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The Best Gift You Can Give Your Children It’s never too late to start. Begin today. It doesn’t matter how old your kids are now or where they live. We all need parents who are connected to their hearts and not afraid to validate our worth by hearing what we have to say.	Video: This is an Example of True Sportmanship What is true sportsmanship? Watch this video on Facebook of how the champions consoled their visibly upset opponents in this youth soccer game.
Parent Engagement Practices Improve Outcomes for Preschool Children Parent support programs improve school readiness, social skills, and academic success among preschoolers while reduces problem behaviors.	You Can Stop Yelling: Here's Your 10 Step Plan Yelling hurts kids, but it can be a hard habit for a parent to break. Here is a 10-step guide to help you do that.
Delaying Kindergarten Until Age 7 Offers Key Benefits to Kids: Study Delaying Kindergarten until age 7 provides children mental health benefits by allowing them to develop better self-regulating skills before entering the school environment, according to a Dannish-American study published in The National Bureau of... read more	10 Parenting Behaviors That Create Empathetic Children Don't suppress the child's emotions...Allow the child to see you vulnerable...Display empathy toward others...These are among 10 tips for parents to raise more empathetic children.
Yes, Parents Can Make a Difference The quality of parent-child attachment in the early years makes a huge difference to that child's well-being, according to pediatric psychologist Meghan Wells. The challenge is getting past the point of blaming parents.	Study Finds the Tween Years Are the Most Stressful for Moms Maternal depression is most common in mothers of middle schoolers, according to an American study published in the journal Developmental Psychology.
Five Tips for Giving as a Family This Holiday Season The holiday season is not just a season for getting, but also for giving. Here are 5 ideas for families to remember the giving reason for the season.	Understanding Shame, part 3: Disconnection We can't always protect our children from trauma, but we can provide the support they need to process and heal. Without support, our children can't heal and the effect of unprocessed emotional pain on their minds and bodies can be profound.

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