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		<title>Your Child Needs Your Wisdom&#8211;Share It!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dennis Coates]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2025 16:05:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[When I’m with someone, a friend or family member, or even a stranger, I try to imagine what their experience of being alive in the world is like, based on their situation, experience, values, knowledge, skills, etc. I even do this with our cats. It’s my way of exercising empathy. Doing this exercise with a [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Their Products Are Addictive, But They Don&#8217;t Care</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dennis Coates]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2023 16:04:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Today I read a disturbing article. The truth: the executives of tech companies that create social media don&#8217;t care. They not only don&#8217;t care if their technologies are addictive, they&#8217;re counting on it. They don&#8217;t care that vulnerable children become sad and depressed from using their products. They don&#8217;t care that social media are platforms [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Dreaded Unwanted Teen Pregnancy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2022 14:59:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Some pretty awful things can happen during adolescence. One of these tragedies is an unwanted pregnancy. I believe that parents need to &#8220;get real&#8221; about the risk that their child could get involved in an unwanted pregnancy. Think about it: At puberty, kids begin developing adult bodies, and they experience powerful sexual desires. But they [&#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>Violence: Swimming Against the Current of Our Culture</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2022 14:23:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s June 2022, and we are learning about mass murders. Almost on a daily basis. Innocent people dying. Even little kids. Did you see this coming? If you didn&#8217;t see it coming, maybe it&#8217;s because you didn&#8217;t want to believe the signs all around us. What do two-year-olds know about the world around them? Easy [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Teen Suicide Can Be Prevented</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dennis Coates]]></dc:creator>
		<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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		<title>&#8216;Take Off Your Mask,&#8217; He Said</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dennis Coates]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2020 20:57:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As I write this, the Covid-19 coronavirus in the U.S. has been killing about 3,000 people every day. I know several people who have become infected. A member of my extended family died from the infection. This pandemic has brought out the best and the worst in our fellow Americans. I know several people who [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Is Your Child Ready for College &#8211; Really?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dennis Coates]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2020 19:02:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[One parent I know pushed her child hard to punch all his tickets in high school. He was a smart kid, but lazy. She felt she had to manage him to meet his requirements. His real love was playing video games, so he decided he wanted to be a game programmer. At college, however, he [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Would Your Child Send Someone a Nude Selfie?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dennis Coates]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2020 19:59:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[If your child should receive a request for a nude pic, how do you think they would react? You&#8217;d be surprised how many young people would laugh and consider it a harmless, fun thing to do, perhaps a way to be included with the cool crowd, never thinking about the possible consequences. I came across [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Teens Need Lots of Talks</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dennis Coates]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2020 21:36:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It seems like yesterday when I published Conversations with the Wise Uncle: The Secret to Being Strong as a Teenager and Preparing for Success as an Adult (First Summit, 2012). Eight years ago! It&#8217;s a series of stories about a young boy named Chris and his uncle Ray, who mentors him during his growing up years. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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