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Topic: Families and Relationships

Relationships are complicated, whether it’s communicating with parents and siblings or breaking up with a boyfriend or girlfriend. You can find the help you need to build strong, loving relationships with friends and family through communication.

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Teaching Children Behaviors that Build a Can-do Attitude

When you teach children behaviors that show them you believe in them, that you value their contributions, and that teach character, they can build a can-do attitude.

Gender Behavior and Attitudes Begin at Home

Children learn about gender behavior and attitude from their parents. Are you teaching your kids about equality at home? Learn how to model good behavior and teach equality to your kids.

Fun Family Activities: Cooking with Kids

Cooking is one of the fun family activities that can bring parents and kids closer together. Relaxed expectations and a sense of discovery enhance kitchen learning.

Parents' Issues: Don't Let Stress Overtake Your Life

Every parent feels stressed at times. It's how we deal with parent stress that's key to staying sane. Learn how to maintain your personal health and wellness and keep peace at home.

Children and Divorce: Soften the Blow for Kids

The health of parents' relationships will determine the effects of divorce-related stress in children. Soften the blow by being involved and setting good examples. You'll be teaching character and helping your child.

Family Devotion Affects Teenagers' Behavior

Studies have shown that parents who spend quality time with their kids and help them set goals produce kids with less teenagers' issues. Learn the secret to raising healthier teens.

Tips for Successful Adolescent Parenting when Blending Families through Remarriage

New marriages can cause stress in children as they adjust to a step-parent and step-siblings. A parent's relationships with the new spouse and any set of kids should be handled carefully and with planning.

Birth Order and Children's Behaviors

Did you know that firstborn children can be perfectionists, while the baby of the family tends to take more risks? Being aware of how birth order affects what we say and do can help parents with everything from teaching chara...

Family Ideas for Getting Along

Whether they're working on toddler learning or teaching character, brothers and sisters have a lot to give one another. Take a peek inside several households to see how these families relate.

Real Life Story: Sweet Revenge

A hilarious description of that parent-stress-reducing quality time after school, which can include a few practical jokes along with the news of the day. Kids and mom share a sense of humor.

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