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Stay Connected
Alabama Cooperative Extension System — Stay Connected promotes communication, positive interactions, and productive problem-solving among teens and their parents. The Stay Connected handout provides a summary of the information presented in the Stay Connected exhibit. The handout can ...More…
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The Challenge of Being A Parent
Alabama Cooperative Extension System — Of all the jobs in the world, being a parent may be the trickiest. Children are often hard to understand. They seem impossible to control. Sometimes, no matter how hard we try, it seems that everything we do is wrong. No one can make parenting ...More…
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Talking So Young
Alabama Cooperative Extension System — Because communicating begins early, parents need to understand how they can be most effective in talking with their young children. Communicating takes practice and patience. In this publication you will learn some of the secrets to successful ...More…
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Taking Care of the Parent: Replacing Stress with Peace
Alabama Cooperative Extension System — In the book Alexander And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, Alexander has a day when everything goes wrong. He gets gum in his hair, trips on a skateboard, gets scrunched in the car, is deserted by his friends, goes to the dentist, ...More…
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Strengthening Your Marriage
Alabama Cooperative Extension System — A bad marriage can make parenting, and life in general, more stressful. This publication is one of a series on parenting and is designed to help parents strengthen their marriages. A strong marriage can help parents be more effective. Of course, ...More…
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Something Better Than Punishment
Alabama Cooperative Extension System — When we think of discipline, we may think of threats and punishment. They may be the most common ways that parents deal with their children's misbehavior. What is wrong with threats and punishment? One thing that is wrong with them is that they ...More…
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Sending Messages of...LOVE
Alabama Cooperative Extension System — Every child (and adult) needs to be reminded often that people love and value him or her. Often we get busy and forget to send messages of love to our children. Or we send messages poorly. Or we send only angry messages. Sometimes we send a ...More…
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Raising Good Children:
Alabama Cooperative Extension System — Most parents want their children to be kind and caring. We want our children to respect and help people rather than be cruel. We want our children to have inner standards of goodness that can guide them through difficult choices. People who show ...More…
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Now That We're Divorced, How Can We Parent Together?
Alabama Cooperative Extension System — It is often hard for divorced parents to separate the angry feelings they have toward one another from their duties as parents. However, one of the most helpful things you can do to help your children is to put away your anger and cooperate in ...More…
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Meeting Children's Needs
Alabama Cooperative Extension System — When a baby cries because of a dirty diaper and Mom or Dad gently changes the diaper while talking to the baby, the child learns that the world is safe and caring. If a baby cries because of a dirty diaper and parents ignore or yell at the child, ...More…
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Infant Crying:
Alabama Cooperative Extension System — Extension Family And Child Development Specialist, Assistant Professor, Family And Child Development, Auburn University Infant crying is the most important way babies have of communicating their needs. Babies don't have spoken words to tell us ...More…
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Helping Your Children Succeed At Learning
Alabama Cooperative Extension System — Show your children that you love to learn. Read books and magazines. Take continuing education classes. Talk about things that interest you: gardening or building models or astronomy or whatever. Have a set of encyclopedias in your home so you ...More…