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August 2007

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Important chore: Get kids to help around house
the AMERICAN COUNSELING ASSOCIATION February 22, 2007

Should children be assigned tasks to do around the house — their family "chores"? While most parents would say yes, it often becomes such a hassle to get kids to do what's asked of them that parents just let it slip.

They shouldn't.

Getting your kids to do assigned chores can be an important factor in helping them develop in positive ways. To read more...

 

  Study VI: Childhood Overindulgence and Life Goals 

By participating in this 30 minute study, you will help us understand how childhood overindulgence relates to adult personality traits such as personal aspirations and attitudes about life. Participants will be informed of our research findings upon completion of this study through this newsletter and on the our research webpage. Click on this link to enter the study.

 

Understanding temperament can be key to positive parenting, says speaker
By Shella Gardezi
Feb 16, 2007

Public Health Nurse Susan Munford helped local parents understand their children's temperaments at a workshop last week. On Thursday, Feb. 8 Munford was at the Great Lakes Christian Preschool to present a workshop on "Positive Parenting".

By understanding a child's temperament, parents can reduce stress by introducing games and activities that their children will enjoy and help other caregivers understand their child. To Read More...
 

 How 2 Parenting Styles Can Work For 1 Family

(WCCO) A parenting question for you -- what did your mother do best?
Now think about what your father did well. Same thing? Probably not.

It's not easy to raise kids and it's even harder when your partner does things differently than you do. Like a lot of couples, WCCO-TV's Amelia Santaniello and Frank Vascellaro have different parenting styles. Amelia is the enforcer. Frank is the softie.

To find out how different their approaches are, they went on outings to the Children's Museum, Target and Lunds. A WCCO-TV camera tagged along on the trips. To Read More...

 

Why your kids expect to be rich

By Liz Pulliam Weston

Turns out most kids think they'll soon earn six-figure incomes. Here's why their expectations are so removed from reality and how you can help your offspring avoid the fallout.
Plenty of adults are delusional about money, so it shouldn't come as too much of a shock that teenagers can be unrealistic when it comes to their future finances.

Still, the extent to which teens misjudge their prospective earning power says something interesting -- about them and about the rest of us. To Read More...

 

Thanks to Research Assistant Chelsae Armao who contributed by finding stories to include in this edition of the newsletter.

 
 

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