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- Adventures in Parenting
- Introduction to Adventures in Parenting
- So where do we start?
- RPM3: How responding, preventing, monitoring, mentoring, and modeling can help you be a successful parent
- Responding
- Prevention
- Monitoring
- Mentoring
- Modeling
- Now what should I do?
- Under 3
- Under 3: Responding
- Under 3: Prevention
- Under 3: Monitoring
- Under 3: Mentoring
- Under 3: Modeling
- Between 4 and 10
- 4 to 10: Responding
- 4 to 10: Prevention
- 4 to 10: Monitoring
- 4 to 10: Mentoring
- 4 to 10: Modeling
- Between 11 and 14
- 11 to 14: Responding
- 11 to 14: Prevention
- 11 to 14: Monitoring
- 11 to 14: Mentoring
- 11 to 14: Modeling
- RPM3 Summary
- References
- Infants: Parenting and Child Development
- Early Childhood: Parenting and Child Development
- Adventures in Parenting
News
- Health Tip: Becoming a Step Parent
- Health Tip: Talk to Your Kids Early About Alcohol Use
- The Reality of Watching Reality TV
- Almost All U.S. Teens Falling Short on Sleep, Exercise
- Movie Violence Doesn't Make Kids Violent, Study Finds
- Gay Dads and Their Kids Still Face Social Shaming
- Parents, Think Before You Drink This Holiday
- When You Go From a Family of 3 to a Family of 4
- Navigating New Parent Nerves
- Pediatricians Renew Call to Abandon Spanking
- 35 more
- Try Small 'Bites' to Get Kids to Exercise
- Health Tip: Connect With Your Child
- Health Tip: Manage the Terrible 3's
- How to Prevent Your Child From Getting Bullied -- or Being a Bully
- Young Adults Favor Family Over Friends If Forced to Choose
- To Combat Childhood Obesity, Start at Birth … or Even Before
- Longest Study Yet Finds Adult Kids of Lesbian Moms Are Doing Fine
- Parent's Tough Childhood Can Cast Shadow Across Generations
- To Fight Childhood Obesity, Moms to the Rescue
- Many Parents Say Sports Can Be Too Dangerous for Kids
- Parents Must Ask: 'Is There an Unlocked Gun in Your House?'
- Smartphone-Obsessed Parents May Mean Cranky Kids
- How 'Helicopter' Parenting Impedes a Child's Development
- When Kids Expect a Needle to Hurt, It Does
- Health Tip: How Working Parents Can Avoid Burnout
- Health Tip: Plan Your Child's Chores
- Health Tip: If Your Child Becomes Too Aggressive
- Health Tip: Keep Communicating With Your Child
- What Your Kids Want to Tell You About Social Media
- Poor, Minority Moms Face Tough Judgments Over Kids' Weight
- Health Tip: How Schools Keep Your Child Safer
- Health Tip: 'Connected' Students Do Better
- Parental Dieting Pressure Linked to Long-Term Harm
- If Your Mom Was Big on Dieting, Your Kids May Pay the Price
- U.S. Child Obesity Levels Not Falling After All
- Health Tip: Rules for the Pool
- Parents Ill-Informed About Kids' Concussion Risks
- Health Tip: When Kids Have Separation Anxiety
- Health Tip: Why People Get Ear Infections
- Health Tip: Buy a Bike That Suits Your Child
- Clear Rules, Physical Activity Cut Children's Screen Time
- Vaccination Ends Disparities in Pneumococcal Disease
- Preventive Intervention for Premature Infants Effective
- Stricter Rules Can Steer Kids Away From TV
- Harmless Brain Abnormalities in Kids Pose Disclosure Dilemmas
Questions and Answers
- My Family is Ruining my Relationship With my Boyfriend
- My Boyfriend's Children Won't Accept Me....
- Wife's Behavior
- My 10 Year Old
- 19 Year Old Daughter
- Respect + Anger Managment
- My Husband With Daughter......
- Adult Son Interferes with Our Relationship
- Is This Normal?
- How Do I Get My 24 Year Old Son To A Counselor
- 75 more
- Is it Inappropriate to Call my Daughter...
- 19 Yr Old Naive Daughter
- Boyfriend's Daughter's Strange Behavior
- Substance Abuse
- How Should I Help?
- Trying to Reconnect With My Ex
- Frequently Snapping Over Little Things!
- Is Our Son's Behavior Indicative of A Mental Health Problem?
- Mom Disowning Me For Dating Another Race
- Daughter In Abusive Marriage
- My 19 Year Old Daughter is Out of Control
- Two Year Old Son Wandered
- Does my Baby Need Him?
- Spitting Four Year Old Boy
- Terrified of Teen
- Marraige Life of my Parents
- Boyfriend Still Acting Like a Bachelor
- I Feel Like I Have Failed - - May 20th 2010
- How Do I Handle This?
- How Do I Help My 4 Year Old Son Show Compasion?
- Afraid of Breaking Family Apart
- 11 Year Old Daughter Jealous of my Boyfriend
- Child Behavior
- What Should I do With my 19 Year-Old Daughter's Anger Issue?
- Personal Hygiene
- First Time Offender
- Parenting a Bipolar Child, Not Quite a Child, Not Quite an Adult
- 5 Year Old Behavior-Is it ADHD or Bipolar or Both?
- Why do I Reject My Boyfriend's Son?
- odd (ADHD)
- Help or Do Nothing?
- 16 year old girl with Attention Deficit Disorder
- Desperately Mother - Gloria
- My child needs help
- Pregnant Again
- 4 year old depression
- A Mom In Need of Help
- Help my son with his morbid jealous girlfriend, get him out.
- Should I be worried?
- A child with a bad attitude
- I feel ugly
- Giving Up - Dad of three - Sep 15th 2008
- SHOULD GRANDPARENTS INSIST ON SEEING A GRANDCHILD
- Granddaughter needs help before I send her home
- My husband no longer believes
- HELP ME!!!
- Am I depressed?
- young teen response to death and grief
- MY son said he hears voices and whispers
- My needy son hates my boyfriend. How can I avoid choosing one over the other?
- Does my husband love his daughter more than me (his wife)?
- Bipolar and children
- can 7-yo boy have antisocial personality disorder?
- Pregnant with bipolar
- Should I get involved?
- 19 Year Old Daugter--Out of control
- I miss my daughter
- How do I empty the nest gently?
- Anxiety in children
- Dad will shoot through hoops.
- Does My Child Have A Mental Problem?
- Heartbroken Mom
- mothers who sleep with their sons
- Explaining Divorce To Children
- Working Mother Wants To Stay Home
- Protecting Children From Their Grandmother
- Physically Abusive Mentally Ill Son
- Missing the Children
- Scared Of Her Reaction
- Failing My Daughter
- Bipolar Parenting
- Perfectionistic Son
- Problem Child
- Helping Someone with Bipolar Disorder
- Overburdened Mom
Book & Media Reviews
- A Little Pregnant
- About a Boy
- Anxious Parents
- Avalanche
- Bounce
- Bringing Up Parents
- But I Love Him
- Children of the Self-Absorbed
- Cyber-Safe Kids, Cyber-Savvy Teens
- Done With The Crying
- 53 more
- Exiting Nirvana
- Families Like Mine
- Family Bound
- Feeding Your Child
- Find Me
- For Lesbian Parents
- Inside the American Couple
- Intrusive Parenting
- Lizzy's Do's and Don'ts
- Love Works Like This
- Misconceptions
- Mommies Who Drink
- Mothers Who Kill Their Children
- Motherstyles
- Myths of Childhood
- No One Cares About Crazy People
- No Two Alike
- NurtureShock
- Ophelia's Mom
- Parenting and the Child's World
- Parenting Children With ADHD
- Parenting on the Go
- Parenting Your Out-Of-Control Teenager
- Praising Boys Well
- Praising Girls Well
- Problem Child or Quirky Kid?
- Raising a Self-Starter
- Raising America
- Raising Elijah
- Raising Kids in an Age of Terror
- Raising Kids in the 21st Century
- Raising Resilient Children
- Spiritually Healing the Indigo Children (and Adult Indigos, Too!)
- Stop Arguing with Your Kids
- Strong, Smart, & Bold
- Survival Strategies for Parenting Children with Bipolar Disorder
- Surviving a Borderline Parent
- The Bully, the Bullied, and the Bystander
- The Educated Parent
- The Epidemic
- The Gay Baby Boom
- The Gender Trap
- The Nurture Assumption
- The Other Parent
- The Psychology of Parental Control
- The Reflective Parent
- The Right to Be Parents
- The Secret Lives of Boys
- Two Is Enough
- What in the World Are Your Kids Doing Online?
- What Our Children Teach Us
- Worried All the Time
- Yes, Your Teen Is Crazy!
Self-Help Groups
Links
Videos
- Positive Behavior Support: Making Clear and Effective Requests
- Monitoring and Limit Setting: Clear Rules
- Bullying Prevention: Lessons from Research and Practices
- Boys & HPV Vaccine
- Button Batteries Sending Kids to the ER
- Accident Proofing Kids
- Teaching Kids to Get Moving
- Kids and Brain Strain
- Risks in Delaying Childhood Vaccinations
- Are Kids Getting Enough Sleep?
- 30 more
- Most Kid's Fevers, No Worries
- Vaccination: A Key Piece of the Puzzle
- Babies on the Move: Protecting Babies with Vaccination
- Children and Parents in the Age of Medication
- Dipping into Swim Safety
- Sick Kids: Viral vs. Bacterial
- Focusing your Children on Fitness
- Parents Slow to Recognize Obese Children
- Monitoring and Limit Setting: Privilege Removal
- 3 Easy Tips to Get Children Active
- NAMI's Ask the Doctor Calls--Dialectical Behavior Therapy
- All in On Water Safety
- The Sound of Your Voice
- Finding Effective Mental Health Treatment for Children
- Helping Children with Divorce
- Preventing Death by Suicide-Strategies to Help Children, Youth and Families
- Vaccines: Separating Myth from Reality
- Back to School: Dr. Stephen Whiteside on Routines
- Dr. Bridget Biggs on Bullying
- Weight Control For Children: Improving Physical Activity
- How to Talk to Teens: A Developmental Approach
- 6 Top Tips for Parents
- Bipolar Mom Struggles With The Daily Routine
- Stop the Chaos! Tips for Creating a Peaceful Household When Mom has ADHD
- Common Childhood Illnesses & Immunizations
- Positive Parenting & Promoting Mental Health
- Childhood Obesity & Healthy Eating
- Home life when Mom or Dad has ADHD: Succeeding with your family
- The Long term Impacts of Bullying
- Preventing Childhood Obesity
More Information
- Wise Counsel Interview Transcript: An Interview with Amy J. L. Baker, Ph.D. on Parental Alienation
- Wise Counsel Interview Transcript: An Interview with Annie Fox on Parenting 21st Century Teens
- Wise Counsel Interview Transcript: An Interview with Marsha Temlock, MA on Adult Child Divorce
- Wise Counsel Interview Transcript: An Interview with Sarah Chana Radcliffe, M.Ed., C.Psych.Assoc. on Raising Kids without Raising Your Voice
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- Child & Adolescent Development: Overview
- Childhood Mental Disorders and Illnesses
- Family & Relationship Issues
- Internet Addiction and Media Issues
- Child Development & Parenting: Infants (0-2)
- Child Development & Parenting: Early (3-7)
- Child Development & Parenting: Middle (8-11)
- Child Development Theory: Middle Childhood (8-11)
- Childhood Special Education
- Child & Adolescent Development: Puberty
- Child Development Theory: Adolescence (12-24)
- Child Development & Parenting:Adolescence (12-24)
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Child & Adolescent Development: Overview
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Child Development & Parenting: Early (3-7)
Child Development & Parenting: Infants (0-2)
Child Development & Parenting: Middle (8-11)
Child Development & Parenting:Adolescence (12-24)
Child Development Theory: Adolescence (12-24)
Child Development Theory: Middle Childhood (8-11)
Childhood Mental Disorders and Illnesses
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