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Parents and Parties

Earlier this fall, a news story broke about a high school in Massachusetts that had to scramble to delay the start of its in-school opening by two weeks, leading to two more weeks of students learning remotely. The delay was…
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How to Love Your Kids

One of the most disheartening realities regarding beliefs and behaviors in today’s youth culture is the way that the word love has been re-defined in ways that drain it of its power and meaning. As a parent, you need to…
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When Do Kids Feel Loved?

It’s been my experience that research findings often-times confirm what we’ve known to be true through observation, intuition, and just good-old common sense. That’s certainly the case with a new study entitled “When Do Adolescents Feel Loved?” that’s been published…
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Bridging the Parent and Teen Gap

I like to think of culture as the “soup” our children and teens swim and marinate in everyday. To know kids we must regularly lift the lid on the soup pot to see what’s in the mix. Take one look,…
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Parenting and Difficult Times

After he became a grandfather and then a great-grandfather, my dad would oftentimes look at me and say, “I’m so glad that I’m not raising kids in today’s world.” My dad recognized that while he didn’t raise his own kids…
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