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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. Most parents receive news like this with a sinking feeling and a sense of dread. Young people face a cauldron of pressures their parents can’t relate to. The question is, regardless of gender, how do you reach your teens?

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Parenting Pointers - What Parents Can Do to Protect Their Children on Social Media

Motherhood Moments

Social media is a “joy thief” in many ways, says Magee, who travels the country speaking with parents and children about substance misuse and mental health. That’s why it’s up to parents to intervene and help them develop healthier habits around their social media use. Yes, many parents love getting on social media themselves.

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Parenting Pointers: Promoting Emotional Readiness for the Workplace

Motherhood Moments

He doesn’t blame parents, either (frankly, most are overwhelmed and don’t know where to even begin to start). For now, says Magee, parents need to prepare their children upstream mentally and emotionally for the stress they’ll face downstream when they enter the workforce. 43 percent suffered from anxiety.

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Pet Pointers: Best Cities to Walk Your Dog

Motherhood Moments

Jackson, Mississippi, finished last again this year, while Montgomery, Alabama (No. Leave It to the Paw-fessionals: Florida makes it easy to unleash pet parents from dog walking duties. The West performed paw-rticularly well in Access and Quality metrics, thanks to numerous high-quality dog-friendly trails. 198), trailed just ahead.

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Healthy Habits: The Mayo Lab Podcast with David Magee

Motherhood Moments

Parents and educators are beyond overwhelmed. And with so many experts out there in so many areas—parenting, addiction, mental health—it’s hard to know where to start. This weekly program—which kicked off February 28—will serve as a single source of research-based guidance for parents, educators, and students. It’s the opposite.

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Fun Staycation Ideas From All Across the Country

Family Balance Sheet

Here are the links to the other bloggers' sites for you to plan out your summer staycation or vacation: New England Connecticut - Parenting Miracles Boston, Massachusetts - ? We are all writing about fun and low cost summer ideas in our respective areas of the country.

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Website Spotlight - TOOTRiS (Child Care Platform)

Motherhood Moments

The TOOTRiS Child Care network is solving that problem, by digitizing the industry and creating an online marketplace for parents, providers, and employers to connect. When you give parents access to real-time availability and options, you empower them with the ability to make decisions they feel good about.”

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