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Tips for effective parents – 2

10. Hold family meetings. Set a specific time each week with family members to set schedules, plan fun things to do together as a family, and deal with concerns. Start with compliments and end with a snack or game.
Example: A weekly family meeting, perhaps on Sunday evening, helps everyone get organized for the week. You [...]

Dec 07, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post

Tips for effective parents – 1

Being the parent of a child between ages 10 and 14 is no easy task! Parents, as well as the children themselves, must get used to the youth’s rapidly changing bodies, mood swings, growing independence, and challenges to authority. No one trick or technique will work for every parent or with every young person. This [...]

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