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Read article: Celebrate National Family Caregiver Month in November
Celebrate National Family Caregiver Month in November
We all know someone who is providing care for someone else. They may be caring for an older parent, a disabled adult child, or a spouse suffering...
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Read article: Generations can learn from each other
Generations can learn from each other
With social isolation having such negative consequences on people and seeming to have increased especially with the COVID pandemic, I thought it...
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Read article: How to help the child whose parent lives with mental health challenges
How to help the child whose parent lives with mental health challenges
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. This is the perfect time to discuss something that hits very close to home for me. The...
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Read article: Five tips for grandparents raising grandchildren
Five tips for grandparents raising grandchildren
Often grandparenting means a weekend with grandchildren every now and then, an evening babysitting, a summer vacation, or chats on the phone and...
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Read article: Starting a family as LGBTQ+ parents
Starting a family as LGBTQ+ parents
During my first year of college, I had a professor in the middle of the adoption process with her partner. I will never forget the day she shared the...
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Read article: Celebrating Brain Awareness Week all year long
Celebrating Brain Awareness Week all year long
Brain Awareness Week is the global campaign to foster public enthusiasm and support for brain science. BAW was founded by the...
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Read article: Celebrate National Family Caregiver Month in November
Celebrate National Family Caregiver Month in November
We all know someone who is providing care for someone else. They may be caring for an older parent, a disabled adult child, or a spouse suffering...
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Read article: Impulse control and your child
Impulse control and your child
Impulse control involves knowing how and when to express emotions like excitement, frustration, joy, disappointment, and anger. It is a process that...