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Make the transition to the school year less stressful

Some anxiety with a new school year is normal, psychologist Devin Carey says. Talking with your child before school starts can help allev...

How do you know when your child is ready for school? For Parents with babies

How do you know when your child is ready for school? Why on earth do you need to make a decision like this now? Why should this even be a...

How far should parents go in enforcing career choices?

Tales of people pursuing particular careers they are not passionate about are endless. But how much influence should a parent wield in th...

What Factors Are Associated With Positive Parenting?

A recent study has found that positive parenting is related to certain characteristics of both the mother and the child; and when control...

Arming Today's Kids to Cope: Positive Education the Key to Developing Resilient, Self-Confident

With school shootings, bullying and teen depression reaching a crescendo, thousands of educators from around the world are meeting in For...

Michelle Obama Shares The One Piece Of Parenting Advice That She Follows

It was passed down to her by her own parents. Michelle Obama has opened up about the influence her parents have had on how she has raised...

What factors affect a child's success in starting school?

Good news for parents from a new longitudinal study, which shows most children starting school are doing well. A new report released toda...

What is Positive Transitioning? (+ 5 Free PDF Resources to Support Youth Through Times of Change)

What is positive transitioning and what is it we're hoping to achieve? Our goal is to positively prepare and support youth through their ...

Is there a single graduation wish all parents, teachers and students seek or celebrate?

Lots of us have been attending high school graduations lately, while many more of us have not. Still, whether very new or faded into sepi...

Boost your child's EQ at home

Do you want to boost your child’s chances of success in life — and cut their risk of mental illness to boot? To start, build a home lifes...

Tips for issuing consequences to teens

Temper tantrums, ignoring instructions, talking back... When our kids were little, many of us used the timeout chair to correct these and...

So Your Kid Was Rejected From Their Dream College

The letters are rolling in, and the celebrations are blowing up the internet. For high school seniors waiting to hear back from the colle...

6 skills of happiness help teens live a more positive life

How would you describe happiness? You may have trouble putting it into words, but you know you want it for yourself and your loved ones. ...

5 tips for raising confident girls

March is National Women’s History Month — a time to recognize the contributions and sacrifices of women throughout the world who have bla...

What A School That Stresses Happiness — Not Test Scores — Will Look Like

Danish Kurani is using architecture to help rebuild education. Riverbend, a boarding school in Chennai, India, is part of a larger moveme...

A Denver Elementary School Has Replaced Detention With After-School Yoga & Here’s Why It Works

How cool is this! Let's all get on board... "Sit and think about what you've done" seems to be a universal line amongst parents, but now ...

Homework help tips from parents

Parents share their tips for helping children with homework in today's world! A lot has changed since you were learning algebra, or chemi...

Some tips for parents, kids to help children be ready to start the new school year

It's that time of the year again... BACK - TO - SCHOOL ! Here's a great piece to get you school ready :) CAN it really be six weeks since...

10 important lessons parents must teach their children about failure

Failure is a part of life... we all learn this sooner or later. Here is a helpful article for what and why we should be teaching our chil...

50 Fun Questions to Get Your Kid Talking

Children ask questions—lots of questions. But you can turn the tables! Here are 50 fun suggestions to get a conversation started. Kids as...

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