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Helping Teens Cope with COVID Restrictions and Rules

The New York Times adolescences columnist and psychologist, Lisa Damour, talks about how to empathize with your teen during COVID. Your teen may want to go out and have friends whose life seemingly hasn’t changed. This can be a difficult situation to be in as a parent but you can help your teen through it all.

Emptying the Dishwasher Can Help Kids Mental Health

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The New York Times, Sharon Holbrook, wrote an article on how giving children different tasks such as doing the dishes, ordering take-out, helping dye their mom’s hair, etc. can help with self-efficacy; children can gain confidence and gain motivation to do new tasks!

Create Your Own Shamrock Shake

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Saint Patrick’s Day is right around the corner and what better way to celebrate it than making your own Shamrock Shake? Here is a recipe from Allrecipes.com. It is simple with only four ingredients and taking 10 minutes to make. Enjoy your treat and Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

6 Dr. Seuss Books Will No Longer Be Published

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The New York Times, Jenny Gross, wrote an article about 6 books by Dr. Seuss that will no longer be published because of offensive images used in the books. One of them being “The Cats Quizzer” and another one being “And to think I saw it on Mulberry Street.”

Celebrate Dr. Seuss’s Birthday

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Dr. Sess’s birthday on March 2nd is celebrated nationwide by libraries and elementary schools alike. Libraries set up displays and hold events and kids in elementary schools have a reading day where they go to school in their pajamas and read books the whole day. Why not continue the celebration with these coloring pages to celebrate Dr. Seuss!