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Parenting
05/06/2013
Seven Strategies for Balancing Your Life As parents, it is very easy to become so busy that we forget to hone in and consider what is most important. Here are seven strategies to balance your life... More >>

Tags: Balance, Balanced Life, Children, Delegate, Exercise, Family/Relationships - Parent/Child, FindingDefinitions.com, Mia Redrick, Obligations, Outsourcing, Parenting, Parenting tools, Planning, Quality of Life, Quantity vs. Quality time, Responsibilities, Responsibility, Scheduling, Stress, Time management, Values
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04/22/2013
Three Tips for Parents About to Lose Their Cool For parents about to lose their tempers, the following three tools I've discovered have been nothing short of MAGIC... More >>

Tags: Children, Communication, Discipline, Family/Relationships - Parent/Child, Family/Relationships - Teens, Julie Samrick, KidFocused.com, Parenting, Parenting tools, Temper, Yelling
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04/15/2013
Help Your Child to Persevere One of Winston Churchill's greatest speeches was just three words: "Never give up!" Here's why we need to pass on Churchill's message to our children... More >>

Tags: Character/Courage/Conscience, Children, Don't give up, Effort, Family anthem, Family/Relationships - Teens, Michele Borba, Ed.D., Motto, Never give up, Parenting, ParentingBookmark.com, Perseverance, Raising kids, Role modeling, Stick to it, Teens, Winston Churchill
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04/08/2013
Testing the Waters Tweens love to try new things, including dangerous, addictive drugs. Would you be able to tell if your kids were sampling drugs - and how would you respond if they were? More >>

Tags: Alcohol, Anxiety, Consequences, Coricidin, Depression, Dr. Jerry Weichman, DrJerryWeichman.com, Drug testing, Drug use, Drugs, Ecstasy, Facebook, Family/Relationships - Teens, Hallucinogenic, Marijuana, Miley Cyrus, Oxycontin, Parenting, Punishment, Ritalin, Robitussin, Salvia, Self-esteem, Spice, Substance abuse, Teen drinking, Teen mistakes, Teens, Vicodin, Xanax, Zero-tolerance
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04/01/2013
What Really Causes Eating Disorders For many of us, eating disorders are a great mystery. What causes them? Why are they so difficult to cure? Why doesn't the young girl battling anorexia just eat? There are actually five factors loved ones can look for to determine whether a person is more likely to develop an eating disorder. More >>

Tags: Anorexia, Anxiety, Binge eating, Body dysmorphia, Bulimia, Children, Communication, Controlling parents, Coping skills, Culture, Diet, Eating disorders, Environment, Family/Relationships - Parent/Child, Family/Relationships - Teens, Fasting, Good Choices, Hospitalization, Internet/Media, Jennifer Lombardi, Julie Samrick, KidFocused.com, Loss, Manorexia, Mental illness, Mood, Nature vs. Nurture, Nutritionists, Parenting, Perfectionist, Personality, Phobias, Picky eating syndrome, Predisposition, Relationship issues, Smoking, Social Issues, Summit Eating Disorders and Outreach Program, Technology, Teens, Trauma, Treatment center, Vomiting, Women's self-image
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03/11/2013
Where Is the 'Off Switch' on this Thing? ...[B]efore we wildly embrace a social universe in which everyone is connected to everyone all the time and anyone in the universe can grab me by the tookus 24/7 and force me to pay attention to them against my will, we should consider one major issue... More >>

Tags: "Off Switches", Cliff Ennico, Facebook, Intelligent, Internet/Media, LinkedIn, Responsible, Social Issues, Social Media, SucceedingInYourBusiness.com, Technology, Teenagers, Texting, Twitter, YouTube
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03/04/2013
Is It Time to Bring Back College Curfews? Since 1970, the rate of freshmen graduating from college has plummeted. Every study shows that there are more freshmen entering college than ever before, yet fewer of them are actually graduating than ever before. More >>

Tags: Bachelor's degree, College, Curfew, Education, FearlessParenting.com, Freshmen, Graduating, Harry H. Harrison Jr., Parenting, Safety, Students, Success
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02/25/2013
What a County Prosecutor Wants Your Middle School Student to Know My county's Deputy District Attorney led cyber-safety presentations for the students at our neighborhood public middle school last week, educating them in the online pitfalls kids their age are most likely to encounter. More >>

Tags: "Flaming", Boogeyman, Children, Communication, County Prosecutor, Cyberbullying, Family/Relationships - Parent/Child, Geotagging, Good Choices, GPS location, Hijacked, Internet/Media, Julie Samrick, KidFocused.com, Lisette Suder, Monitor, Parenting, Predator, Sexting, Social Issues, Strangers, Technology
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02/18/2013
What Today's Girls Need We know that a mother influences her daughter's own body image and can even shape what kind of a parent her daughter will be herself one day. More >>

Tags: Body image, Character/Courage/Conscience, Coach, Dr. Leonard Sax, Drinking, Expectations, Family/Relationships - Teens, Girls, Girls on the Edge, Innocence, Internet/Media, Julie Samrick, KidFocused.com, Little Women, Louisa May Alcott, Mentor, Morals/Ethics/Values, Mother-Daughter relationship, Mothers, Parenting, Role model, Social Issues, Teacher, Teenage girls, Women's Point of View
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02/11/2013
Valentine's Day Is Here to Stay A lot of traditions and holidays have been done away with in many of our nation's elementary schools. The Pledge of Allegiance might be said once a week, if at all, in 2013. And classic playground games like dodgeball are now a no-no while Red Rover got the ax long ago... More >>

Tags: Education, Family/Relationships - Children, Holidays, Julie Samrick, KidFocused.com, Parenting, Political Correctness, Social Issues, St. Valentine, Valentine's Day
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