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Getting Involved (Read more...)

Getting Involved

Provide opportunities for the pre-teen to be involved in family decisions, like planning a part of the family vacation or occasional meal planning and preparation.

Linda Kollar, R.N., M.S.N, Ages and Stages - Understanding And Shaping Your Child's Development - Pre-adolescence, 1999 Cincinnati For the Love of Kids® Parenting Conference.

Give Children Meaningful Jobs (Read more...)

Give Children Meaningful Jobs

In the name of expediency, many parents and teachers do things that children could do for themselves and one another.

Jane Nelsen, Ed.D., Positive Discipline, 2000 Cincinnati For the Love of Kids® Parenting Conference.

Teach Your Children the Gift of Work (Read more...)

Teach Your Children the Gift of Work

Fortunate is the child who understands early that effort precedes success.

Jerry Sasson, Ed.D., Everyday Blessings, 2001 Cincinnati For the Love of Kids® Parenting Conference.

Functional Independence is Critical to Human Development (Read more...)

Functional Independence is Critical to Human Development

Don't do for a child what your child is able to do for herself.

Balance the need to help your child with the need to encourage your child's independence.

Kathleen M. Duval, Raising Your Spirited Child: Successfully parenting your more intense, more stubborn, more humorous, simply MORE child, 2002 Cincinnati For the Love of Kids® Parenting Conference.