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Networking: It’s Not Just for Adults Anymore

1/7/2017

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Networking: It’s Not Just for Adults Anymore
Co-authored by Dennis Charles, author of Word Of Mouth: Networking To Take Your Business Into The Stratosphere
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When you push aside all the technology, all the gadgets and apps and filters, you’re left with a simple truth: we’re people who like to connect with other people. We’re social creatures, always have been and always will be. Connection brings us love and happiness. It also brings us success. No matter what you want in life, chances are a person will make or break it. A new job? A person will make the call. A new business? A customer will make the difference. We may advance by the minute, but in the end we’re just people connecting with other people.

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The 6 Friends Your Teen Should Avoid

7/2/2016

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The 6 Friends Your Teen Should Avoid
Great friends are hard to find and important to keep. You know this from experience. But it may not be as clear for your teen. High school is a difficult place to find people who will bring value to your teen’s life. There is so much emphasis on social groups that it’s tough for teens to be themselves, both outside and inside these groups

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Step Back and Watch Your Child Build His Own Self-Esteem

7/2/2016

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Step Back and Watch Your Child Build His Own Self-Esteem
“My child looks sad and walks with his head down, hiding his face with his hoodie.” Parents say this to me all the time. “I don’t know what to do, what to say, to make him feel better. What should we do?

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5 Ways Summer Camp Helps Your Child Prepare for Adulthood

7/2/2016

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5 Ways Summer Camp Helps Your Child Prepare for AdulthoodPicture
When I think back on my own camp experience, I recall standing on a wooden tower about 10, maybe 15, feet off the ground. Several people I had recently met stood below. They were yelling at me to fall. I’d just met these people; why on earth would I trust them enough to catch me? I put my arms across my chest and fell back through the air. Whack! I’d been caught

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Keep Calm and Parent On

7/2/2016

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Keep Calm and Parent On
The other day I noticed a mother vibrating with stress attempting to calm her crying baby. The little one couldn’t crawl, walk, or talk, but her instinctual senses were sharp enough to know stress when she heard, saw, and felt it. The mother’s attempts were futile — you can’t calm stress with stress.

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Learning Disabilities: Telling a New Story

7/2/2016

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Learning Disabilities: Telling a New Story
I was diagnosed with a learning disability in first grade, and every day for ten years after I struggled in every way imaginable.
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Dashed Hopes: The Two Words That Erase Your Children’s Dreams

7/2/2016

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Dashed Hopes: The Two Words That Erase Your Children’s Dreams
For John it was always about numbers and sports.
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It’s Time to Tell Your Teens the Truth

7/2/2016

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It’s Time to Tell Your Teens the Truth
From the minute we open our eyes to the moment we close them for sleep, today’s media works overtime to remind us just how dangerous the world has become. It’s a miracle, we’re led to believe, just to survive the week.
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Are You Ready for the Teen Transition?

7/2/2016

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Are You Ready for the Teen Transition?
From the moment they placed that bundle of joy and hope and love in your arms, you’ve been in control. You spoke, they listened. (At least that was the plan.) Now you have something else on your hands. Now you have a teenager.
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5 Tips to Transform Teen School Indifference to Engagement

7/2/2016

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5 Tips to Transform Teen School Indifference to Engagement
Is your teen struggling in school? Does he seem apathetic? Have you lectured, grounded and threatened until you have no idea what else to do

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