PARENTING
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A Cry for Parental Health
Such a great read. We need to parent from a place of health. As I meet with young adults and ask them, they all talk about the heavy pressure they feel to perform—in class, on the field, on stage, you name it. As I press them for the source of this pressure, it almost...
CPYU: Center for Parent / Youth Understanding
This is one of my favourite websites for information on youth culture. Please make sure you sign up for their E-Update. "Helping parents, youth workers, educators, pastors and others understand and reach today's youth culture." Please click here for their website.
Family dinners reduce effects of cyberbullying
Such a simple thing to do as parents. Some great thoughts in this article: McGill study suggests frequent family time protects mental health among adolescent victims of online bullying “The results are promising, but we do not want to oversimplify what we observed,”...
VIA MEDIA: How Young is Too Young for Digital Technology and Social Media?
Very balanced article: How can we both thoughtfully address the potentially negative aspects and capitalize on the positive? Click here for the entire article.
25 Ways to Ask Your Kids ‘So How Was School Today?’ Without Asking Them ‘So How Was School Today?’
It is sometimes hard as parents to get a response beyond "Good" when you ask your kids how school was that day. This article has some great questions to ask instead. Click here for the entire article.
The Forsaken: A Rising Number of Homeless Gay Teens Are Being Cast Out by Religious Families
In the things we agree on Unity, the things we disagree on Liberty but it all things Love. In all things LOVE! We seem to be missing this last one when I read articles like this one in Rolling Stone. This is not the time or place for a debate on pro or against LGBT...
The Root Cause of Stress in Kids
Great stuff here for parents. Each of the twelve mistakes tends to fall into one of four categories: We risk too little. We rescue too quickly. We rave too easily. We reward too frequently. If you stop to think about it, we parents make these mistakes because we don’t...
