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Home: Current Issues: Parenting: LINKS_PAGE Current Issues: Parenting: LINKS_PAGEArticles:To Fee or Not to Fee - Ray GuarendiMy husband and I disagree over whether or not to give allowances to our two sons, ages six and nine. He says they live here, so they should not be paid for chores. I think allowances are a good idea. Your opinion? ¯Fee or Free Read more... To Have, to Hold, For a While - W. Bradford WilcoxAmid divorce, remarriage and co-habitation, children do not do well. Read more... Too Much Reasoning Is Illogical - Dr. Ray GuarendiThe more I give my children the reasons behind my decisions, the more they argue and ask "why" about everything. Should I continue giving them my reasons? Read more... Too old to mature - Father Raymond J. de SouzaWhen is it too late to grow up? Read more... Underachievement: School Problem No. 1 - Ray GuarendiDear Dr. Ray: My son is ten years old. His teacher says he is quite capable of doing his schoolwork, but his grades are very poor. He seems to lack initiative. Is this a common problem? And what can I do to motivate him? - Tired of pushing Read more... Unholy Anger: Disciplining Ourselves Before Disciplining Our Children - John F. CrosbyThere is a wonderful letter in which St. John Bosco advised his priests to avoid anger in their dealings with the foster children they cared for. Read more... Use the Littlest Discipline Word – No - Ray GuarendiPositive parents appreciate the value of the word no. They depend on the word often, as they base decisions on their youngster's welfare, and not on how much he nags, pleads, sulks, even threatens until be gets a yes. "Love your kids enough to say no when needed," affirms Betty, mother of Judy and Rick from Missouri. "Yes can sometimes be the coward's way out." Read more... Veggie-Tales: Part of a Healthy Media Diet for Kids - Barbara NicolosiThe Greek word for entertainment literally means "to inform with delight." Another definition might just be Veggie-Tales. In a kids' media landscape spotted with insipid purple dinosaurs and cynical Bart Simpson clones, the Veggie-Tales are a fresh, fun, and spiritually healthy alternative. Read more... Video Violence Can Have "Profound Negative" Impact - BRUCE SULLIVANA panel of experts testified on Tuesday before the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on the effects of violent, interactive video games... Read more... Violent Videos: A Troubling Trigger - NATIONAL CATHOLIC REGISTERViolence can be attributed to many things, but the research is by now quite overwhelming. Read more... We're Scaring Our Children to Death - Peggy NoonanDuck-and-cover drills were never this frightening. Read more... What Are Little Boys Made Of? - MIDGE DECTERIt is nowadays very difficult for a boy to grow up with masculine honor in this society. Read more... What Parents Can Do - William KilpatrickIf parents are really serious about loving their children (and having others love them), the sensible course of action is to bring up lovable children. Read more... When Bad Kids Think They're Great - Carol MilstoneThere is a fine line between high self-esteem and conceit, and probably no one knows this better than Case Western Reserve University (Ohio) psychologist Roy Baumeister, who has studied the effects — in fact, the dangers — of high self-esteem. Read more... When girls ruin girls - Barbara KayThere's no question girls and boys are different when it comes to social bullying. Guys soon forget insults; girls never do. Read more... When should kids date? - Dr. Ray GuarendiAs a family psychologist, I am often asked by parents when their children should begin dating. Read more... Why Young Catholics Leave the Church and How to Bring Them Back - Kathryn Jean LopezThey leave for different reasons. Some saw hypocrisy. Others were hurt by those in authority. Still more disagree with a Church teaching. Sometimes, all they’re waiting for is an invitation back. And often, it’s not the Catholic Church itself that the "fallen away" have a beef with but their particular experience of it. Read more... Worlds of Meaning - William Kilpatrick, & Gregory and Suzanne M. WolfeStories, in short, help to make sense out of our lives. There is a wonderful example of this in the film version of Captains Courageous, Rudyard Kipling's tale of life aboard the Gloucester fishing schooners. Read more... You Must Know the Reasons Behind A Behavior to Change It - Dr. Ray GuarendiSome of the toughest questions parents ask me have the word "why" in them. "Why does Cindy hate school?" "Why is Buddy so immature?" "Why can't Chris control his temper?" Read more... Related Categories:Pages Updated On: Thu May 16 2013 - 12:06:26
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