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Parenting Pointers: Helping Our Teens

Motherhood Moments

A shocking new report by the CDC confirms what many parents already suspected: Teenage girls are in crisis. A 2021 survey of more than 17,000 high school students found that 30 percent of the girls had considered suicide—a rate that’s double that of boys and almost 60 percent higher than ten years ago.

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Movie Minute: A Bag of Marbles

Motherhood Moments

His parents, however, realize that escape may be their only chance of survival, so they send the boys on their own into the “free zone” of Vichy France. At ages 10 and 12, they have so little understanding of the persecution of Jews that after the Nazis invade, Joseph thinks nothing of swapping his yellow star for a bag of marbles.

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The Benefits of Swimming Lessons for Kids & Parents

Family Balance Sheet

While the lessons teach my kids to swim, there are benefits to me as a parent as well. My family enjoys the water. When the boys know how to swim properly and safely, I feel a sense of accomplishment as a parent – I have prepared them well with an important life skill. I’ll take any chance I can to bond with my boys.

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Book Nook: Books for Kids with Autism

Motherhood Moments

As a tool, this book aims to help children, their friends, families, and caregivers understand kids with superpowers. A closing note from authors Shaina Rudolph and Danielle Royer provides caretakers and parents with suggestions for coping with autism. Able, a boy who has autism, invites you to see life through his eyes.

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7 Family-Friendly Netflix Movies to Watch This Weekend

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Your Netflix subscription comes with an added bonus: affordable family fun. These seven family-friendly Netflix movies can provide you with all the entertainment you need to fill your weekend with fun. But behind that acclaim is a great movie about family. In this movie, Mr. Incredible becomes a full-time parent.

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Book Nook - Charlie and Grangrad's Tall Adventures

Motherhood Moments

Reminding us all of the innocence, inquisitiveness and imagination that is prevalent in all four-year-olds, the author immerses his young readers (and parents, grandparents, guardians and more) in the pure joyof youngsters when they recognise an exciting tall adventure, and that something special is in prospect.

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Website Spotlight - TruPlay

Motherhood Moments

4,500 children aged between eight and 12 were asked about their internet safety habits and revealed that 31% of boys are playing over 18 online games and 87% of children reported having their own social media and/or instant messaging account, despite minimum age restrictions of 13 on all the most popular apps.

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