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The Healthy Navajo K'é Podcast is supported by Diné College, Northern Arizona University, and Arizona Department of Health Services. The podcast shares information and resources on Navajo infant, child, adolescent, maternal and overall family health.
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#1 The foster parents were trained to use a system of points and levels to modify behavior. The kids would start on a low level and earn points every day for completing various tasks, with which they could then buy a range of privileges.
#2 I made two charts for the children. One for each child. On each chart, I had written three statements. For each successfully completed...
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#1 Helen, after college, spent most of her time with non-government organizations fighting for a better world. She went wherever she was needed, and one day, her mother asked her to come home. Her father had killed himself in the house where she grew up.
#2 When I asked Helen if she had ever thought of herself as resilient, she was taken aback but not confused. She replied...
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#1 This part of the book addresses how verbal abuse limits your potential and how to recover from it. It covers self-help processes to facilitate recovery, including how to discover and recover your greatest gifts, and how to develop a strong sense of self.
#2 Verbal abuse is the attempt to control you. It is important to understand that you are not what you've been...
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#1 The area where we lived was between the glitzy Hamptons estates and New York City's gritty, disco party culture. We rarely traveled the main roads like the Southern State or Sunrise Highway.
#2 I was always the one who opened the car doors for my mother, since the interior car-door handle was missing. I was always the one who stepped out and pulled the exterior driver's-side...
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#1 The phone rings. I am standing on a stool reaching up for a cookbook that's sitting right in the farthest corner of the top shelf. I have just finished clearing up after the children's dinner, and my foster child, Lily, has announced her decision to become a vegetarian.
#2 I have been working hard to help Lily learn to control her temper and her desire to always be...
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#1 The young female body has changed over time, and today's girls menstruate earlier than they did a century ago. They also have sexual intercourse at a younger age than they did a century ago.
#2 Menarche's new timetable is problematic on two levels. While girls are healthier and mature earlier, there has been no acceleration in their emotional and cognitive skills....
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#1 I was as young as six when my mother told me she loved me more than anyone else. I sensed that my safety depended on providing her with emotional support. I was constantly playing family mediator, and I constantly buried my needs and observations.
#2 I was always the good girl who was expected to relieve my mother of her worries, and I felt I could not deviate from...
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#1 Estrangement is the condition of being physically and/or emotionally distant from one or more family members, either by choice or at the request or decision of the other. It can be roughly divided into three types: total cutoff, emotional estrangement, and on-and-off estrangement.
#2 Estrangement can be temporary, and it's up to you and your child to make sure it...
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#1 Self-care is a buzzword for moms, but it's not just about spending money on activities. It's about making time for yourself and taking care of yourself. You'll learn what self-care is and how to make it a reality for you.
#2 Self-care is the act of taking care of yourself, and it's important to make it a priority. You'll learn that self-care is more than the big,...
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#1 I had been abroad for almost two years, working full time as a writer, and I intended to return to my life in Wales, to my stone cottage, my dog, and my Scottish fiancé. But family matters brought me home. I was called a consultant resource person in my job description, and the children were termed behaviorally disordered.
#2 I was coming to the conclusion that I...
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#1 The modern parent struggles to raise children who are not as respectful and disciplined as they were when they were children. Many parents feel as though they are not making any progress with their children, and they are growing more and more frustrated.
#2 The gap between children and adults has never been bigger. We struggle to live up to our image of what parenting...
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#1 I was very apprehensive about being a stepmother. I knew that the house I was living in was not a normal house, but rather a shrine to the past. The bedroom did not have a door or a wall to put it in, allowing anyone on the first or second floor to hear everything going on up there.
#2 The majority of women who become stepmothers experience difficulties, and these...
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#1 I was born in Phoenix, Arizona, to a rather unusual couple. My mother was the seventeen-year-old girlfriend of her former stepfather, who was only twenty-eight-years-old himself. I was not their first child, and I was the brand new sister to a two-year-old boy.
#2 I was four years old when I was attacked by a dog. The next day, I was in a hospital room with my mother,...
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#1 Parents give their children access to technology so easily because they believe that if their child has a cell phone, they can reach them at any time and know where they are at all times. However, they don't realize the other consequences of this technology, including the spread and intensity of gossip, humiliation, and drama.
#2 The effects of technology on our society...
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#1 I was 15 in 1976 when my parents got the call that my dad was coming home from his job in Iran. My mom was working three jobs to keep up with the payments on our house, since my dad wasn't sending any money.
#2 My father, Wayne Schiller, is a very bright man who likes being hip with his hair combed back in a cool duck's ass and wearing his peg-leg pants. He is a master...
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Book Preview: #1 Critical thinking is a tool that we use to help us live. It is a process of strategic reasoning, insightfulness, perseverance, creativity, and craftsmanship. It allows us to interpret and act.
#2 Educators want children to be critical thinkers. They want them to be able to identify their perceptions, what causes them to trust one source of information and distrust...
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#1 Depression is a common mood disorder that can be debilitating. It is experienced by all types of people, at any age, and under many circumstances. It can feel overwhelming and overwhelming, like a heavy weight you can't escape from.
#2 When we are depressed, people often tell us to cheer up or stop being so negative. The Western world values extroversion and optimism,...
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#1 I loved watching the TV show Leave It to Beaver, which portrayed a perfect family living out their lives. I wished I could have such a family, but I knew that was beyond what my own family could ever hope to achieve.
#2 The author's father was a salesman, and he spent the work week traveling through several states meeting with community fire chiefs and city council...
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#1 I was relieved to be leaving the newspaper, but I was also clear about two things: I didn't want to write about politics or money anymore, and I wanted a boyfriend. I was smitten with Simon, but wary. I didn't let myself take him too seriously.
#2 I move to Paris and begin dating Simon, a French soccer writer. I sell most of my possessions and ship the rest to France....
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#1 I had taken a week off after Tayo left, and before I began respite fostering, I had a chance to clean and air out the bedroom. I took in Jemma, a five-year-old who had been with her carers for six months. Paula and Lucy, my daughters aged 16 and 18, were happy to help with Jemma.
#2 I was asked to take care of Daisy, a 15-year-old, for two weeks. I knew from my own...
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