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Your success in raising well-behaved kids is dependent on meeting their three basic needs. All kids crave three things. Deliver on these and you'll go along way to raising happy, well-behaved kids.

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Some conversations are hard to have with kids, but a measure of effective parenting is how we deal with tough real-life issues such as the recent stabbing and subsequent death of a student in an Australian school.

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Raising toddlers is fantastic training for parenting teenagers. They both go through a brain development as well as both are pushing for more independence from their parents.

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Recent brain research has provided solid evidence that the developing teen brain and alcohol don’t mix. The younger that kids start drinking the greater the likelihood they are to be addicted to alcohol.

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An article in January 8th (2008) Melbourne's The Age caught my eye. Written by staff writer Larissa Dubecki it focussed on the 2007 release of the Pretty range of hair removal products by Nair aimed at the 10-15 year old age group- or in Nairspeak "first time hair removers".

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One of the biggest threats to young people’s wellbeing is when parents feel they are powerless or ineffective.