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"Yes" means yes, "No" means no - saves lots of grief!

When our daughter was born and started to crawl, friends would tell us that we would now have to baby proof our home, mainly our living room; putting up

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Environment Designer

Missouri has no funding, incentives, requirements, or guidelines for facilities of k-12 school. Most schools are educational inadequate in the ability

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Twenty Parenting Tips That Work!

Parenting is far from easy; it takes consistency and tenacity. While raising children, we plant many seeds in them and hope they will grow. It is difficult

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Prevent Child Abuse

There are four types of abuse; Neglect Abuse, Physical Abuse, Psychological/Emotional Abuse and Sexual. It is important that parents in these situations

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Abused

My name is Dineo. I am 16 years and am turning 17 on the 6th of September. I’m really challenged by all the things happening to me. I need a lot of

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Good Parent or Great Parent

Good Parent or Great Parent - Where do your parenting skills fall?

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Dad, Daughter and Divorce

Divorce is tough on kids, no matter how you look at it. It can be tough on parents also. My daughter was fourteen when momma decided she was better off

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Another Great Dad

My wife and I were in the process of adopting two of her sisters kids. We had three kids of our own at the time, that's a hand full as it is. We did

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Self-esteem Tip

Hi, great site and great advice. I totally agree, building self-esteem is all about giving your kids many different ways to succeed and then praising

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Keeping Kids in School

Frequent truancy is a real issue for us teachers. I encourage programs that will isolate these students and work with them, and their parents. For every

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Teachers Gone Bad

It is so sad this even has to be discussed, but it does. I am a teacher and have seen this first hand. Your tips are great. Parents need to communicate

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Gifted Students are Different: They Need Parent Advocates

As a teacher and parent of two high achieving boys and one labeled as gifted, I have a unique insight into what it is like to be gifted. To be labeled

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