During this season is a good time to make it clear to your son that you have the expectation that he will always do his

Are You Raising One of the Next Generation of Hoodlums: Meaning What you Say “Just Say No” sounds good in theory. But it implies that saying no is as easy as saying yes, and for most of us, it just isn’t. In practice, saying no usually requires an explanation and saying yes doesn’t.

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Thursday night of this past week was one of the worst nights in the history of the city of Dallas.  This comes on the heels

Avoid teaching your son that boys don’t cry. Seeing your son cry isn’t always easy, but when we say things like, “Don’t cry,” we’re invalidating

No parent wants to describe him or herself as a bad parent. ‘Bad parenting’ is used to describe people who are not parenting in a

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