Avant Parenting Archives
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Avant! Welcome to my parenting blog archives
As you can see by the dates below, this blog is no longer being updated. However, there’s lots of good stuff here, much of it as true now as when it was written. Please feel free to browse, or follow these links: One last piece of parenting advice: Enjoy today even if it’s a rough…
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6 Takeaways from Research on Teen Brain Development
Parenting in the teen years can be supported by some basic knowledge about the teenage brain. Much of what you think you know about teen development may have been disproven.
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Liar, liar, pants on fire!
On my morning walk, it occurred to me to think about why we tell kids not to lie. I can’t imagine why this subject occurred to me! Obviously, none of us wants our kid to be a liar. Imagine: If being a liar weren’t that big a deal, we’d be a lier. But we’ve even…
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On the other side of the free range
Everyone now knows that helicopter parenting is bad, but our culture continues to load guilt, and consequences, on moms who give their children some freedom.
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Parent workshop: Concentration Time!
“Hello, parents! Today we are going to start with a concept you may have forgotten from your earlier lives. It’s called concentration. Can you repeat after me? Con-cen-tra-tion. This is the action you need to perform in order to achieve focus. Focus is another thing you may have forgotten about. When you were younger, you…
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A place to focus on success: Explore MCP
Every community needs a school like Explore MCP. I hope our community will continue to support it.