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Behaviour Articles

Helping raise girls’ self-esteem

More Hamilton, Ont. Singer/songwriter/actress and mother of four, Queen Cee, wants girls to love and believe in themselves. As the director and founder of Be-You-tiful Gir...

Young Love: Surviving Your Kid's First Crush

More For most of us, it's something we'll never forget: Our first crush.  Whether the object of your affection was Scott Baio or the girl down the street, those first stirrings of ...

Cyber Safety Tips

More Facebook’s terms are supposed to require users to be at least age 13, but a Consumer Reports survey found that children age 10 and younger are not only using the site bu...

Helping kids cope with disasters in the news

More Tornadoes, tsunamis, terrorist acts – adults aren’t the only ones with concerns about disasters. Most tweens are aware when they happen elsewhere and will turn to their pa...

Girls and Make-Up

More Young girls often express an interest in wearing make-up. Will you know what to say?The girl is fresh-faced, no more than 15, her long black hair hanging down over an Abercrombie and Fitch T...

When Sibling Rivalry Runs Rampant

More Fourteen-year old Meg Ungar and her brother Scott are watching television. Meg picks up the remote and starts changing the channel. Scott,16, asks her to stop. Meg doesn’t. Dad hears t...

Texting Can Be Great

More Text messaging can affect kids’ spelling, grammar and communication, but in a surprisingly positive way.According to a 2005 survey by Media Awareness Network, six percent of Grade 4 st...

Social Media: Ignore or Accept

More As families become more comfortable with the Internet and social media, kids are experiencing a whole new online world.What can help you get a job, enhance your social life, and yet has the ...

Attitude Adjustment

More Cell phones, Facebook, sexually aware tweens – welcome to the world of parenting where eight is the new 13.After convincing her parents to give her a cell phone so she could call them ...

Parents' Tips for Dealing With Cyber Bullying

More “REBECCA SAYS EVERYBODY HATES ME.” “Jamal is telling everyone to stop talking to me.”The words come through on Aren van Delden’s computer screen like blows ...
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