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Safety Rules for Kids Staying Home Alone
Posted by Boys Town Parenting on Jul 5th 2023
As summer progresses
and schedules get busier, it might be more tempting to allow children to stay
home alone. Waking the whole family for an early baseball or softball game of
one family member ma
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How to Raise a Confident Child
Posted by Julia Cook, Boys Town Press Author and Former School Counselor on Jun 8th 2023
As a mom, I wanted to instill confidence in my three
children, but I always feared that if they became overly confident, they would
struggle.
Confidence is an attribute that will serve a child
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Fear: To Face or To Flee
Posted by Jeff Tucker, Boys Town Press Author and National Certified School Counselor on May 18th 2023
Most people don’t have positive associations with the word
fear. This is completely understandable. Feeling scared to your core isn’t exactly
a pleasant experience.While not necessarily enjoyable, t
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4 Tips for Supporting a Child with Depression
Posted by Jennifer Simpson, Boys Town Family Teacher on May 1st 2023
This article was originally shared on momaha.com.Depression affects kids in a variety of ways and can be situational or a constant in their life.There are a few things parents can do to help keep depr
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Supporting Elementary Students with Separation Anxiety at School
Posted by Ashley Bartley, M.Ed., NCC, School Counselor and Boys Town Press Author on Mar 29th 2023
Today, more and more students seem to be experiencing separation
anxiety. That’s not terribly surprising, however, given everything they’ve
lived through in recent years.
According to the&nb
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Flip Your Thoughts to the Happy, Golden Side
Posted by Jennifer Law, Boys Town Press Author on Mar 7th 2023
How many thoughts do you
think you typically have in a single day? Dozens? Hundreds? Thousands? Maybe
millions?Some days, it seems like I
have a billion thoughts racing through my head. But I also
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