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#111. How to Be a Competent Parent to Teens
Here are twelve “parenting competencies” associated with wellbeing in teens.
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#110. “Extended Childhood Disorder”: An Alternative Way of Understanding Teen Suffering
The problem is not in teens, but in the social constraints on teens.
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#109 Audio. School Refusal: Crime, Psychopathology, or Human Right?
How we view school refusal depends on our beliefs about children and human rights.
#109. School Refusal: Crime, Psychopathology, or Human Right?
How we view school refusal depends on our beliefs about children and human rights.
 • Peter Gray
#108. One Man's Choice of an Unconventional Life
Blake Boles describes here his life of high freedom, low income, and deep purpose.
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#107. Vegetable Gardening as a Key to Health and Happiness
Gardening is one of my favorite ways to play; and it produces food.
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