BE CONSPICUOUSLY GRATEFUL
Thanksgiving has kind of a bad rap these days. You’ve probably heard by now that Christopher Columbus wasn’t such a nice guy, and the Thanksgiving feast may not have been […]
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How to Report Bullying (guest blogger)
by guest blogger Dali from DaliTalks.com When my (then) 5-year-old was bullied, I had no idea that there was an official way to submit a bullying complaint. I always thought
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Talk About It: Depression & Suicide
As a professional who works with teens, people frequently ask me what signs they should be looking for in their teens regarding depression and risk of suicide. We’ve all seen
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Talking To Your Teen about Loss
We are mourning as a community today. We will be respecting the privacy of the family who is going through such a difficult tragedy by not sharing details at this
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She’s Not Porcelain
Think back to when your daughter was born. She was so fragile. You held her head otherwise it bobbled. You watched her every move and listened to her every breath
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Back-to-School Shopping
👚Your kid has grown an inch or two, the stains are too big to ignore, or her style has miraculously changed over the summer. That means it’s time to go
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5 BENEFITS OF TEEN VOLUNTEERING
“Giving is better than receiving.” This is what my daughter said when asked what she learns from volunteering. We have heard this often from people like Oprah and from our
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MISTAKES DO NOT DEFINE US
All of us make mistakes. We are not defined by them but rather shaped by them. Teens are at a time in their lives when they will make lots of
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5 REASONS CHORES ARE GOOD FOR YOUR TEENS
Our teens are busy, our teens are stressed, we love our teens. These are all true, but these are not good excuses for forgetting about making them do chores. It’s
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Teaching Teens to Speak Up For Themselves
Schools, parents, and counselors all drill it in to teens to speak up when someone is bullying them. However, we as parents and as a society forget to teach our
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