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Nature of Boys: ‘I’m No Good at Sports!’

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Not every teen comes equipped with athletic prowess. Here’s how to help your guys find a team where they can star.

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Parenting Solutions: Saying No to Children in a Yes Culture

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If you think your job as a parent is to always make your children happy, think again. Helping kids understand the rules, the limits, and the consequences of their actions gives them something more important: self responsibility.

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Parenting Solutions: Traveling With Children

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Creating memorable moments while traveling with children require planning, flexibility, patience, and a positive attitude.

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Effectively communicating with a Scout’s divorced parents

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Several boys in Scouter K.C.’s Cub Scout den have divorced parents. She is looking for effective ways to communicate with adults who may not communicate well with each other.

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Parenting Solutions: Introducing Children to Culture and the Arts

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Dance, music, and art are the foundation of a child’s cultural education, and experts say “no age is too young” to begin acquiring their lifelong benefits.

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Parenting Solutions: Bringing Up a Responsible Child

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Providing children opportunities and tools to learn responsibility helps them become self-sufficient and accountable for their actions as teenagers and adults.

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Parenting Solutions: Manners Do Matter

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Teaching children to be polite can be a challenge in a world where common courtesy is less and less common, but you can be successful by working at it a little at a time.

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Parenting Solutions: Manners Do Matter

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Teaching children to be polite can be a challenge in a world where common courtesy is less and less common, but you can be successful by working at it a little at a time.

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Advice From an Eagle Scout Mom

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How can parents best motivate their sons to continue on the Trail to Eagle? A mother of three Eagle Scouts suggests a one-step-at-a-time approach.

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Parenting Solutions: Helping Children Do Their Best on Group Projects

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Adults can actively assist in raising the comfort level and performance abilities of their kids and other group members.

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