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6 Things Kids Wish Their Parents Knew By Vanessa Van Petten

Posted by kgellman on November 21st, 2011

6 Things Kids Wish Their Parents Knew By Vanessa Van Petten, creator of RadicalParenting.com a parenting website written from the teen perspective to help parents understand them. She is also the author of the parenting book, “Do I Get My Allowance Before or After I’m Grounded?” When I was 16 I thought it was my [...]

Teens & Sibling Rivalry

Posted by JGrinstead on June 4th, 2011

As any person with a brother or sister can attest to, a rivalry among siblings exists as a way to define each sibling’s personality in relation to the others. A specific family’s sibling rivalry is as unique as the next, but many share common features based on birth order, education or athletic skills, and a [...]

Instilling Your Kids With Character

Posted by kgellman on April 28th, 2011

There’s a running joke in the “Calvin and Hobbes” comics that whenever Calvin had to undertake some particularly rueful chore or obligation, his dad would explain that it “builds character”. The same went for, say, if the car broke down and they had to push it down the road, or when their campground turned out [...]

Cooking With Your Kids

Posted by celliott on April 12th, 2011

Teaching your kids to cook can be time consuming and extremely frustrating, but if you approach the task with an even head and some patience, it can also be extremely rewarding and fun.

Finding the Spring Inspiration for Spring Cleaning

Posted by celliott on April 12th, 2011

Spring has finally sprung! Well, perhaps I’m a bit eager to declare Spring’s arrival, but here in the city, the sun is no longer hiding, the breeze resembles more of a Southern allure than an Arctic front, and the snow is out of sight. My mind is racing for ideas of Spring–and Spring’s entrapment of [...]