Youth Development – Page 13 – Scouting magazine

Parenting Solutions: Including Children in the Family Grieving Process

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When there is a death, children are often neglected mourners. But in order to adapt, adjust, and heal, children need guidance and support from significant adults.

Bringing Out the Best in Your Family

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When tough situations arise, strong and healthy families can pull together as a team, drawing strength from individual character traits and smart parenting.

Parenting Solutions: Getting Children to Cooperate

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The ability to work well in one’s family and with others is one of the most valuable skills a parent can help a child develop.

Parenting Solutions: Five Healthy Habits to Instill in Children

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Teaching these behaviors with diligence and discipline will reduce illness, promote safety, and encourage healthy living through diet and exercise.

Parenting Solutions: Children Need Privacy to Become Self-Reliant Adults

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Parents can honor a child’s “personal space” while maintaining supervision and providing guidance.

Parenting Solutions; Being a Father Who Makes a Difference

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An effective, involved father provides an important foundation for his children and their ongoing security, stability, and development.

A Week with No TV

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How did families in a Cub Scout den fare during their participation in National TV-Turnoff Week? First, they survived. Second, they even enjoyed it!

Parenting Solutions: Helping Children Learn Positive Values From Sports Heroes

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If a child idolizes a sports superstar whose behavior is undesirable, it’s important for parents to point out that people may be fantastically talented in one thing and bad in something else.

Parenting Solutions: How children Can Overcome Shyness

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Parents and others can help a child who’s ill at ease in social situations say “goodbye to shy.”

Parenting Solutions: Dealing With Sibling Rivalry and Quarrels

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When siblings learn how to resolve conflicts at a young age, they grow up to regard each other not only as brothers and sisters but as the closest of lifelong friends.