July 31: Teaching children to help themselves

Posted Jul 31, 2014 02:11:36 PM.

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Do you do too much for your children? Today’s Parent content and products director Nadine Silverthorne offers advice on how you can let children help themselves. Reported by Anne Lavrih.

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