Verbal Ping-Pong as a Child Social Test
Children test social skills through verbal sparring with parents, turning bedtime battles into lessons about rules and self control. Experts note that repeated refusals teach persistence, attention and power dynamics, while adults often misread baiting as mere misbehavior.
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Alan E. Kazdin
Yale University Child Study Center
New Haven
Volunteer Parents Place Reps to Tackle Drug Education
Janet Smith joins a Lawrence program placing parent representatives in Grant Elementary and others to boost drug and alcohol education. The effort, led by Donna Osness and Diane Ash, aims for drug free schools by enabling trained volunteers to support teachers and parents in each campus.
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Smith
Lawrence Public
Grant
Jacob
Lawrence Public Schools
Donna Osness
Lawrence
Riverside
Osness
Diane Ash
St. John's Catholic School
Ash
Ben Biglar
Drug expert to speak locally in Lawrence week
Paul Dunbar founder of Kids and Drugs will visit Lawrence Monday through December 4 to speak at Lawrence High School and four junior high assemblies. He will engage in small discussion groups and hold a public session Thursday at 7 p.m. in the Lawrence High School auditorium. Osness notes parents and teachers can relay drug information through school events and bulletin displays.
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Paul Dunbar
Lawrence
Dunbar
Lawrence High School
West Junior High
Central Junior High
South Junior High School
Dianna Keller
Danny
West Junior High School
Grady
Osness
Pam Smallwood
Planned Parenthood
Central Texas
Smallwood
Lifelong partners prove shared careers aid marriages
Stuart and Debra Levin, a Dunwoody couple and family physicians, met in college 22 years ago and now practice together with two children. Shared education and work strengthen couples, while others note compatibility at home and in business.
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Stuart
Debra Levin
Dunwoody
Levins
Stuart Levin
Rudy Roybal
Joseph
Marietta
Marty
Ted Jones
Southeastern Consortium For
Atlanta
Sylvia
Grove Park
Joneses
Clark College
Mrs. Jones
Robert H. Lauer
U.S. International University
San Diego
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