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Book Corner: Parenting in Print

The first one took me along a darkened, twisty trail as girls became teenagers rebelling against their parents and wrestling with own personal demons, as teens became twentysomethings who still needed their own mothers, to women becoming mothers themselves (or wanna-be mothers) who struggled with their own rocky childhoo

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To Defend or Protect? Teaching Kids to Deal With Conflict

If a kid hits you, walk away, a mother said to her son one bright sunny afternoon at the park. No, another mom shook her head emphatically as the little boy walked back to the group of kids playing in the sand. He should stick up for himself and hit back. The first mom looked at her friend incredulously.

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Obsession with Our Children’s Happiness Could Doom Them

Ive been doing it all wrong.This whole parenting gig.Seriously. After I read the cover story of the July/August issue of The Atlantic, which told parents that if youre focusing on trying to make your kids happy youre likely gearing them up for future therapy sessions to undo all the super-positive, encouraging blather youve been feeding them, I was initially ticked off.