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3 Challenges Working Parents Face 27 Jan 2017

3 Challenges Working Parents Face

When you are a working parent, you find yourself constantly trying to stay above water. Proper time management and attention to detail become especially essential, whether you are the parent of an infant or a teenager. The following are three issues working parents face most often and some tips on h...

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How to Deal with Your Child’s Temper Tantrums 25 Jan 2017

How to Deal with Your Child’s Temper Tantrums

Temper tantrums and meltdowns are extremely challenging for parents. They are more common in younger children due to limitations in language; when a child struggles with too many emotions, he/she doesn’t know of any other way to react. Many parents find tantrums hard to understand. At times, the n...

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5 Discipline Issues Every Parent Faces and How To Solve Them 23 Jan 2017

5 Discipline Issues Every Parent Faces and How To Solve Them

Even though being a parent can be rewarding, it definitely comes with its challenges. Every time you have to discipline your child, you face a unique set of problems. And it is essential to do so because what children learn or don’t learn when they are young influences their behaviour in society.&...

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Life Lessons from Carrie Fisher: Beyond Drug Abuse 03 Jan 2017

Life Lessons from Carrie Fisher: Beyond Drug Abuse

                                   Drugs made me feel more normal.                                        &nbs...

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Overcoming Bipolar Disorder: The Carrie Fisher Way 03 Jan 2017

Overcoming Bipolar Disorder: The Carrie Fisher Way

I have two moods. One is Roy, rollicking Roy, the wild ride of a mood. And Pam, sediment Pam, who stands on the shore and sobs ... Sometimes the tide is in, sometimes it's out.                                   ...

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Workplace Bullying 10 Oct 2016

Workplace Bullying

When you hear the word ‘bully’, what do you think of? A gang of children, towering over a lone girl or boy, threatening, sneering at and making fun of him or her? If yes, the reason is that most of us have either witnessed or experienced such instances of bullying first-hand when we were young o...

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3 Challenges Working Parents Face 27 Jan 2017

3 Challenges Working Parents Face

When you are a working parent, you find yourself constantly trying to stay above water. Proper time management and attention to detail become especially essential, whether you are the parent of an infant or a teenager. The following are three issues working parents face most often and some tips on h...

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Tip Sheet- Exam Stress 06 Feb 2017

Tip Sheet- Exam Stress

Students are often faced with a series of exams this time of the year, which are usually scheduled closely together. This can lead to great stress for students - and those who live with them! The words stress and pressure are often used interchangeably but in fact they are quite different. Pressure ...

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