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57Parenting - Grief and Children
All parents wish they could shelter their child from grief. No one wants a child, with limited experience and understanding, to have to suffer through the loss of a beloved dog or the death of a treasured...
56Parenting - Grandparents and Other Dilemmas
Sometimes being a parent is like being in middle management. You have not only a whole host of issues to deal with in relation to the kids, but grandparents can introduce another set. Grandparents in the parenting mix present all the issues of...
56Parenting - Teaching About Strangers
Parents understandably want to do everything possible to protect their children from harm. Today, that often includes - some would say is first and foremost - teaching them to be wary of others. Parents will...
55Divorce and Children
Few things in the life of a family are as traumatic as when it alters through divorce. Each individual involved is often confused, angry, feeling betrayed and uncertain about what comes next. Making the...
53Parenting - Communication
Few subjects in parenting are as fundamental, or as important, as communication. Humans function so much by language, whether implicit or explicit, that learning how to communicate effectively affects virtually every other sphere of family...
60Parenting - When Parents Disagree
Sometimes it's surprising that the divorce rate isn't actually higher than it is (about 46% in the U.S.). Assuming it isn't just inertia on the part of the 54%, it's a tribute to the willingness of so many couples to work out their differences. ...
0 comments56Parenting - Child Punishment and Objectivity
In parenting circles, the word 'punishment' often brings to mind 'corporeal punishment' - spanking, slapping or other forms of physical action. One can agree that such behavior is counter-productive in rearing...
0 comments53Fathers and Children
Few things have changed so radically in the last 100 years as the view of a father's role in parenting. Once, it was the Victorian view of 'rarely-seen law-giver'. Then the Freudian influenced 'not a terribly...
47Parenting - Responsibility
Teaching responsibility is one of the most difficult aspects of parenting. It is here that parents most often worry about the dilemma of stifling individual choice versus inculcating values and habits that...
1 comment55Parenting - Discipline and Individual Choice
The word 'discipline' often brings to mind images of harsh punishment, unreasonable restrictions and an approach to parenting that is cold and insensitive. As a result, many parents will accept the false alternative of being excessively permissive. ...
