This Is How You Teach Kids About Consent
Action steps for teaching consent from ages 1 to 21
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8 People Your Child Doesn’t HAVE to Hug
A cartoon showing who your child does not HAVE to hug
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Survivor Mom: Teaching Consent
A question for daily use & its powerful message
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I like the idea of practicing excuses to escape unsafe situations.
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Six Things Parents Can Do to Raise Kids to Be Confident Decision-Makers
How to encourage practice with small decisions to prepare for larger ones
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How "Strength Based Parenting" Is Bringing out the Best in Kids
Positive psychology research meets parenting best practices
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A powerful story not to be missed, developing essential skills in the age of smart phones
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To Raise Confident, Independent Kids, Some Parents Are Trying to 'Let Grow'
Ideas for incremental challenges to help foster independence
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Stop Telling Kids to "Be Careful" And What to Say Instead
Phrases for fostering awareness and problem solving in children, rather than fear
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Training Children to Be Independent
To make this widely applicable, I would downplay aspects on religion and the one mention of firearms, otherwise this is a thorough and ambitious list for raising an independent person.
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For Kids with Anxiety, Parents Learn to Let Them Face Their Fears
The successful results of a Yale University study that trained parents to support their children with anxiety
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10 Surprising Ways to Calm An Anxious Child
A list of specific tactics to support anxious children based on brain research
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Daydreaming Is Good for You and Other Things I Want Kids to Know About Their Brains
Brain science translated into digestible, actionable chunks for children
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This Mother's Description of her Tween Son's Brain Is a Must-read for All Parents
One mother's compelling wording for an important conversation between parent and child
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When Our Child Is Hurt by Another
Thoughtful, informed, empowering, and not necessarily intuitive ways to respond when your child is hurt by another
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The Train Analogy that Will Completely Change How You See Your Crying Child
Emotional empowerment: giving children the space to work through hard feelings
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16 concrete ideas for empowering girls
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Are You Holding Your Daughter Back? Here Are Five Ways to Raise Girls to Be Leaders.
How to challenge gender biases, stereotypes, and cultural norms with step-by-step advice
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Boys and Girls Constrained by Toys and Costumes
The history of gender in toys and clothing & research on its effects