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Beware of Alienating Your Children's Affection
Nothing good can come of alienating your children’s affection for their other parent. Martin Heller Potempa & Sheppard, PLLC explains what you must know.
Building Adult Capabilities to Improve Child Outcomes: A Theory of Change
This 5-minute video depicts a theory of change from the Frontiers of Innovation community for achieving breakthrough outcomes for vulnerable children and fam...
Research Finds Parenting Style Affects Children in Unexpected Ways
The way parents relate to their children affects more than their emotional health, it also has an impact on their physical well-being, a new study found.
Helping Young Children Learn to Make Friends
With school starting up again, it’s important that parents think about ways they can help their children succeed not only academically, but also socially.
Looking for Some Parenting Advice? Here are 5 Websites for Latina Moms
While moms love their children no matter what language they speak, different cultures face different challenges when it comes to parenting.
My Kids' Adventures: Family activities guide for busy parents |
My Kids' Adventures helps busy parents create fun adventures with their kids--anywhere. We solve the 'I'm bored, I don't know what to do?" question posed by children by empowering parents (and grandparents) to effortlessly create exciting activities with their kids using our free resources.
Why It's 'Self-Reg,' Not Self-Control, That Matters Most For Kids
If hyper-arousal is a normal state for many children, how can we help our kids learn to be genuinely calm? Anthropologist Barbara J. King explores a new book on self-regulation.
How to Raise Creative Children
Three rules that might make your child a future Nobel Prize winner
Should Kids Have Cell Phones?
Do cell phones make kids safer — or more vulnerable? Most parents get kids phones because they seem like a way to keep children safe and connected. After all, with a cell phone, your child can contact you whenever he needs you. Also, you should be able to reach your child (assuming, of course, that she hasn’t lost the cell phone, buried it in a backpack, lent it to a friend, forgotten to turn the ringer on, or decided to ignore it when…
How to teach ... mental health
We teach children how to care for their bodies – use our resources to help them learn to look after their minds too
InBrief: How Resilience is Built
Children are not born with resilience, which is produced through the interaction of biological systems and protective factors in the social environment. The ...
Why children being alienated from a parent is so wrong!
Why children being alienated from a parent is so wrong! A checklist of signs to look for and how to stop it!
Cyberbullying Beware—7 Signs to Look for in Your Children
For today’s kids, how they interact with one another—and the world—is ever evolving. Evolving with it are the risks.
What It's Like to Be an Alienated Parent
Research explores what alienated parents endure, in their own words.
Why Loneliness Hurts So Much
Affection matters to our mental, physical, and spiritual health
Signs of a Narcissistic Mother (It's Not Easy to Spot!)
Children of a narcissistic mother go through their lives feeling confused and lost, and in search of love they never received from home.
Neurofeedback Increases Affection, Builds Empathy
Squabbling with your spouse lately? Someday, couples therapy could mean watching your own brain activity to train your compassionate side
Exploring the Many Facets of Love and Affection
Is SEX an emotional or biochemical response? Actually it's both but biochemistry controls the festivities. Sex perpetuates our species, adds spice to life and is a hot topic of gossip in our society; it is an important issue for millions of people. Why does love go Wrong? What does chocolate have to do with it? How to know when to let go! Find out who is really compatible with you! Is YOUR Love Life falling apart? We will be offering suggestions that may…
Prevent a parent who is attempting to alienate a child
Learn to recognize and prevent a parent who is attempting to alienate a child from another parent! A checklist of signs to look for if it is happening!
