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How to handle your child's tantrums

Every child has tantrums, especially when they’re toddlers or very young and learning how to express their feelings. Tantrums ...
The Zen Parent on MSN

We talk more about kids' feelings than our own—and it shows

We've built an increasingly granular emotional vocabulary for children. These days, there are feelings charts in classrooms, ...

The ’50s parenting practices we now know were terrible for kids’ brains

The ’50s parenting practices we now know were terrible for kids’ brains The 1950s promised perfect families with spotless ...
The New York Times

The Lesson We Teach Schoolchildren About the Holocaust Is Wrong

Mr. Hellbeck is the author of “World Enemy No. 1: Nazi Germany, Soviet Russia, and the Fate of the Jews.” “First they came for the Jews.” Many Americans remember that line as the beginning of a ...
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The Deep Lesson Your Child Is Destined To Teach You, Based On Their Zodiac Sign

The idea that children come into our lives to teach us just as much as we teach them is well known. Every child reflects something back to their parents. They often reveal lessons about patience, ...
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Parents must work through their own feelings to raise emotionally healthy kids, experts say

(CNN) — If you’re a parent or guardian, you’ve heard about the importance of respecting your child’s feelings. Teaching our kids can help them work through the negative emotions they experience as ...