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Addressing Anxiety About Back-to-School
KSL TVââ?¬â??Studio 5 Whether it’s the first day of kindergarten, middle school, junior high or high school, many children feel anxious about their first big day. These are milestones in your child’s life, and how your child adapts may likely determine how he or she adjusts to other “firsts” throughout life.
Continue readingSetting Your Kids Up For School Success
KSL TVââ?¬â??Studio 5 School is in the air and summer break is about to draw to a close! Apart from home, school is the single most important place in the lives of our children. As we prepare backpacks with notebooks, paper, pencils, and markers, experts remind us to prepare our children emotionally for back-to-school success, […]
Continue readingNavigating the Challenges of Stepfamilies
KSL TVââ?¬â??Studio 5 Currently in the United States, one out of three Americans has a step-relationship of some kind: step-parent, step-sibling, step-child, step-grandparent, step-somethingââ?¬Â¦but how do you blend histories and personalities without feeling that you’re a step down from traditional families?
Continue readingTips on How to Savor Summer Memories
KSL TVââ?¬â??Studio 5 If your family is in the traditional school system where kids are home for the summer, you have approximately 60 days, 18 hours and 30 minutes left before schools starts. But there is still time left to create summer memories that will last a lifetime.
Continue readingThe Importance of Work/Life Balance for Fathers
KSL TVââ?¬â??Studio 5 Contrary to a popular belief, Mother’s Day and Father’s Day were NOT established to support the greeting card industry In the early 1900’s, following the campaign to make Mother’s Day a holiday, Sonora Dodd wanted to honor her widowed father who raised Sonora and her five siblings, including an infant son, following […]
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