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Morning Struggles - Has your family fallen into bad habits. Like many parents this mom feels like she's put in a full days work by 8:15 AM. Her morning is consumed with nagging, reminding and taking away privileges. She tried establishing routines in the morning and it worked for a day or two and then it all fell apart.
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Have More Harmony in Your Family In this exclusive interview, parenting expert Beverley Cathcart-Ross explains how to have greater cooperation, communication, harmony and fun in your family life. 11MB MP3 file. June 5 2007.

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Friends. (Real Audio file Runs 3:58). It's been a few weeks now since school started and many kids have had a chance to renew old friendships and make a few new ones. The problem is, they may NOT be the kind of friends you would have chosen for your son or daughter. Beverley talks to Karen Horsman about what parents can do when they don't like their children's friends. This column was originally aired on October 16, 2007. CBC Metro Parenting on Metro Morning.

Democratic Parenting [4:36 min. audio clip]. February 2005. Beverley discusses democratic parenting with Karen Horsman on CBC Radio Metro Morning 99.1 FM. Real Audio.

 

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