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Why Some Children Are Rejected On The Playground

by Shelley White, Posted Feb 12th 2010 11:05AM

There are few things sweeter than the sound of children romping at recess -- the laughs and shouts and excited whoops of kids just having fun. But for those children who are left on the sidelines and shunned by their peers, the playground can be a ...
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Do Babies Ruin Friendships?

by Sandy Maple, Posted Apr 24th 2009 2:00PM

Becoming a parent at a young age changed my life in many ways, not the least of which was losing the companionship of most of my friends. We were all so young and even though it hurt, I couldn't really blame them for going on with their child-free ...
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Mean boys just as common as mean girls

by Bethany Sanders, Posted Sep 25th 2008 9:00AM

Mean girls... they've earned quite a reputation. They're everywhere, first of all. You can't catch a TV show or movie aimed at tweens or teens without at least one mean girl in the bunch. While we expect boys to act out physically, it doesn't ...
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Bullying could be caused by parenting style

by Bethany Sanders, Posted Aug 5th 2008 2:00PM

A University of Cincinnati research student recent reviewed studies on bullying from several different countries. What she found (and what she reported to the American Sociological Association) is that certain parenting styles may predict bullying ...
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The search for elusive sibling harmony

by Rachel Mosteller, Posted Jun 29th 2007 10:01AM

When people find out my little ones (ages 1 and 2) are 18 months apart, I hear two things. First is "ooh. Ooooh." The second, after they've managed to find something positive, is "They're going to be so close!" Having two children close in age ...
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Young parents: Do you feel some friends don't "get it?"

by Rachel Mosteller, Posted Nov 13th 2006 2:04PM

I am the first person in my old group of friends to get married and have babies. While the people I've known since I was 16 are all busy with jobs and all the social activities that come with being in ones twenties, I'm busy breastfeeding, changing ...
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Do children's friendships help them learn in school?

by Heather Craven, Posted Sep 7th 2006 2:30PM

If you are like me, you may wonder if the friendships your child forms help with school activities. Apparently, they can in some cases if a study in a recent issue of the British Journal of Educational Psychology holds up. The authors questioned ...
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The best friendships of shy/withdrawn children

by Heather Craven, Posted Sep 5th 2006 7:00PM

With the start of a new school year, children are often apprehensive about the first day. Will they make new friends? Are they too shy to enter into games with others. A study in the Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology looked at the relationships of ...
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Succeeding in friendships

by Heather Craven, Posted Sep 5th 2006 9:30AM

The startup of each school year leads me to wonder: are my children going to get the most they can out of the new school year? You not only want your child to succeed academically, but also to develop the personal and social skills that will be so ...
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The benefits of participating in clubs and groups

by Heather Craven, Posted

It will not take long before the tasks of running my children to all the activities they are involved in will become a bit of a drag. Is it worth all my effort? An article in a recent issue of the Journal of Adolescence suggests it is. The ...
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