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Executive Function: What is it?

It’s time to leave but your toddler screams, runs away and goes limp, so you pick her up and haul her out the door....

Five Ways to Raise a Gentleman

I want nothing more than for my five-year-old boy to grow up to be a gentleman. (Of course, I know he’s watching my every...

What You Don’t Know About Foster Care

In the U.S. nearly 300,000 children have been placed in the foster care system due to neglect or abuse. They need stable families who...

My First 10 p.m. Wish

More than three years after leaving the evening news desk, it still feels like a novelty to have evening hours free. My nights used to...

Parents who step outside the boundaries of good sportsmanship

An eleven year-old batter steps up to the plate. He swings and misses at the first two pitches. The third pitch looks low and...

Living With Autism

The CDC reports that approximately 1 in 68 children in the United States have been identified as having an autism spectrum disorder. In honor...

The Counselor's Corner

Can boys have body image issues too? It seems like this problem is only associated with girls, but I'm worried that my teenage son...

Maxed Out Kids

Aidreen Hart is busy. As a mom of two tweens who are committed to multiple activities, her family wakes at 5:00 every morning and...

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If you have a story to tell, one that is just itching to break out and find a new life and a new audience,...

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