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Growing Character: Foundations of Resilience
ParentMap thanks i9 Sports for making possible our Growing Character series. This month: Creating the Foundations of Resilience. I give a lot of parenting talks, and one of the most common things that parents express to me is that they want to raise resilient children. What do they mean by this? T
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Ask the Parent Coach: What to Do When Teens Lose Interest in School
Q: Our son has stopped being interested in school and homework. He is 17 and has always done well, until recently. We have always had high academic expectations; however, of late he seems to have little concern for his grade-point average. What can we do to help him get back on track? A: Teens h
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No Child Left at Home: The Date Night Debate
I’m going to be frank: We left our children with babysitters when they were young. Not just once in a while for the random Neil Diamond concert or the Silence of the Lambs film, but regularly, on Friday or Saturday nights, and with real babysitters. You know, the teenage ones who lived down the str
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Stolen Youth: Child Sex Trafficking on the Streets of Our Cities
It is a cold January night along International Boulevard south of Seattle. The lights from nearby Seattle-Tacoma International Airport cast a foggy, yellow-gray glow over the highway as Detective Brian Taylor’s unmarked car crawls slowly from one abandoned parking lot to the next. The King County Sh
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Growing Character: Fostering Connection
ParentMap thanks i9 Sports for making possible our Growing Character series. This month: The Value of Fostering Connection. You know when February rolls around because the aisles of the local shopping venues turn various shades of pink and red. Roses and hearts. Here comes Valentine’s Day to cel
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Ask the Parent Coach: Destressing the Morning Routine
Q: My 12-year-old daughter takes forever to get ready for school. Our mornings are filled with rushing, panicking, yelling, and sometimes even crying. Several times this year she has been late for school. I have to get to my job right after I drop her off, and I can’t be late for work anymore!
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The Sandwich Generation: Raising Kids, Caring for Parents
From the weary trenches of early parenthood, it’s easy to view the decades ahead through rose-colored glasses. Someday, the kids will be more independent, weekends won’t be filled with rain-soaked soccer games, and oppressive day-care and school tuition bills will be long gone. Naturally, this will
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Growing Character: The Value of Practice
ParentMap thanks i9 Sports for making possible our Growing Character series. This month: The Value of Practice and Fostering Gratitude. Practice isn’t the thing you do when you’re good. It’s the thing you do that makes you good. ― Malcolm Gladwell, Outliers: The Story of SuccessIn January, that ti
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