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Nina Harada is an actor, writer, blogger, artist and RadicalParenting intern manager! She is an LA native with a passion for the arts. As a producer with her production team, PianoFight, she hopes to build an artistic community in her hometown bringing together art, music, theater, film and more.

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Laura is a 17-year-old from Ontario, Canada. She enjoys reading, traveling, and music. In her free time, she loves watching Friends reruns.S is for Scrabble by partizan92.

It’s cold and damp outside. The holidays are over and there won’t be another holiday from school until spring break which feels like ages away. No one gets excited when it snows; it no longer puts them in a Christmas mood. It just means another day that includes the inconvenience of having to dig your way out of the driveway so you can drive or walk without getting plastered with snow. Poor driving conditions or fear of cold weather keeps you inside with nothing to do. The months following Christmas and before spring can make one feel as if winter will never end- this is commonly known as the February Blahs or Mid-Winter Blues.

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2-5-2010 Articles for Parents This Week

February 5, 2010

Hello Readers!

This week we are heading to Portland for some events with Parents and Teens and just left San Diego for a great parenting conference.

Top Articles:

I think I am really bad at…
Help Vanessa make RadicalParenting even better this year, by telling us what you want to see more of!

Book Review: Frog or Prince? By Kaycee Jane
Fun dating advice that can double as a girls night, bonding over similar frog or prince stories and dilemmas discussed in the book.

10 Weirdest Trends for Teens in 2010
Vanessa makes her predictions for the top strangest trends teens will follow this year.

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Advice for Teen Entrepreneurs

February 4, 2010
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David Garland at Rise to the Top shares some awesome advice for teen entrepreneurs.  If you are a teen or twenty something entrepreneur you MUST subscribe to his website and Twitter feed.  He puts out an astounding amount of videos and free information.

This is an interview I did with the amazing David Garland who runs Rise to the Top a website and show that helps entrepreneurs and business people be successful and happy with their careers.  All of his videos have fabulous advice and I was honored when he asked me to do an interview about my business, how I make money blogging, with my ebooks and self-publishing.

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What Kids Wish Their Parents Knew About Sibling Rivalry

February 3, 2010

Stephanie is a writing intern for Radical Parenting. She is a high school sophomore residing in New Jersey with hopes of further developing her writing career.Siblings by tedb3rd.

She took her shirt. He embarrassed him in front of his friends. Simple little actions like these can set off brothers and sisters just like that. You know what I’m talking about – the pouting, the eye-rolling, the insults, the blaming, the (hopefully not!) kicking and screaming…

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Teen Figure Skating Advice: Never Give Up

February 2, 2010

Aimee is from West Chester, PA, and she is 15 years old. She has a passion for figure skating, ballet and playing the piano. She loves challenges and aspires to be a lawyer when she is older.European figure skating championships by siecioslaw.

I have been figure skating for 5 years. I have spent hours on the ice practicing and trying to perfect my jumps and spins, and I have also had countless lessons. My coach has always told me to never, ever give up and to always give 100%. This piece of advice seems so simple, and has been said so many times to people that it almost seems repetitive now, but I think that it is such a great thing to tell someone.

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I think I am really bad at…

February 1, 2010

For my New Year’s resolutions I wanted to make my website, RadicalParenting, give more to our readers.  I decided to start with what I am bad at.

  • I think perhaps we could do a better job picking article topics you would like to hear about.
  • I seem to pick the wrong topics to write ebooks about.  I want to write about topics that will really inform and help our readers.
  • Do I need to do more reviews or give-aways? I see a lot of other blogs doing that and do not want our readers to feel we are not giving enough back!
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Book Review: Frog or Prince? By Kaycee Jane

January 31, 2010

I just got a copy of Frog or Prince by Kaycee Jane to review and was blown away.  First, how awesome is the title? It so aptly describes the predicament that most girls (ahem, women) find themselves in whenever they go to a dance, bar, singles event or cocktail party.  Is he really what you think he is?

Second, I love that Kaycee is speaking to the right demographic. Why should we wait until our 20s, 30s and 40s to start reading dating books! I needed the help earlier, before I kissed that frog who never turned.

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Meet the Teachers

January 30, 2010

Born and bred a British, Shamima, 15, is all about creativity and self-expression. She wishes to pursue a career in Medicine and pursue her interests in poetry, fashion, writing and maybe in the distant future, property development.Success! - Undergrad Graduation by m00by.

I arrived at my high school a child and in a mere five months I will leave a young adult equipped with fine, fierce determination, ambition and inspiration. I feel privileged to bear such parcel of gifs – five years was what it took to acquire and the rest of my life is the duration it will remain significant to me – owing to the best of teachers, three significant mentors who, like cement and bricks, pieced me together, the person who will come to face the wider world in a only five months.

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A Decade in Teen Violence

January 30, 2010

Gema is an 18-year old from Miami, FL. She loves reading and writing young adult fiction and claims to pass out in the presence of sterile wit.the teen condition. by amanda in wonderland..

The term teen violence has been used so often that it’s lost all meaning. It’s an abstract concept that teens hear about over and over again but they don’t comprehend the peril until they experience it. When I was in high school, students rolled their eyes when teachers said things like: “Please don’t let me catch you with a pocket knife. I will have to report you.”

“Why would anyone bring a knife to school?”

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