Reports
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What do those reports tell you?
Parenting
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Stand united!
Values
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Teach what your family believes
Conferences
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What you can learn from them
Summer
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Make the rules now
Count the Ways
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Father figures
Summary
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Handle with Care
Self-Sufficiency
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A growing awareness of self and others
Reasoning abstractly
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Punishment, and space and time
School
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Visiting School
Motivation
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To school, into the bathtub, and interacting with parents
Mother
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Devotion - and resistance - to mother is strong now
Understanding
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Understanding your child's individuality
Reading
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How parents can help develop the habit
Television
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A very strange babysitter
Sex
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Sexual development and curiosity
Self Esteem
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A positive attitude helps self-esteem
Library
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What children find at the library
Parent Tantrums
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How parental anger affects children
Observation Skills
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Getting to know your child
Meet the Teacher
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Guidelines for successful parent-teacher conferences
Behavior
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How parents can effectively control children's behavior
Parenting Skills
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When parents disagree
Individuality
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Encouraging your child's uniqueness
Workaholic Parents
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What's the cost of overwork?
Success
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Helping children turn failure into success
Listening
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Listening is more than just hearing
Health
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Preparing a child for a hospital stay
Self-esteem
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How parent atittudes affect a child's confidence
Friends
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Fifth-grade friendships often are intense
Sports
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Competitive sports for fifth graders
Behavior
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What behavior do you want from your child
Criticism
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What to say when children criticize
Babysitters
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Is it time to say goodbye to the babysitter?
Special Help
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When a child needs special help
Death
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What to tell a child about death and dying
Drugs
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The problem of drug abuse
Sports
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Making sports a family affair for fun and fitness
Communication
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Actions speak louder than words
Values
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Changing values are part of growing up
Peer Pressue
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Peer pressure is a strong influence for seventh graders, parents
Emotional Changes
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Helping seventh graders cope with emotional changes
Discipline/Punishment
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Discipline teaches better lessons than punishment
Death
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Understanding the five stages of loss and grief
Parent-teen Problems
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Guidelines for resolving parent-teen problems
Behavior
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Rebellious behavior indicates search for personal values
Independence
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Independence is important but tricky to achieve
Parent-Teen Problems
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How to turn arguments into positive exchanges
Responsibility
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Responsibility is an acquired skill
Frustration
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Take the time to talk out frustration and conflicts
Communication
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Good communication starts with listening
Parent-teen problems
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Parent-teen problems: Settle problems with talk and respect
Parents and Teachers
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Counselors and parent-teacher interviews help students
Communication
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Honest, open messages get best results
Parent-Teen Problems
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Family meetings help keep the peace
Future
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Parents can be a good resource for planning your future path
Teen-parent Problems
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Rational discussion of alternatives helps relationships