Teach Kids How To Fail Better

If you want to provoke a room full of high school parents, tell them: Let your kids fail more. And then teach them how to fail better.   Say what? You mean actually fail, like get an F? How will they get into college...

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The Shame of Being a Hairy Girl

When I was an adolescent, one of my vocabulary words was "hirsute," which is a sophisticated word for hairy. I was a fuzzy kid, and I remember being mortified when the teacher asked for someone to use the word in a sentence....

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My teen makes my blood boil. What should I do?

Recently, a parent explained that her son has what seems like an inexhaustible desire to fight. To prove a point. To make them see how they are right. I've heard this many times and though it feels terrible, this behavior can be...

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