Michele Borba: How to know if your kid is really ready to fly alone (yes alone)
Thinking of having your kid fly alone to visit someone or going off to camp this summer? A review of last year’s news may make you want to rethink your plans. Here’s a recap: It seemed yet another...
View ArticleRaising Self-Reliant Kids
Parenting strategies to help kids solve their problems, be self-reliant, bounce back from failure and not use us as their managers, arbiters and palm pilots A mom was running late as she drove her two...
View ArticleRaising Optimistic Kids
Parenting advice to helping kids with pessimistic attitudes have a more optimistic outlook. New research finds optimism could curb kid depression as well as less heavy drug abuse and bad behavior...
View ArticleHow Not To Raise A Quitter
Teach your children to hang in there when the going gets tough, but know when to let them throw in the towel. Parenting advice I shared with Al Roker on the TODAY show Perseverance often makes the...
View ArticleHow to Talk the Sandusky Trial and Sexual Abuse With Kids and Teens and Why...
Parent and educator guide to using the Penn State tragedy and Sandusky trial to talk about sexual abuse to kids and teens; rucial safety tips to prevent abuse and signs of sexual abuse Once again, the...
View ArticleChildren’s Author Takes Action to Address the Dangers of Hatred, Prejudice &...
ATTENTION ALL PARENTS, COUNSELORS & EDUCATORS: Full disclosure: Trudy Ludwig is one of my favorite children’s authors as well as a caring human being. All her books (including Confessions of a...
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