March 2007

Toddler Management:
An Alternative to Conflict
How we handle our child’s first movements toward autonomy will either teach him to trust us or to fear us. A different perspective on “difficult” children and
the “terrible twos” and how to handle them with communication skills and problem solving in the family, shared by Shirley Luxem of Parent Effectiveness Training.

Strong Kids Strong Teens Motivates
Overweight Kids to Lifestyle Change
Strong Kids Strong Teens is a nutrition, physical activity and self-empowerment program that serves overweight children and teens and their parents at community-based YMCAs through a unique partnership between the YMCA of Greater Seattle, Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Centers and Odessa Brown Children's Clinic.

Departments

Publisher's Note: Shifts in Thinking

Are Dust Bunnies Worth Worries?

Study Shows Widespread Influence of
Toxic Chemicals

March Calendar of Events
Highlights & Hot Tips
Classes for Kids
Parent Education

Letters to the Editor
Why We Should Suspend the WASL Math Test

School Directory

Marketplace

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