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Stupid Things Parents Do to Mess Up Their Kids
01/04/2018
How to Help Kids Who Are Too Hard on Themselves Everybody loses, makes mistakes, fails to perform, does stupid stuff, receives criticism, and gets excluded. That's life. We can't make the bad feelings go away, but we can learn to face them without beating ourselves up. Here are some words to give your kids to help them accept the painful facts of life... More >>

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12/11/2017
5 Ways You Are Destroying Your Child's Confidence Under the guise of helping, caring, loving, and supporting, many parents actually end up doing more harm than good. Here are 5 ways you are unintentionally destroying your child's confidence... More >>

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12/02/2017
5 Values You Need to Teach Your Children It's unbelievably difficult to teach kids values these days because they don't often see those values operating around them. Here are 5 values you absolutely must teach your kids... More >>

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11/20/2017
5 Things You Should Never Say to Your Kids As parents, sometimes we say things that hurt our kids a lot more than we realize. Here are 5 things you should never say to your kids... More >>

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10/17/2017
9 Ways to Ruin Your Relationship with Your Teenager Too many parents seem to have completely forgotten what it was like to be teenagers. With all the chaos going on inside your head, body and life, what you really need is a mom and dad who are loving, attentive, and involved, not naggy. Here are 9 ways parents ruin their relationships with their teenagers... More >>

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10/09/2017
6 Tips for Creating Chores for Your Children Why do kids need chores? Is it because we're lazy parents? No - it's because they need to learn life skills. Here are 6 tips for creating chores for your children... More >>

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08/24/2017
5 Tips for Raising Successful Kids Too many parents push the hell out of their children with music, sports, and other activities to the point where the poor kids' heads are spinning. There's no room to breathe. Here are my tips for raising successful kids... More >>

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08/07/2017
6 Things Parents Need to Do in Front of Their Kids to Teach Them About Love If kids know how to give and receive love, they will do well in life no matter their IQ or socioeconomic standing. Here are 6 things you and your spouse need to do in front of your children to teach them about love... More >>

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07/31/2017
6 Things Your Children Wish You Would Say to Them As parents, we tend to forget how we felt and thought when we were little kids. So, here's a reminder. Here are 6 things kids need to hear so they can feel happy, secure, hopeful about life, and close to you... More >>

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07/07/2017
9 Ways to Be a Good Parent There is no way to be a perfect parent. But there are a million ways to be a good one. Here are 9 of the most important ones... More >>

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