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| 'It takes a village to raise a child' In the light of some of the events of the past decade, this well-known statement has a poignant, somewhat hollow ring to it. ...more |
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| Dealing with challenging behaviour doesn’t have to be complicated. Here are a few helpful ideas.
Sandra Azar, a Boston-based psychologist, believes there are four main rules for parents to follow if they are to do a ‘good-enough’ job of parenting and the ...more |
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| How do we face intelligently the world our kids are growing up in? Teenagers will come in contact with drugs, and up to now the adage 'Just say no', does not seem to be working. It is up to us to understand what is driving our kids and even to think about ...more |
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| Gone are the days of dog-eared Playboys under the mattress. The internet exposes young people to pornography of unprecedented extremes. Marnia Robinson and Gary Wilson speak directly to young teens in an article that can support you in your discussion wit ...more |
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| The whole goal seems to be to make marketing almost invisible, a 360 degree wall around a kid, such that where reality starts and marketing begins... becomes ever more obscure and difficult to find, so that the goal is for kids to grow up not seeing the m ...more |
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| Adolescents are a mystery to many adults — especially their parents.
It is a time when three of the great changes of human life occur:
the ability to reproduce, the establishment of an identity and the formal commencement of logical, rational, reasoned ...more |
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| How much do we know about the drugs that our kids wil most likely come in contact with? How wil we recognise if there is a problem? What is the attraction of the various readily available drugs? ...more |
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| Martial arts can be one of the best things a child could do to prepare him or herself for life.
Rather than an end unto itself, it provides a strong and supportive foundation for children as they move into
other aspects of their lives, be it other sport ...more |
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| Hapkido, the Way of Harmonious Power, is a dynamic Korean martial art.
Its philosophy draws from Asian spiritual wisdom, including the Buddhist values of non-violence and respect for all life. The long-term aim of training is the cultivation of many posi ...more |
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| The difference between a man with a vision who wants to make a positive mark on his world and one who is aimless with no hope for the future is immeasurable. The aim of Pathways to Manhood is to bring out the potential in young men and have them full of i ...more |
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| Losing a child to drugs or alcohol is a frightening prospect for mothers and fathers. The worn-out slogan ‘Just Say No’ hardly addresses the complexities behind what makes a child start to use substances in their teens.
From understanding emotional we ...more |
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| The tips range from showing parents of newborns how to foster healthy emotional development to reassuring parents of young adults that they can still help their children attain the emotional health that will help protect them from the need to use drugs. ...more |
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| An excerpt from the book “Getting Real About Growing Up”, a resource book for young people, parents, teachers and youth workers. ...more |
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| Put yourself in this picture. You’re 17 years old and you have just completed your 120, painful, hours of driving practice. The practice pays off and the RTA gives you your first provisional license. Full of excitement you take your car out for a drive to ...more |
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| In a well-known education journal, a computer hardware ad depicts an empty classroom, with computers on each desk. Outside in the background is an empty schoolyard. The children are clustered off to one side, faces pressed against the classroom window pee ...more |
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| In 2003, a study by The Australia Institute revealed alarming information on Australian teens’ exposure to violent and hard-core pornography on the internet. And it wasn’t just the figures that were alarming. The report, entitled Youth and Pornography in ...more |
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| The transition from child to adult is gradual over time. It can take many years. It's something that happens almost when you are not looking.
For some teenagers there is little formal guidance to assist them during this transitional stage. There are no ...more |
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| Who Am I? is a question that has been examined through the ages. For teenagers.
Are you your body? Or, is your body like the clothes you wear – discarded when it’s worn out and it’s time to move on? Are you your thoughts? Or are thoughts only what you ar ...more |
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