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Phelps Explores How To Deal With A Stubborn Teen Phelps Explores How To Deal With A Stubborn Teen
Phelps Explores How To Deal With A Stubborn Teen So your 16-year-old is driving you crazy! Everything you ask him/her to do turns into a fight. You were raised to respect your parents and do what they say, but your child continues to fight you every step of the way. It’s common for parents to use their own experience with their family as a roadmap for navigating tricky situations with their teen. However, parenting is very different today than it was 25 or 30 years ago, so the roadmaps have changed. How your parents raised you may not necessarily work with your child. Because of this, the first thing I always recommend when dealing with a…

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Police Warn Parents About Private Snapchat Feature Police Warn Parents About Private Snapchat Feature
Police Warn Parents About Private Snapchat Feature Police are warning parents about a Snapchat feature that they might not be aware of. “There is a section that is hiding in plain sight: It is called ‘My Eyes Only,’ found in the camera roll,” Ridgefield Park police warned on Friday. “This section is passcode protected and is where images/videos can be saved privately,” the department wrote. “Items in this section would be images/videos taken by your child with that specific device.” To see if your child has activated this private area: Open Snapchat (it should open to the camera); Swipe the screen upward, which should take you to "…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Armonk, NY
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Back-To-School: Seven Easy Tips To Get You And Your Child Ready For A New Year Back-To-School: Seven Easy Tips To Get You And Your Child Ready For A New Year
Back-To-School: Seven Easy Tips To Get You And Your Child Ready For A New Year With the start of the new school year just around the corner, now is a great time to start preparing your family to make the transition back to school smooth and easy. Here are some helpful tips to get the whole family organized ahead of the back-to-school rush: 1. Sleep schedule: Kids tend to sleep in and stay up later during the summer. Getting them back on a regular sleep schedule now will make it easier to adjust back to their school schedule. Getting enough sleep is critical for children to concentrate and succeed in school. 2. School physical and vaccines: Bring your child in for …

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West Milford, NJ
Obituaries
West Milford Mom Mourning Daughter Reveals Addiction's Impact On Family West Milford Mom Mourning Daughter Reveals Addiction's Impact On Family
West Milford Mom Mourning Daughter Reveals Addiction's Impact On Family The mother of a 23-year-old Bloomingdale girl who passed away after several years of battling addiction is raising awareness toward the disease that took her daughter's life. Ashley Breeze was giving sobriety one last shot. Her reasons to keep fighting were her two kids, Ralph and Isabella. "She had been working so hard to get her life together for them," Breeze's mom Caroline Denaro of West Milford said. "She had gone through three different detox programs and had been taking various parenting and life courses. She had been clean for some time now." But Breeze died s…

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by Cecilia Levine