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Real Housewives Parenting Horrors

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by Stefanie Wilder-Taylor (Make Mine A Double)

A lot of people don’t enjoy voyeuristic television the way I…

What Parenting Style Do You Use with Your Teen?

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Your parenting message to your teen can create an atmosphere of respect in your home, or chaos and power of control.

Maggie Baumann, M.A.: When our…

Cross-dressing in high school: What would you do?

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Don’t kid yourself--to many teenage minds, dress codes in high school exist for one reason: to find a way around them. Now, the New York Times reports,

Health Essentials: Get H1N1 Updates on Your Cell Phone & Twitter

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The easiest way to stay up-to-date about swine flu is to get updates delivered directly to your mobile device via SMS. The team over at CellPhones.org have created a new service designed to help you stay informed during the fall flu season.

Swine flu parties? No thanks!

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We’re not opposed to a good debate here on Shine, and with many parents weighing in on the pros and cons of vaccinating kids, I understand the decision to immunize is…

If Only There Was a Class on Parenting for Teenagers!!

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Today after lunch my friends and I went outside to get some air. While sitting outside we witnessed a very disturbing image. A teenager was walking by with something on her shoulder. She was talking to a girlfriend of hers while the thing on her shoulder was just dangling like a rag. One of my…

My daughter wants a laptop

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My teenage daughter has wanted a laptop since she was 11. She is an only child and is pretty much the only person that uses the home desktop, which is prominently placed in the family room, like all experts recommend. She also has a desktop that was given to her in her room but it has…

When being a "bad" girl is a good thing

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What does society expect of a good girl? When author Rachel Simmons asked a bunch of middle and high school aged girls that question, the answers she got were nothing short of amazing. A few favorites:

Blue eyes Always busy Quiet Polite Organized Enthusiastic Flirtatious Skinny Good grades…

Is it OK to write the worst about your kids?

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We've all done it--hit the keyboard with a vengeance when the kids are down. But is it fair to publish the painful episodes in our children's lives?