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Fathers interested in using their parenting skills to teach their child about fiscal responsibility may want to make sure they have a well-focused getting-out-of-debt plan themselves.A new study from the Norton School of Family and Consumer Sciences at the University of Arizona has found that parents have the greatest influence on a college student's financial habits.Dr Soyeon … [Read more...] about Financial parenting skills can positively affect a child

New research has emerged that offers some insight into how teenage girls deal with their peers and how that interaction can affect them emotionally.The study was conducted at the National Institute of Mental Health and at Georgia State University, and examined teenagers aged 9 to 17 who were described as "white, psychiatrically healthy Americans."Participants were … [Read more...] about Helping teenage daughters with depression through parenting skills

While embracing a new son or daughter can be an exciting time, fathers may want to utilize their money-saving parenting skills in an effort to keep their family budget from busting at the seams.One way to do this, and it may be a surprise to some new fathers, is to use reusable cloth diapers instead of typical one-use diapers.Some have estimated that an average baby goes … [Read more...] about Fathers can save money with cloth diapers

Last night on Larry King Live, the celebrated interviewer spent a significant amount of time with Joe Jackson, father of pop star and icon Michael Jackson who passed away late last month.Though it's been reported by several news agencies that Joe Jackson left a lot to be desired in terms of being a father (a notion confirmed by Michael himself during an interview), one … [Read more...] about Good parenting skills can give kids structure

Some young children may be affected emotionally from some of the summer's biggest blockbusters, which means fathers will have to call on their parenting skills to address the situation.In films like Pixar's Up and the recently released Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, such themes as divorce and death are part of the features' main plot.These may be hard issues for young … [Read more...] about Emotional movies call for parenting skills