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		<title>Character Is Based on Behavior Patterns</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jul 2024 18:23:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Being a parent means doing hard things on a regular basis. In other words, raising a child to be a happy, successful, independent adult will require you to engage many aspects of character strength. Likewise, to succeed in life as an adult, a child will also have to gain character strength. In a previous article, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Parent-Child Communication Skills: Start Developing Them Now</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2024 23:45:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[At about the age of 12, plus or minus, a child&#8217;s body and brain are flooded with growth hormones to begin the physical development needed to become an adult. The growth period lasts about ten years. We call it adolescence. During this gradual transformation, the child becomes a different person. They may not even be [&#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>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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		<title>The Truth about Your Teen&#8217;s Brain</title>
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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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		<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>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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		<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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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dennis Coates]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2020 23:01:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[During the COVID-19 shut-down I heard reports that many LGBTQ college students who have been forced to study at home are experiencing unusual stress levels caused by their parents&#8217; failure to accept their gender identity. They believe that their child has chosen a sinful lifestyle, that their child’s behavior is abhorrent. I&#8217;m reminded of the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Jane Parent: 4 High School Parenting Mistakes I Made</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dennis Coates]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2020 19:44:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[For several years now I&#8217;ve promoted Your Teen online magazine on my website. If you&#8217;re like me, Your Teen has become your trusted resource for parenting teens and tweens. Jane Parent, senior editor, is one of my favorite authors, and she generously agreed to share her most recent article in this guest post&#8230; It’s been almost a [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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