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Two Boston-area programs are helping kids from immigrant families or low-income families prepare for college.

Homework: Does it Help or Hurt?

Published: 08/26/2012 by Janine DeFao in Education

The debate over homework continues nationwide. Here are guidelines for parents concerned about their child’s homework load.

Add Some Homeschooling to Your Child’s Day

Published: 08/26/2012 by Robert Moskowitz in Child Development

These homeschooling strategies boost children’s learning – and you don’t have to be a homeschooler to try them.

A Dad's Case for Living Vicariously

Published: 05/25/2012 by Bill Levine in Family Relationships

In our My Turn column, Belmont dad Bil Levine talks about the thrills he gets reliving his own basketball career through his son.

Angered by the Phoebe Prince bullying case, Swampscott resident Megan Kelley Hall reached out to fellow young adult fiction authors to ask them to share experiences with bullying, either as a victim, an aggressor, or a person silent on the sidelines.

How to Chaperone a Teenage Party

Published: 11/11/2011 in Child Care

As the parent of a teen who wants to host a house party, you're ultimately in control. But your bigger job here is to teach your child all the life skills that come with entertaining.

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A Father's Uplifting Take on Raising Teens

Published: 05/26/2011 by Susan Flynn in Child Care

A new book by author Tom Sturges offers a refreshing and upbeat take on raising teens, and offers parents strategies for dealing with the sudden shut down in communication that inevitably occurs.