If you are raising a boy, you have probably heard the horror stories from other parents about how boys get into trouble and how they like to push their parent's buttons. This is not true of all boys; it just depends on the environment they grow up in. If you are raising a boy, … [Read more...] about How to Listen to Your Son
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Dealing with Growing Up Issues Specific to Girls
Growing up is a part of life. You constantly are growing and getting older. When you are a parent, it is your job to guide and give advice to your daughter. She needs it. But you also need some advice on how to deal with all the growing up issues specific to girls. Here are … [Read more...] about Dealing with Growing Up Issues Specific to Girls
How to Keep Your Boys From Being Bullies
It's an old question that many past generations of parents have asked and that is how to keep your boys from being bullies. Having one of your children be a bully is not something any parent wants to hear. Yet someone has to be the parent of the bullies that you grew up with and … [Read more...] about How to Keep Your Boys From Being Bullies
Girls: Dealing with Puberty
Puberty is something that every single person in the world goes through. You would think that that would make things easier for everyone going through it at the time, but it doesn't. When your daughter goes through puberty it can be really hard for you and her. Let's look at … [Read more...] about Girls: Dealing with Puberty
How to Help Your Son Deal with Peer Pressure
Everybody has to deal with peer pressure at many times in their lives. Peer pressure for your children can also be very hard and can lead to a lot of trouble. Peer pressure is the social pressure on somebody to adopt a type of behavior, dress or attitude in order to be accepted … [Read more...] about How to Help Your Son Deal with Peer Pressure
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