Monthly Archives: January 2007

Part of the Parenting For the 21st Century series, presented in partnership by the Lewis & Clark College Center for Continuing and Professional Studies and Portland Parks and Recreation.
When a romantic twosome evolves into a step-couple, challenges arise that can take people by surprise, from coping with visitation schedules to differing parenting styles. [...]

Part of the Parenting For the 21st Century series, presented in partnership by the Lewis & Clark College Center for Continuing and Professional Studies and Portland Parks and Recreation.
On a daily basis more than 160,000 girls and young women nationwide report missing school out of fear of aggression from other girls. Girl-to-girl aggression manifests as [...]

Part of the Parenting For the 21st Century series, presented in partnership by the Lewis & Clark College Center for Continuing and Professional Studies and Portland Parks and Recreation.
Working mothers—especially those with young children—are expected to be superwomen, an admirable but doomed pursuit. In fact, husbands and children fare better when mom puts herself [...]

Part of the Parenting For the 21st Century series, presented in partnership by the Lewis & Clark College Center for Continuing and Professional Studies and Portland Parks and Recreation.
Baby Boomers will be the first generation to live longer without children at home than with children at home. While this new life may feel liberating, [...]

Part of the Parenting For the 21st Century series, presented in partnership by the Lewis & Clark College Center for Continuing and Professional Studies and Portland Parks and Recreation.
Girls often are induced to use alcohol, tobacco and other drugs to become or stay slim, manage stress, appear mature, be popular with peers of both sexes, [...]

Part of the Parenting For the 21st Century series, presented in partnership by the Lewis & Clark College Center for Continuing and Professional Studies and Portland Parks and Recreation.
US Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne recently remarked, “We need to inspire a nation to escape their Blackberries for the satisfaction of actually picking a wild blackberry.” [...]

Part of the Parenting For the 21st Century series, presented in partnership by the Lewis & Clark College Center for Continuing and Professional Studies and Portland Parks and Recreation.
When a child experiences the death of a beloved pet he/she may experience emotional reactions that can be painful and frightening. This is often a child’s [...]