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Raising Teens: How Parents Can Bridge Societal Challenges |
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From Ascribe Newsfeed: "Kids are not just small adults," Associate Professor Mary Muscari said. They don't have that ability, those experiences." In the latest books, "Everything Parents Guide to Raising Adolescent Girls" (with lead author Moira McCarthy), and "Everything Parents Guide to Raising Adolescent Boys" (with lead author Robin Elise Weiss), Muscari notes that although the general issues of parenting don't change so much, new trends in society can create added challenges. "For instance, more families today have two working parents, which can make it difficult to spend time together." When parents and children communicate well and regularly, kids are less inclined to hide their problems. If your child tells you when something goes wrong, you can get involved before a situation escalates. It's true that children now are more exposed to the world outside their neighborhood, she said, but fear itself can be a threat to kids. Muscari is an associate professor in the Decker School of Nursing at Binghamton University. Muscari has more than thirty years of experience working with children and teens. She has conducted a number of parenting workshops around the country on topics such as keeping kids safe from predators ("live" and on the Web), bullying, and how to raise nonviolent kids. AScribe Newswire distributes news from nonprofit and public sector organizations.
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