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☆ Watch what you say about Taylor Swift around your kids. Why it’s important
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-09 | by ( Analysis Dr. Katie Hurley | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Rapper Eminem stands on the field before the January 14 game between the Detroit Lions and Los Angeles Rams. Kevin Mazur/TAS23/Getty Images for TAS Rights ManagementOwn your narrativeDespite near-constant media scrutiny and rumors, Swift continues to own her narrative. This is a great lesson for young girls and women of all ages who can feel judged and criticized by others. There’s not a single reason to take that away from the many young fans who look up to her. She is the author of five books, including “No More Mean Girls: The Secret to Raising Strong, Confident, and Compassionate Girls.”

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☆ 5 ways to help boys cultivate friends and combat loneliness
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Phyllis L. Fagell | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Like Kaden, many boys want to spend time with friends but lack the skills needed to connect. Here are five ways you can help boys form satisfying friendships to combat loneliness and its damaging effects. Do your boys have individual friends and friend groups? Help boys take social risksFor boys who need logistical help, “Say, ‘I want you to text three people,’” said Christopher Pepper, a teacher who coordinates boys’ groups in San Francisco Public Schools. Help boys read social cuesAt Sterling Hall School in Toronto, teachers facilitate community circles to teach boys how to repair friendships and show empathy, said principal Rick Parsons.

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☆ What parents need to know about relational aggression in a post-Covid world
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Analysis Dr. Katie Hurley | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Relational aggression among teens isn’t anything new, but it can be especially hideous when it plays out alongside cyberbullying. Relational aggression among minors is complexCancel culture trickled down to teens, tweens and even younger children, and the combination of cyberbullying and social isolation in school can be swift. Protective factors are essentialTeens need sources of support and understanding when they’re dealing with relational aggression and cyberbullying, and this is where protective factors become important. • Research the reporting options at your teen’s school in case your teen decides to seek help on campus. What’s difficult about relational aggression is that it’s often subtle and under the radar of adults working in teen spaces.

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☆ How to deal with teensplaining, according to an expert
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( Katia Hetter | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN: Why are teens lecturing parents about stuff like no one ever lived before they were born? Hurley: It’s common for people of different generations to have different ideas about how to handle difficult parenting moments. Hurley: When we are dismissive of teen voices, teens get the message that we don’t value their experiences and opinions. One reason teens might feel somewhat disconnected from parents is that a lot has changed since their parents were teens. Instead of feeling upset by the teen expert living in your home, try coming from a place of curiosity.

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☆ Let Kids Get Bored. It’s Good for Them.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-19 | by ( Catherine Pearson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

But the reality is that boredom is “normal, natural and healthy,” said Dr. Westgate, whose research focuses on what boredom is, why people experience it and what happens when they do. “Guarding kids from ever feeling bored is misguided in the same way that guarding kids from ever feeling sad, or ever feeling frustrated, or ever feeling angry is misguided,” she said. One way parents can help children, particularly younger ones, learn to manage boredom is to work with them on developing what Dr. Westgate called greater emotional granularity. For instance, you can help them to distinguish between feeling sad or bored. “Name it to tame it,” a phrase coined by the psychiatrist Dan Siegel, is a technique many child development experts use to help children identify their feelings.

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☆ How to help teens can avoid diet culture this holiday season
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-20 | by ( Katie Hurley | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

She specializes in work with tweens, teens and young adults. The fact that diet culture all over social media targets grown women is bad enough, but such messaging also trickles down to tweens and teens. But as we enter the winter holiday season, shame-based diet culture pressure, often wrapped up with toxic positivity to appear encouraging, increases. “Parents are often made to feel helpless in the face of TikTokers, peer pressure or wider diet culture, but it’s important to remember this: parents are influencers, too,” said Hanson. “Talk openly about it.”She suggests asking the following questions when discussing people’s messaging around diet culture:● Who are they?

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