Coping with Bullying

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For many children, the school years are exciting, and filled with friends and activities.  For some children though, those years are a dark territory of loneliness, awkwardness and sadness.  Kids that are the victims of a bully are faced with a huge amount of pressure and stress which can make the school years pure torture.continue reading

A Positive Mindset…Tools to Teach Your Children

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Regardless of the topic, experts in almost every field are linking our degree of success with our mindset.                       Most every highly successful marketing guru and business coach top their lists of “Keys to Success” with maintaining a positive mindset about what we believe, whatcontinue reading

Boosting Teen Body Image

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 “I’m ugly!” “I’m fat!” “Everything I put on makes me look gross!” “I am too scrawny, I need to bulk up”! In spite of all of the pep talks we may give to our teens, peer pressure and negative body image can unfortunately be a fact of life for both teen boys and girls. As ourcontinue reading

Fighting off Spring Fever

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March winds bring in a lot more than April showers they bring a feeling of being trapped to children. Trapped inside studying, trapped by the system that is keeping them from running around carefree in the beautiful sunshine and mild weather. You’ll notice that children start seeming absent minded, lazy, or hyperactive. Those symptoms docontinue reading

Helping Our Future Generation With Their ‘Why’

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As adults we know how important it is to determine our ‘Why’. Perhaps there are some that are still in the process of determining their ‘Why’ because of their upbringing or mere confusion. Can you imagine if we were to help guide our future generation with their ‘Why’ now? If you are one that iscontinue reading

Parenting 101: When we don’t FEEL like we know what we’re doing

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By: Elise Adams I haven’t met one parent yet who thinks they’ve ‘got it down’.  For a long time I thought I must be the only parent who feels like I haven’t a clue most of the time.  Lately, though I’ve been asking other mom’s and dad’s – ‘Do you know what you’re doing?’  Yes.continue reading

Dating Teens – Tips to Calm your Fears

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If you have dating age teenagers, it might help to calm your fears about your child dating if you are prepared. Developing an open relationship with your children starts when they are little, and continues, as your child grows. Even if you haven’t done a great job of developing a relationship with your teen, andcontinue reading