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Savvy Life Skill: Dealing with Loss

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Submitted by tonychen on March 30, 2008 - 2:33pm.
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Loss can come in many forms for your child. A divorce may separate her from a primary caregiver. Her best friend may move to another city. And death, the great equalizer, may claim one of her close family members. All humans must deal with the troubling issue of loss at one point or another.

Play with violence

Submitted by riq on May 7, 2008 - 9:45pm.

I could use some reflection from other dads about components of violence in play.  So if the "cowboys and indians" of our era is power rangers or star wars, and--in a few years-- online gaming-- how do you think this kind of play is helpful or harmful?

Autism

Submitted by carloswalter on May 7, 2008 - 4:54pm.

Our kid diagnosed with autism...

Unknowledgeable parents?

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Submitted by tonychen on May 6, 2008 - 3:42pm.

Saw this in the news today - apparently, 1/3 of U.S. parents know "surprisingly little" about typical infant development. What do you think?

Savvy Life Skill: Right-Brained Skills

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Submitted by tonychen on April 28, 2008 - 11:26am.
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In the early 1960's, a neuropsychologist named Roger Sperry developed a ground-breaking idea about how our brains worked. He theorized that our brains are split between two hemispheres - the left and the right. Certain aspects of our thinking are exclusively controlled by either one side or the other, he presumed.

First Train Ride to City Museum

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Submitted by MatthewT on April 24, 2008 - 12:45pm.

A long ride leads to some serious character development

talking to your kids about different cultures

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Submitted by tonychen on April 21, 2008 - 8:41am.

In light of our previous conversation on this, I'd be very curious as to how ya'll do this. Any thoughts?

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