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Help Your Child Find Her Voice: Ways to Encourage Self-Confidence and Self-Advocacy

When we speak for our kids, we rob them of their power and block them from developing self-confidence and the potential to thrive. Parenting expert

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Unplugged Summertime Activities for Young Kids

Unplugged Summertime Activities for Young Kids | Ideas to Keep Kids Entertained and Stress-Free

With children out of school, summertime can be highly challenging for American households. Parents are looking for ideas on how to keep their kiddos entertained

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Feeling Out of Sorts? Start With Self-Compassion

We all have days when the harshest critic of our choices is ourselves. That’s why we need to model self-compassion for our girls as parents

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How to Explore the Connection Between Nature and Art With Kids

In The Moth Snowstorm: Nature and Joy, Michael McCarthy wrote, “There can be occasions when we suddenly and involuntarily find ourselves loving the natural world

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Why Parents Should Build Self-Confidence in Kids

Why should parents and caregivers focus on building self-confidence in kids? Best-selling author Michele Borba, Ed.D., has answers and tips on how to do so.

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How to Nurture Creativity in Your Kids

Parents who want their kids to be more creative may be tempted to enroll them in arts classes or splurge on STEM-themed toys. Those things

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Giving Gifts That Make Your Daughter Feel Deeply Seen

Gift-giving is not a straightforward affair. I remember one childhood December at my aunt’s farm. It was a holiday gathering of adults upholding a variety

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How to Support Creative Children: A Parent’s Firsthand Experience

As parents, it’s hard not to feel excitement when your child begins to show interest in a creative outlet. And it becomes even harder to

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The Benefits of Imaginary Friends for Children

When my younger brother Bryan started telling my parents and me about his imaginary friend, we were worried. Someone talking to themselves can be jarring,

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Three Mindfulness Practices to Share With Your Daughter

While researching his book Tools of Titans, Tim Ferris interviewed over 200 of the world’s most successful thought leaders, creatives, business people, and athletes. They

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