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Category Archives: teenagers
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Posted in addiction, adolescence, character, children's needs, discipline, emotional muscle, influences, mastery, parent-child relationship, society/culture, teenagers, values
Tagged addiction, adolescence, age-appropriate, brain development, discipline, emotional muscle, Jack Novick, Kerry Kelly Novick, life cycle, mastery, media, parent-child relationship, reality, respect, responsibility, setting limits, teenagers
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Adolescents need adults
Posted in character, children's needs, discipline, emotional muscle, friends, influences, mastery, mental health, parent-child relationship, society/culture, teenagers, values
Tagged addiction, adolescence, age-appropriate, bodies, emotional muscle, family activities, Jack Novick, Kerry Kelly Novick, life cycle, mastery, overstimulation, parent-child relationship, parenting, reality, respect, self-regulation, setting limits, teenagers
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What gets spoiled with spoiling?
Posted in character, children's needs, discipline, emotional muscle, feelings, habits, influences, mastery, mental health, parent-child relationship, preschoolers, schoolkids, teenagers, values
Tagged bribery, discipline, emotional muscle, Jack Novick, Kerry Kelly Novick, mastery, reality, setting limits, spoiling, whining
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The dangers of helping too much
Dear Kerry, My niece just finished 7th grade. She’s visiting us and our two children, 11 and 9. She told us about the science project in her class and said many of the kids didn’t do their own work. Instead … Continue reading