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Kids, College, and the Value of Education

September 11, 2012 by D. A. Wolf 14 Comments

Is college a lousy investment for our kids?

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: college applications, college prep, education, Parenting, parenting college students, parenting teens, teaching kids life skills

Show Me the Money

August 24, 2012 by D. A. Wolf 8 Comments

Women MUST care about money. Women, compensation, negotiating, money management.

Filed Under: Life After Divorce, Sexual Politics, Surviving Recession, Women and Money Tagged With: definitions of success, gender roles, jobs, life after divorce, money, negotiating pay, post-divorce life, single moms, single mothers, teaching kids life skills, women and money, women's issues

Dogged

July 30, 2012 by D. A. Wolf 3 Comments

Conflict resolution tips that apply to almost anything… including stubborn kids, silent spouses.

Filed Under: Business, Parenting, Relationships Tagged With: careers, communication skills, confidence, creative problem-solving, defining success, determination, flexibility, negotiating salary, negotiating tips, Parenting, teaching kids life skills, women and money

Parenting Panacea (What’s Next?)

July 15, 2012 by D. A. Wolf 11 Comments

Hyperparenting. Helicoptering. Parenting Styles vs Common Sense.

Filed Under: Parenting, Surviving Recession Tagged With: cost of raising children, economy, education, motherhood, New York Times, Parenting, parenting advice, parenting college students, parenting teens, single moms, Single Parenting, teaching kids life skills

Does Parenting Advice Help or Hurt?

July 8, 2012 by D. A. Wolf 9 Comments

Parenting advice. When do we believe it?

Filed Under: Advice, Language, Parenting Tagged With: choose words carefully, communication, communication style, Parenting, parenting advice, parenting teens, self-esteem, teaching kids life skills

Reading Rituals

July 1, 2012 by D. A. Wolf 8 Comments

Wild plots. Heroes with superpowers. Gadgets, get-ups, gizmos… Does anything go, if it gets our kids to read? I recall summers as a time for unwinding – at least in some measure: a little sun, a little swimming, no commitments that were too trying for the gray matter. But there was room for reading – […]

Filed Under: Culture, Other Stuff, Parenting Tagged With: books, daily plate of crazy, education, high school education, Parenting, parenting teenagers, parenting teens, reading, summer reading, teaching kids life skills, what are you reading

Searching

May 9, 2012 by D. A. Wolf 9 Comments

It is a simple thing. I am searching for a password to an alumnae account so I can update a profile. I am searching for the key, a combination of letters and numbers that resides somewhere on a thumb drive, itself a key. I have only to locate the right one – a small strip […]

Filed Under: Language, Parenting Tagged With: aging, divorce, empty nest, lost keys, Marriage and Divorce, single moms, single parenthood, Single Parenting, teaching kids life skills, women raising men, writing, writing from life

Breaking the Rules

May 4, 2012 by D. A. Wolf 8 Comments

Occasionally breaking the rules is one thing. A pattern of disregard, something else.

Filed Under: Lifestyle, Parenting Tagged With: big questions, breaking rules, breaking the rules, fairness doctrine, narcissism, Parenting, parenting teens, personality types, psychology, society, teaching kids life skills, unsung hero

Nolo Contendere

April 27, 2012 by D. A. Wolf 16 Comments

Listening. Can it make or break a relationship?

Filed Under: Family Dynamics, Health, Parenting, Relationships Tagged With: communication skills, life skills, making marriage work, marriage, momalom, non-verbal communication, Parenting, parenting teens, Relationships, Single Parenting, teaching kids life skills, women's health

How to Marry the “Right” Person

March 24, 2012 by D. A. Wolf 13 Comments

Can we acquire the skills to choose partners with our heads as well as our hearts?

Filed Under: Love, Marriage, Parenting, Relationships Tagged With: divorce, education, life skills, marriage, Marriage and Divorce, Parenting, parenting teens, Single Parenting, teaching kids life skills, why must we marry

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