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Kindness Comforts Kids, Parents Best: Try It Often

October 16, 2024 by Christopher Mannino

Has a random stranger ever told you your kid needs a good smack? Kindness and compassion from this person would have been more helpful.

Filed Under: National, parenting advice, parenting styles, travel Tagged With: behavior, discipline, emotions, manners, tantrums, teens / tweens, tips, toddlers, travel with kids

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Teaching Generosity, Kindness to Kids Often Clashes with Reality

August 7, 2023 by Kyle Eichenberger

Editor’s Note: We’re digging into our ample archives to find some great articles you might have missed over the years. […]

Filed Under: National, parenting styles Tagged With: behavior, competitive children, life lessons, manners

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Raise A Gentleman — We Hope — In 5 Easy Steps

May 9, 2022 by Pete Gilbert

If you want to raise a gentleman, you must be a gentleman, dads, because the boy learns more from how you act than from what you say.

Filed Under: National, parenting advice Tagged With: behavior, humor, manners, role models

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‘No Means No’ Even At Life’s Most Ticklish Time

February 23, 2022 by Christian Lemon

An innocent tickle fight leads a dad to impart big lessons to his kids about consent respect, boundaries and no means no.

Filed Under: National, parenting advice, relationships Tagged With: bullying, daughters, harassment, life lessons, manners, Teaching

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Be Nice, Kids. Better Yet, Be the Things You Want in Others

March 18, 2020 by Guest Contributor

What do we really mean when we tell children to be nice? A father instead offers his teens slightly different advice to actively “be.”

Filed Under: parenting advice Tagged With: behavior, Bill Peebles, bullying, love, manners

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5 Rules for Good Play Place Etiquette

March 30, 2015 by Kevin Zelenka

There needs to be a set of rules for parents at play places because the kids already know what they can and can’t do, but mom and dad …

Filed Under: parenting advice, parenting styles Tagged With: behavior, humor, manners, play, playgrounds, tips

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