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Growing Child
 
 
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Grade  
Kindergarten Values: Teach what your family believes
Directions: Internal directions help reading, writing skills
Chores: Home is a learning lab
 
Grade 1 The Three Rs: Reading, Running, and Reacting
Potpourri: Collecting, coordination, and birthday parties
Hyper Holidays: Calming your child's "festive" mood
Just the Facts: Answering questions about sex
 
Grade 2 Self-Sufficiency: A growing awareness of self and others
 
Grade 3 Summer Fun: Teaching how to get along with siblings
 
Grade 4 Holidays: Making holidays a time for giving of self
Humor: Humor helps families see the funny side of life
 
Grade 5 Workaholic Parents: What's the cost of overwork?
Computers: Preparing for the computer age
 
Grade 6 Independence: Wanting to be alone
Babysitters: Is it time to say goodbye to the babysitter?
Delinquency: Preventing juvenile delinquency
 
Grade Seven Sports: Making sports a family affair for fun and fitness
Communication: Actions speak louder than words
Creativity: Activities help develop active creative minds
Responsibility: Turning responsibility into a positive attitude
Peer Pressue: Peer pressure is a strong influence for seventh graders, parents
Emotional Changes: Helping seventh graders cope with emotional changes
Discipline/Punishment: Discipline teaches better lessons than punishment
Parent-teen Problems: Guidelines for resolving parent-teen problems
Family Life: Families are our most valuable natural resource
 
Grade 8 Independence: Independence is important but tricky to achieve
Sports: Sports fun helps develop physical fitness, sociability
Family Life: Family time together opens communications
Parent-Teen Problems: How to turn arguments into positive exchanges
Responsibility: Responsibility is an acquired skill
Frustration: Take the time to talk out frustration and conflicts
Communication: Good communication starts with listening
 
Grade 9 Parent-teen problems: Settle problems with talk and respect
Family Life: Strategies for a smooth family life
 
Grade Ten Family Life: How expectations affect the ways we act and feel
Communication: Honest, open messages get best results
 
Grade 11 Relaxation: Want to have some fun with your family?
Communication: Community involvement brings fulfillment
Parent-Teen Problems: Family meetings help keep the peace
 
Grade 12 Family Life: Family "map" helps to show internal relationships
Teen-parent Problems: Rational discussion of alternatives helps relationships