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Where Are All The Women in Politics?
Here are some grim statistics for mothers, who are raising the next generation (including their observant girls), to consider: Women hold only 17 percent of the seats in Congress.
Diet Food During Pregnancy
When you’re pregnant, you may worry about gaining too much weight. However, doctors typically recommend that you refrain from dieting. This doesn’t mean that you should go ahead and eat whatever you want, though. To maintain a healthy pregnancy, you want to eat healthy foods. You may be able to eat some diet foods during pregnancy, but your focus should be on health.
What Is Behavioral Family Intervention?
For families experiencing extreme stress relative to behavior issues, behavioral family intervention offers a long-term, therapeutic approach. Many parent training programs offered through social service agencies, educational programs and private counselors utilize aspects of behavioral family intervention to treat everything from severely disruptive behavior to mental health issues. Some clients utilize these programs for years, while others attend a few sessions to acquire the tools to do a more self-directed program.
Hiding Behind Your Children in Divorce
Separation and divorce is traumatic for the whole family, yet each person within the family will have a unique experience when it comes to dealing and healing from this life transition. Learning to honor and respect each family members emotional response to the separation and divorce is an important part of moving on in a healthy adaptive way.
10 Things Teachers Wish Parents Would Do
Here are the top 10 things teachers and/or schools wish parents would do, an excerpt from my book, “Why Great Teachers Quit and How We Might Stop The Exodus.”