Happiness does not lie in money if you have enough to eat, if you feel secure and loved. The meaning of life is in what you DO to fulfill your needs and aptitudes.
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Peer acceptance: When children want to belong to a group
Since nursery school, peers influence the development of a child. Their acceptance determines the whole process of a child's growing up. To make your kids stronger people, expose them to different groups. Help them process their experiences so they could become more resilient.
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It’s wrong to teach children romance, it’s wrong to teach them to marry rich
Love isn’t Princess Aurora’s wedding. And a substantial number of grownups forget that. How do we keep it real with our kids and instill proper expectations so that they don’t live in a parallel universe until 30?
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Stress and frustration in kids: Problems make us grow
There is no life without stress. Kids can practice techniques to relieve it. A negative situation can be a challenge, so frustration can become an opportunity to grow as a person. You can teach children that they don't have to win every time, but they will surely be wiser with every new experience. Especially after the hard one.
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How to build your kids’ self-confidence when you lack it
Most people would like to be more confident. Still, some people seem so self-assured with their superior attitudes. The irony is they are neither the smartest nor the best. Why?
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A book about growing up with life lessons for children
Growing up, we learn many life lessons the hard way: romantic love cannot solve all your problems. There is no other perfect half for you. No one and nothing creates your happiness but you. To be able to face the world and overcome their own dissatisfaction, our children need to know themselves and learn how to manage relationships first.
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For kids and teens: How to deal with negative emotions
Dear kids, your negative emotions are useful. If you understand why they appear, you can make a change. And you will become more satisfied as people.
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Raising boys amid machoism and feminism gone astray
I feel sorry for little guys. And I find it harder to judge men for being emotionally unavailable.
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Readers’ first reactions to “Just a blackbird”
Looking forward to the first readers' reactions
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We survived, we enjoyed, we relaxed on our vacation with kids
We got back home with joy. It was a stress-free vacation: we chose what they needed, and did what we wanted to do.