Behavior & Discipline Articles

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  • Attend Your Teen's Holiday Parties
  • Christmas and New Years are coming, and with them Christmas and New Years Eve parties. At many of these parties, alcohol flows freely. I don’t know anyone who doesn’t drive just a little more...

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  • Bullies... What Are They Good For?
  • Bullies have been around since the beginning of time. We had to deal with bullies, and our parents had their own. There have always been bullies and their prey. Bullying is also not confined to...

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  • Bullycide: What is It and How Can It Be Prevented?
  • Disclaimer: This article expresses my opinion that has been formed by personal experience and research. It is not necessarily the opinion of LocalSchoolDirectory.com We’re all familiar with...

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  • Cutting Class
  • Depression is a very real problem for today’s youth. When your spirit doesn’t feel good, a lot of teens do what they can to make their body feel the same. Some students pick fights. Some students...

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  • Information on Cyberbullying
  • What is Cyberbullying? Cyberbullying is a new form of harassment, emotional abuse, intimidation and threats that emerged with the invention of the Internet. It is the use of instant...

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  • Internet Safety for Kids of All Ages
  • Kids are being introduced to the Internet at a very young age. Research for homework and school projects is easily accessible from our personal computers that are located in our homes. As parents, we...

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  • Teaching Children Respect
  • Statistics prove that there are many different family types in today’s society. Grandparents or a grandmother is raising more than 1.4 million school aged children. One million children are adopted,...

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  • Teaching Your Kids About Respect, Values and Violence
  • These days it seems that every newscast reports at least once incident of violence. As parents, we send our kids off to school trusting they will be safe. More and more often we hear of violent...

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  • The Adolescent Monster
  • “What happened to my sweet little baby?” Every parent has or will ask that sometime during the middle school years. It’s the same question our parents asked of us, their parents asked of them, and...

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  • Transform Your Middle School Slacker into a Scholar
  • All children need motivation to learn. Have your child’s grades decreased since he started middle school? Has his attitude about learning changed? Has the child that used to be studious turned into a...

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  • Your Child and School Corporal Punishment
  • Your child comes home at the end of the school day with a huge bruise on his upper arm. When you ask him to explain how he got it, he tells you that his teacher squeezed his arm and shook him hard....