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Author Jay Asher on Bullying

Sunday, October 28th, 2012
by familycircle

jayasher2_sm Guest blogger Jay Asher, author of the young adult novel Thirteen Reasons Why, on how to respond when someone who’s been bullied reaches out to you. I speak at high schools and libraries across the country. It can be so inspiring to hear directly from my readers, both teens and adults,... Read More >

Categories: Books, Parenting Teens & Tweens

Actor Bob Balaban on the Importance of Bully Movie

Saturday, October 27th, 2012
by familycircle

book_sm Guest blogger Bob Balaban on the documentary Bully and bullying prevention. In my new children’s book series, The Creature from the Seventh Grade, protagonist Charlie Drinkwater is mercilessly taunted by his oversize nemesis, Craig Dieterly. Although much of the book is inspired by my own childhood experiences, I am happy... Read More >

Categories: Books, Parenting Teens & Tweens

Getting a Teen to Cook

Monday, October 22nd, 2012
by Christina Tynan-Wood

sarahs cooking class screen Wouldn't it be great to come home from work and discover that the kids had cooked a wonderful dinner and all I had to do was gush praise and eat? (And maybe do some dishes.) They have a bit more time in the afternoons several days a week than... Read More >

Categories: Family Tech with Christina, Parenting Teens & Tweens, Technology

The Sex Talk and Your Teen: What’s Porn Got To Do With It?

Thursday, October 11th, 2012
by Rosalind Wiseman

small Teen parenting expert Rosalind Wiseman offers advice on having "the sex talk" with kids for Planned Parenthood's Let's Talk Month. Pornography: It’s the reason kids are uncomfortable talking to their parents about sex. That’s what immediately came to mind when I read the

Categories: Family Life, Parenting Advice by Rosalind Wiseman, Parenting Teens & Tweens, The Sex Talk

Important New Book “Bully: An Action Plan”

Thursday, October 4th, 2012
by Rosalind Wiseman

BULLY cover featured image Teen parenting expert Rosalind Wiseman answers your tough questions. A year ago AC360’s town hall special Bullying: It Stops Here premiered. Several experts (myself included) and wonderful, brave children participated that day, and we showed clips of Bully, an extraordinary documentary profiling five young people who had been bullied. Working on... Read More >

Categories: Parenting Advice by Rosalind Wiseman, Parenting Teens & Tweens