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Teen Stress: How Parents Can Help Kids Manage It

May 4, 2022 by Shannon Carpenter

Today’s teen is under more stress than ever. We offers tips to help you spot it and create coping strategies with them.

Filed Under: health, National, relationships Tagged With: anger, books, college, high school, mental health, stress, teens / tweens

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First Cell Phone Sign Daddy’s Little Girl Is No More

February 7, 2022 by Shannon Carpenter

When he gives his 11-year-old daughter her first cell phone, one dad worries he’s opened her to a necessary but scary new world.

Filed Under: gear, National, relationships Tagged With: cell phones, daughters, growing up, humor, technology

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Great Parenting Advice For The Asking … Just Ask Dad

November 17, 2021 by Shannon Carpenter

While researching a parenting book, one writer found a simple question to many dads resulted in long stretches of great parenting advice.

Filed Under: National, parenting advice Tagged With: books, fathers, tips, writing

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Supervillain Children In The Making Worries, Impresses Their Dad

September 20, 2021 by Shannon Carpenter

A trip to the observatory reveals to this dad that his kids have supervillain potential. He’s equally impressed and terrified.

Filed Under: education Tagged With: behavior, humor, science, superheroes

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Babysitting the Kids? Not This Dad with Snappy Comebacks at the Ready

May 3, 2021 by Shannon Carpenter

For years, if someone asked this father if he was babysitting the kids, he’d brush it off. After 15 years, he’s done being polite about it.

Filed Under: at-home parenting Tagged With: at-home dads, babysitting, humor, modern dads, stay-at-home parents

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Post-it Notes from Wife Left to Hubby’s Imaginative Interpretation

December 2, 2020 by Shannon Carpenter

I pride myself on being able to understand ancient languages. But the Post-it Notes my wife leaves me? Not all codes were meant to be broken.

Filed Under: relationships Tagged With: humor, reading, shopping, spouses and partners, writing

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