are busy catching bugs and feeding them to their three hatchlings. On occasion, we see three little heads peeking above the rim of the nest. Before long, the...

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A Teen’s Huge Window of Opportunity

A Teen’s Huge Window of Opportunity

At puberty, a child's brain is primed to develop the kind of critical thinking that will make them successful as adults. This fact of adolescence is massively important but all too easy to forget. At puberty, the brain cells in their prefrontal cortex, the part of the...

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The Precious Window for Teen Brain Development

The Precious Window for Teen Brain Development

When asked about teen brain development, I'm challenged to boil a huge amount of research down to a few facts. Here's how I explain it: At the onset of puberty, a child's body and brain are flooded with growth hormones. The resulting changes in the body are visible;...

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