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Back To Basics: Raising Children In The Digital Age, by Richard Freed
“This is impossible,” Emily, the mother of three boys, exclaimed. “I don’t know if I’m supposed to give my kids more technology or less.” Emily felt paralyzed because she was caught between...
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Growing up Maori in NZ: My daily experience of racism at school, playing...
I was 9 and it was the middle of religious education at our state primary school when a lady told our class that God didn’t love the Tuhoe people because they were terrorists. I still remember that...
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A New Book about an Important Issue: “Stolen Lives”, by Netta England
There have been over 300,000 children abused in NZ state care. I am one of them. So many suffered hideous abuse. This is our nation’s greatest shame. My name is Netta Christian (nee England). My book...
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Don’t fall into Cambodia’s orphanage trap, Australians told, by Lindsay Murdoch
Phnom Penh: Tara Winkler, a former NSW Young Australian of the Year, says it is “highly unethical to expose vulnerable children to serious risks in order to engage donors and raise funds”. Ms Winkler...
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Iceland knows how to stop teen substance abuse but the rest of the world...
In Iceland, teenage smoking, drinking and drug use have been radically cut in the past 20 years. Emma Young finds out how they did it, and why other countries won’t follow suit. It’s a little before...
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Four Daily Habits that Build Connection with our Kids, by Rebecca Eanes
Looking back on my childhood, the summer vacations to the amusement parks and over-the-top Christmas celebrations do stand out in my mind, but the grandiose doesn’t take up the biggest places in my...
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The Roots of Childhood Aggression, and How to Handle Them With Compassion, by...
Why do aggressive behaviors occur? Like all other behaviors, aggression is a means to an end. A child is engaging in verbal or physical aggression because it is benefiting them in some way. They may...
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Some notes on Attachment and “Childhood Fears”, compiled by Moira Eastman
A response to our previous post on “The Fear of the Dark” in children… see the following link… https://theforeveryears.wordpress.com/2017/05/28/the-fear-of-the-dark-by-john-cowan/ I must admit that I...
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What’s the Deal with Puberty? Sex Education for Children in Norway… and the...
Norway’s State funded educational TV series “Newton”, presents sex, sexuality and puberty for young children. The series, which has been described as “graphic”, because we see male and female sexual...
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“Refugee” by Alan Gratz: A Book Review by Kirsteen McLay-Knopp
Refugee by Alan Gratz is a New York Times best seller, and for good reason. I came across Refugee when my fourteen year old son was reading it for school. My husband then read it and raved about it,...
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