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When Did Competitive Sports Take Over American Childhood?

By Hilary Levey Friedman — 2013

It all started in 1852, when Massachusetts became the first state to require kids to go to school.

Read on www.theatlantic.com

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Effective Ways to Handle Defiant Children

Understanding what’s behind your child’s behavior is an important part of addressing the problem.

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Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)

If your child or teenager has a frequent and persistent pattern of anger, irritability, arguing, defiance or vindictiveness toward you and other authority figures, he or she may have oppositional defiant disorder (ODD).

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Does My Kid Have a Tech Addiction?

While addiction may make one think of hard drugs or alcohol, activities like video games, social media apps, and sites like YouTube can also become unhealthy addictions.

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A Solution for Kids’ Social Media Addiction? Teach Them to Use Tech More Responsibly

Enough of the hand-wringing; tech is here to stay. We can teach kids to use social media more productively, and be more responsible about our own use.

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Is Internet Addiction Real?

With kids spending more and more time on screens, parents worry that they are getting hooked

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How to Raise a Boy: My Mission to Bring up a Son Fit for the 21st Century

Increasing awareness of the price of toxic masculinity has led many parents to wonder how best to prepare the young men of the future. One father consults the experts.

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The Respectful Child: How to Teach Respect (Ages 6 to 8)

Despite the ongoing need to test limits, kids also need to learn the importance of respect for others — and respect begins at home.

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Seven Tips for Parenting Teen Boys: 'Nagging Them Is Like Shouting into a Void'

Adolescence is the perfect storm for relationships between teen boys and their parents, but they are more vulnerable than they seem.

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What Are the Benefits of Father Figures for Boys?

A father figure -- whether he's the child's biological dad, a step-dad or another close male adult -- can help reduce boys' behavioral problems, provide a positive role model and even help boost the child's academic outcomes.

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An Introduction to Raising Daughters

What’s it like to raise a daughter? The answer to that question is as different as each individual child, as well as each individual parent.

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