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Responsibility

Raising a child who follows through and owns their choices.

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    In-Game Purchases, Loot Boxes, and the Pressure to Spend

    Many games no longer make money only when someone buys the game. Children may encounter virtual currencies, character skins, battle passes, limited-time offers and loot boxes while they’re already playing. None of that means every in-game purchase is bad, but children benefit from understanding that the game isn’t only giving them things to play. It may also be giving them reasons to spend.

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ResponsibilityEarly Childhood – Teen · 60 min

Our Ways in Raising Children, Part 4

60 min · In the final part of his series “Our Ways,” Sheikh Ali Hammuda walks through the stages of a child’s growth that…

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ResponsibilityAll ages · 45 min

Our Ways in Raising Children, Part 3

45 min · In the third part of his series “Our Ways,” Sheikh Ali Hammuda completes his list of twelve habits he says wear…

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ResponsibilityEarly Childhood – Teen · 56 min

The Brain Expert: How to Raise Mentally Resilient Children

56 min · In this wide-ranging interview, psychiatrist Dr. Daniel Amen lays out the framework behind his book Raising Mentally Strong Kids: get clear…

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ResponsibilityEarly Childhood – Teen · 36 min

How to Raise Mentally Resilient Children (According to Age in Islam)

36 min · Closing a four-part series, Sheikh Ali Hammuda maps a child’s development onto six age brackets drawn from the Quran and hadith,…

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ResponsibilityMiddle Childhood – Teen · 14 min

How to Raise Successful Kids — Without Over-Parenting

14 min · Former Stanford dean Julie Lythcott-Haims argues that over-parenting, not under-parenting, is quietly damaging a generation of kids. She describes the ‘checklisted…

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ResponsibilityEarly Childhood – Teen · 21 min

Teaching Kids Finance: How to Be a Great Financial Role Model

21 min · Financial planner Chad Willardson joins Smart Money Parenting host Scott Donnell to unpack what it actually means to be a financial…

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