The Good, Bad and Ugly in Your Child’s Online World: How to Manage it Without Fights

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Published on Wednesday, 13 July 2011 13:51

Submitted by Victoria Costello

Unless your household is off the grid, you've undoubtedly noticed that hanging out online is an easy, entertaining and often irresistible way for adolescents and children to spend their time....particularly during summer vacation. And this is not all bad news. Let's take a closer look to see the good, bad and, yes, the ugly in your kids' online world.

Raising a Generous Child

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Published on Thursday, 16 June 2011 11:41

Submitted by Sue Adair, The Goddard Schools

The ability to give unselfishly to others is not a quality people are born with. Experiences we have and the values we are taught form the basis for the choices we tend to make in our lives regarding generosity. Similar to other behavioral and physical growth stages, researchers have found that children’s moral behaviors also evolve in developmental phases.

Helping a toddler with death

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Published on Friday, 24 June 2011 06:06

A few months ago I purchased baby chicks for our family. We kept them in our bathroom and then moved them to a bedroom. From there, they went to our shed until they were large enough to move outside (with full feathers).

My son is mad at me and I'm okay with that.

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Published on Thursday, 05 May 2011 15:35

The month of May is National Foster Care Month. I'll admit - we don't foster any children at this time. I would like to and last year, we called the local chapter and left a message. They never called us back.