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  • Should Parents Place Limits on Christmas Presents?

    Should Parents Place Limits on Christmas Presents?0

    According to Gallup, American adults plan to spend an average of $830 on Christmas gifts this year. And, if past experience is any indicator, a large percentage of them will go into debt to foot the bill. And then there are the more extreme cases, such as the British woman who was recently chided for

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  • Should Parents Have the Right to Choose a Safe School?

    Should Parents Have the Right to Choose a Safe School?0

    As back-to-school time approaches, parents are bracing for school-related trauma. The threat of bullying, violence, school shootings, and mental health maladies looms large as a new school year emerges. A 2018 PDK poll found that one-third of parents are concerned about their child’s safety at school, a sharp jump in recent years. And it’s not just peer

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  • Should Parents Give Kids Room to Fail?

    Should Parents Give Kids Room to Fail?0

    In today’s world, it’s become more common for parents to play a large role in engineering their children’s success. From an early age they seek to put their kids in the right schools, the right extracurricular activities, and the right tutoring programs, and manage their progress every step of the way. But it’s having a

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  • Should Parents Give Expensive Gifts to Children?

    Should Parents Give Expensive Gifts to Children?0

    Over at The Guardian, fashion columnist Hadley Freeman has penned an interesting piece on the rise of designer children’s clothing. Designer wear kids’ clothes, Freeman notes, seem to have gained popularity in recent years, particularly given the equation of Kim Kardashian + North West + social media accounts: “The usual celebrities, such as Victoria Beckham

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  • Should Parents Be Paid?

    Should Parents Be Paid?0

    There is increased discussion of how hard it is becoming to simply raise children. With the world’s fertility rate converging towards just 1.7 children per woman, something is not right – especially because studies show that women would like to have more children but say that they are incapable of doing so for one reason or another. Is it

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  • Should Parents Allow Kids to Fight?

    Should Parents Allow Kids to Fight?0

    While dining with friends the other evening, the sibling squabbles we had as children came up as a topic of conversation. Laughingly, one friend recounted how her father, tired of hearing the bickering between herself and another sibling, calmly suggested they go outside, get some boxing gloves, and settle the argument that way. “But she

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