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How To Meet The Demands Of Pregnancy And Career

 Being pregnant with a job is hard work. Not only is there that extra weight to carry around, but planning a happy and healthy pregnancy involves navigating tricky issues like scheduling your doctor's visits, whether it's safe to travel, and how to deal with morning sickness.

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The Challenge of Difficult Children

Why Kids Tattle and What to Do About It

We need to stop labeling children as "tattletales" and pay attention to what they are really communicating. Tattling is a complex behavior. If we can respond appropriately our children will be safer, emotionally and physically, and they will develop the maturity that puts an end to the "tattling stage".

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Looking for Parents of Special Children

Personal Journal writing encourages us to identify the essential ideas, make connections between our own ideas, and other people's knowledge. The discipline of writing helps us to make explicit the struggle to understand new ideas, and assists us in clarifying and refining what we think we know. The journal also serves as a record of how our perceptions, beliefs and attitudes evolve over time.

How about sharing your experiences and thoughts on parenting? Keep track of your feelings and progress. Simply fill out this short online application and send us your picture and we'll set up your own online journal here at HealthyPlace.com.

It's not only good for you, but it also helps the visitors who come by and read your journal.

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Conference Transcripts

Special Education Law: What Every Parent Needs to Know

Schools are like production lines and when something disrupts the flow, all hell breaks loose, and the slowdown in production is blamed on the part and the worker, i.e., the student and the teacher. Find out how you can help your child with Special Law Issues when you click here.

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1001 Great Ideas for Teaching and Raising Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

In a snappy, can-do format, 1001 Great Ideas for Teaching and Raising Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders offers page after page of try-it-now solutions that have worked for thousands of children grappling with social, sensory, behavioral, and self-care issues, plus many more.

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Radio Show Archives

"The Life of One Gay Teen"

16-year old Braden's life turned to hell when he got to high school. Schoolmates called him "fag" and ridiculed him for being gay. The verbal taunts weren't enough for some. Last year, the day before Valentine's Day, a couple of bullies beat him in the school hallway so bad, he almost passed out. Depressed, he wanted to kill himself. His story, listener calls, and our psychiatrist's thoughts on how to deal with the problems that many gay teens face are all in this show.

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Have you visited our new mental health forums - bulletin boards area. It's a place where people with psychiatric conditions or their family members and friends can post questions regarding the mental health issues that confront them today. We encourage you to post your questions and to offer your advice and experience. Sharing is helpful to everyone.

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