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Multiple Intelligences: Understanding Your Child's Learning Style
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Multiple Intelligences: Understanding Your Child's Learning Style
What are "Multiple Intelligences?" An inside look into Dr. Howard Gardner's theories and what they could mean to your child.
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Preschool Language Milestones
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Preschool Language Milestones
If you've got a kid in preschool, your time for peace and quiet has come to an end. Here's a guide to understanding why your child is talking your ear off.
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Raising a Sensitive Child
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Raising a Sensitive Child
Sensitive children have different, more exaggerated, reactions. They're not deficient, and they are not weak. Expert tips on raising your sensitive child.
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How to Help Your Child with Scary Dreams
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How to Help Your Child with Scary Dreams
Is fear of the boogey man keeping your child up at night? Here are some tips for soothing his fears and nightmares, and ensuring a good night's sleep.
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Should Struggling Students Repeat a Grade?
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Should Struggling Students Repeat a Grade?
At first glance, grade retention may look like old-fashioned common sense: Fail the year? Just do it over!
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Helping Your Child at Home: How to Choose the Right Workbook
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Helping Your Child at Home: How to Choose the Right Workbook
School kids learn better when their parents help. Here's how to tell if educational resources like workbooks fit your child's program.
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Educational Standards 101
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Educational Standards 101
As a parent, you want to keep high standards for you child. But what do high standards look like?
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When I Grow Up ...
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When I Grow Up ...
What does your little one dream of becoming? A cowboy? A ballerina? What do these "when I grow up" fantasies mean?
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Art Milestones: What's Typical at Each Stage of Life
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Art Milestones: What's Typical at Each Stage of Life
While every child develops artistically at his or her own pace, there are certain milestones typical on the journey. Here’s what parents can look for:
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Supporting Your Gifted Child
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Supporting Your Gifted Child
A gifted child is more than fantastic report cards. Here are some parenting tips to help you cope with the challenges that come with your gifted child.
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Honoring a Child's Learning Style
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Honoring a Child's Learning Style
Whether your child is a kinesthetic, auditory, or visual learner, these parenting tips will help you help your little one reach their full potential.
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Twice Exceptional Children
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Twice Exceptional Children
Are they gifted or learning disabled? Maybe the answer is both.
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Pushing Your Shy Child
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Pushing Your Shy Child
Is your child shy? Could your pushing be causing him anxiety and to withdraw even more? Practical parenting tips on helping your shy child.
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Goodbye Ritalin! Nonmedical Approaches to ADHD
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Goodbye Ritalin! Nonmedical Approaches to ADHD
There are almost always multiple ways to approach every health problem. And ADHD is no different.
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Testing 1,2,3: Evaluating a Child for Giftedness
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Testing 1,2,3: Evaluating a Child for Giftedness
With the overabundance of definitions, criteria, assessments and theories on what a gifted child is, how can a parent go about getting a proper assessment?
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Learning Styles: Working With Strengths and Weaknesses
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Learning Styles: Working With Strengths and Weaknesses
Is your child primarily a visual, auditory, or kinesthetic learner? How to use your child's strengths to help them overcome their weaknesses.
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Are You Raising a Chicken?
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Are You Raising a Chicken?
If your child balks at zipping down a slide on his own, thinks ice is too slippery for skating, and bikes go too fast, you may worry that you've raised a scaredy-cat. Of course, we all want our kids to wear seat belts and helmets and to show some degree of caution. But we also want to raise children with the confidence to take risks safely, sensibly, and without tears.
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Bright vs. Gifted: Is There a Difference?
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Bright vs. Gifted: Is There a Difference?
We've all seen those bumper stickers: My Child is an Honor Student at (fill in the blank) School. Okay, we get it. She's smart. But is she gifted?
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What to Do if You Suspect Your Child Has a Learning Disability
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What to Do if You Suspect Your Child Has a Learning Disability
It isn't anything specific, just a hunch that something is wrong. Does your child have a learning disability? Here's what parents can do.
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What It Means to Be a Visual Learner
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What It Means to Be a Visual Learner
Is your child artistic, great with faces (but not names); does she have a strong sense of color? She may be a visual learner.
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Alphabet Soup: Understanding the Language of Special Education
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Alphabet Soup: Understanding the Language of Special Education
The world of special education seems to come with its own unique language. Practical parenting tips on how to navigate the maze of special needs education.
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Early Art Exploration
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Early Art Exploration
Many parents see art as secondary to academics. Art cultivates imagination and creativity, but it also hones critical-thinking and problem-solving.
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Great Birthday Gifts Under $25!
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Great Birthday Gifts Under $25!
The last thing parents want around the house is another plastic toy that gets thrown aside after a few uses. Why not give a gift that stands out?
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Does Your Child Need Speech Therapy?
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Does Your Child Need Speech Therapy?
It's estimated that 10 percent of all Americans have a speech problem. The good news is that young kids can be helped tremendously with a bit of intervention.
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The 6 Most Important Decisions Your Teen Will Ever Make
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The 6 Most Important Decisions Your Teen Will Ever Make
The decisions your teen makes today will affect her life in years to come. Here are six key decisions you should discuss with your child.
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