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  • What Kids Need to Succeed
    • Four Foundations of Adult Achievement
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  • About Andrea
    • Training with Andrea
      • Trainer “To Go”
        • Speaker Intro
  • Contact
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      • 49 Classic Clips: Parenting Articles
        • Movies with a Message
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    Another parenting blogger wants you to focus on raising future adults.... and wonders why we don't deal with bullying while our kids are still little.

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    Is it love or fear of failure that leads us to be over-parent and over-protect our kids? Parents who are raising future adults use a different approach to teach children "they can."

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