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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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		<title>Six Ways to Help a Child Build Strong Character</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Life is challenging, for kids as well as adults. It takes character strength to deal with these challenges, to do the right things, the hard things. Character strength comes from dozens of behavior patterns that people form throughout life. And these behavior patterns can be developed and strengthened. By consciously working on specific behavior patterns, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Self-Awareness: The First Step to Being the Parent You Want to Be</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jul 2024 19:15:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Impatience can ruin a parent-child moment. But how can you strive to be more patient if you aren&#8217;t aware that you need to? Empathy is one of the keys to growing the bond with your child. But how can you exercise empathy more consistently if you don&#8217;t realize that you&#8217;ve missed many opportunities to be [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Empathy &#8211; It&#8217;s a Skill Young People Have to Learn</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2024 21:59:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I remember an incident in which my two sons were playing together outside. One got mad at the other and it came to blows. In retrospect, I understand that a contributing factor was their underdeveloped ability to exercise empathy. That was then, over 40 years ago. Today, both are happy in their second marriages and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Teen Advice from an Unusual Source</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Jul 2023 22:46:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A classic conflict: a teenager who is discovering who they are and wanting to be popular is tempted to give in to peer pressure to do things that are ill-advised or even dangerous. It&#8217;s the kind of conflict that few teens know how to deal with. Have you tried ChatGPT, the AI program that gives [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Help Your Teen Learn Life Skills</title>
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		<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>A Heartfelt Rant about Race</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2022 16:22:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Children are miracles. Loving parents know this. But kids start out life innocent and only learn what they observe and they&#8217;re taught. And these days, slogans such as &#8220;Black Lives Matter&#8221; are visible everywhere. When required to declare race on a form, my wife and I check the &#8220;White&#8221; box. And yet, my wife&#8217;s skin [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<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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		<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>How to Cure Your Kid&#8217;s Screen-time Addiction</title>
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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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