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		<title>Feel the Emotion, Shift the Thought</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Dec 2023 15:25:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I was in a hurry to get home, but so were many other people in rush hour traffic. I had to wait in line to turn right and then immediately I had to wait in a long line at a stoplight. When the light turned green, the car in front of me didn&#8217;t move. The [&#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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		<title>My Empathy On-Switch</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dennis Coates]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2022 18:13:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Someone said to me recently, &#8220;Nearly all the problems of the world would be solved if human beings were more empathetic.&#8221; It was such a bold, broad thing to say that I really had to reflect on it for a while. Ultimately, I found the statement hard to disagree with. I&#8217;ve written about empathy before: [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Help Your Teen Learn Life Skills</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dennis Coates]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2022 14:26:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[True story: A young couple got married, and after the honeymoon the guy discovered his new wife didn&#8217;t know how to boil an egg. Yes, he should have known this about her. But as a former Boy Scout, he got to work to help her learn to cook. Also, the young woman&#8217;s mom was a [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The One Thing That Beats Peer Pressure</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dennis Coates]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2022 14:55:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Teens need to be liked and included by friends. And in all sorts of ways, friends can pressure your child to conform and get involved in what they&#8217;re doing. Not all peer pressure is bad. If your child&#8217;s friends have good values, they can influence your child to do well in school and avoid the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>My Favorite Parenting Websites</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dennis Coates]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2022 15:15:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Knowledge doesn&#8217;t appear out of thin air. Thanks to my experience as a dad, my 30-year passion for learning about the brain and interpersonal communication, and the work of many, many experts, I have learned a great deal about parenting;  experience-based, research-based know-how, which I use to validate the best parent-child communication skills. I&#8217;m happy [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Not Your Typical Parenting Book</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dennis Coates]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2021 16:48:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The last time you visited my website, did you notice the banner at the top of the page? Along with my smiling face, it displays two books: Connect with Your Kid and Parents Coaching Parents. Parents Coaching Parents is a brief, easy read that explains how one parent can be an effective skill development coach [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>7 Big Truths about Empathy</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dennis Coates]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2021 16:14:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[One of my favorite parenting experts is Deborah Gilboa, MD. also known as Dr. G. In the past I&#8217;ve shared several of her posts. In this video, &#8220;The Big Lie about Empathy,&#8221; she shares some eyes-wide-open truths about EMPATHY. Probably nothing is more important to the parent-child relationships than the ability to accurately sense and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>How to Talk to Your Kid about Sex</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dennis Coates]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2020 16:12:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The human species, like all other species, exists because of its ability to reproduce. During the fertile years, men and women feel the urge to engage in sexual union, which is necessary to produce offspring. When I was much younger, my friends and I would joke about feeling &#8220;horny.&#8221; I sometimes reflect on how important [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>3 Keys to a Harmonious Home</title>
		<link>https://drdennycoates.com/3-keys-to-a-harmonious-home/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dennis Coates]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2020 16:49:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Once again, I&#8217;m delighted to feature a guest post from Elisabeth Stitt, author of Parenting as a Second Language and esteemed parent coach. Elisabeth is the founder of Joyful Parenting Coaching, which specializes in helping parents understand and communicate effectively with their teens. In this article, she explains how the saying, &#8220;structure will set you [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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