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10 Tips to Help Kids Set and Achieve Summer Goals
By Beverly K. Bachel, author of What Do You Really Want? How to Set a Goal and Go for It! A Guide for Teens This summer, turn your get-to-it-later kids into real goal getters with the help of behavioral science, … Continue reading
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Tagged Free Spirit author, goal setting, goal setting for teens, SMART goals, summer break, summer vacation, summertime
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3 Ways to Help Kids Learn Money Smarts This Summer
By Eric Braun and Sandy Donovan, coauthors of The Survival Guide for Money Smarts: Earn, Save, Spend, Give It’s important for kids to learn money management skills, not only so they don’t grow up to bumble their financial affairs, but … Continue reading
How to Support a Young Person Coming Out
By Kelly Huegel Madrone, author of GLBTQ: The Survival Guide for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning Teens. These days, kids are “coming out”—telling others about their gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, questioning, or any number of other nonheterosexual or gender … Continue reading
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Tagged Free Spirit author, gay youth, gender, gender expression, GLBTQ, sex, talking with teens
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What to Expect When Your Child Needs Therapy
By Melissa Martin, author of Tessie Tames Her Tongue Imagine your child is experiencing intense emotional distress that vacillates between crying spells and episodes of explosive anger. His sleep is restless, and he’s having nightmares. His appetite has decreased. He … Continue reading
