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		<title>The Bond Between You and Your Child</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Sep 2024 19:10:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Fact: If you haven&#8217;t nurtured a loving, trusting relationship with your child, they won&#8217;t be open to your guidance. And they need a lot of guidance. During the first 20 years of life, they have a lot of growing up to do as they avoid the pitfalls of adolescence and prepare for life on their [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been a Dad to over a dozen cats in my adult life. The cat in the photo is Cookie, one of the three cats in my family right now. All three display signs of intelligence. I see this in the way they make decisions. For example, at a certain time each afternoon, Cookie will [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Teens Who Take Their Future Seriously Have a Huge Advantage While Growing Up</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Jul 2023 17:59:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[An obvious fact: very young children don&#8217;t understand about the future. If they&#8217;re 6 years old, they simply can&#8217;t conceive of the fact that in a few years they will be in high school. This inability to comprehend their own desired or possible future extends into adolescence. And if they don&#8217;t exercise future-thinking as a [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 May 2023 16:24:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[At puberty, a child&#8217;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 brain right behind the forehead that handles critical [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Before You Hand Over the Car Keys&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2023 23:51:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[60 years ago, I drove the family car through the heart of Stuttgart, Germany. No one else was in the car. I was a responsible kid, and I was doing my best to stay safe and arrive home without a mishap. But like every young driver, I had a lot to learn. I was ignorant [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Precious Window for Teen Brain Development</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2022 14:56:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[When asked about teen brain development, I&#8217;m challenged to boil a huge amount of research down to a few facts. Here&#8217;s how I explain it: At the onset of puberty, a child&#8217;s body and brain are flooded with growth hormones. The resulting changes in the body are visible; the changes in the brain are not. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2022 18:47:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[If you like to read, here&#8217;s a good article from the Stanford Children&#8217;s Health website about the developing teenage brain. It attempts to explain how teens eventually grow out of thinking emotionally to thinking logically. As the article says, not all teens develop their prefrontal cortex at the same rate. A good article, but not [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2022 14:51:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As I write this, I&#8217;m aware that these are troubled times. So I was alarmed but not surprised at reports of a rising trend in teen suicide. The CDC says that suicide is the second leading cause of death among teenagers. The word &#8220;unthinkable&#8221; comes to mind. A teen suicide is a tragedy so awful [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2022 16:56:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Across the street lives a beautiful family: a nine-year-old boy, a four-year-old girl, and parents who spend a lot of time with them outdoors teaching them things. A lot of fun. A lot of love. I&#8217;ve enjoyed watching the kids grow up. I sometimes wonder what the kids will be like when they become teenagers. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dennis Coates]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2022 16:16:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The pandemic has been tough on kids. Online classes, more time at home&#8230;kids could be excused for spending more time in front of screens. While it&#8217;s true that technology has some amazing benefits, there&#8217;s this: It&#8217;s addictive. The rewards from using it make a child want more. The habits formed by repeated use change the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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