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Helicopter Parents: Avoid Hovering Through Preparation
Helicopter parents are known for hovering over their teens every second of every day. They are overly attentive and fearful for their child’s every problem. This intense involvement with teens, though, can be avoided through just one thing: preparation. Many people become helicopter parents because they do not adequately plan, so they have to lead…
10 Rules To Empower and Protect Young Children From Potential Abuse
Whos afraid of the big, bad wolf? How about the boogeyman? Okay, good — so weve got those two covered! But how about the ice cream man, or the next door neighbor, or the after-school sports coach? Now, before you get mad at me for picking on those three, let me just say I have nothing against any of these community members! In fact, my daughter and I buy Fudgsicles from our local ice cream man at the park all the time, and I have a very cool next door neighbor.
Forget Facebook: The Sexting Apps Parents Need To Know
As a child, I remember hearing the ominous male voice on the TV commercial asking parents:It’s 10 PM. Do you know where your children are? These day, its a little easier to track our kids whereabouts with the help of smart phones and GPS. What we parents dont always know, however, is where our kids our hanging out online.Ill be the first to admit that I cant keep …
Teen Sexting: Why Parents Shouldn’t Wave the White Flag
It seems like every week there’s a new teen sexting story making headlines. Last week, a sexting “ring” involving roughly 100 high school students in Canon City, CO, revealed that these kids were not only trading nude images of themselves, but were – GASP – hiding them behind vault apps, which password protect and hide…
Potential Ageism Apparent in Autism
In a recent and extensive study into why kids get autism, the age of parents of children with autism was examined. It was a very large study, thousands of parents were interviewed. The results showed that "older" parents (40's and 50's) showed a higher risk for having a child on the autism spectrum. Additionally, the…