Why teens are striving for perfection and how to steer them into a healthier mindset

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Gale McKoy Wilkins is a family life coach, mother, grandmother, and founder of the nonprofit Family Education Initiative. She has an expert certification from the Family Life Coaching Association with a specialization in parent and teen support. Additionally, Gale leads a family life coaching organization based in North Carolina. 
Previously, Gale served as the executive director of a statewide women and youth advocacy agency in the N.C. Department of Administration. She has a master’s degree in liberal studies and women in leadership, and a graduate certificate in family life coaching, youth, family, and community, from North Carolina State University.

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Family

For most of Canada, classes will be back in session in September, whether IRL, online or a hybrid of both. And it'll be one for the books, that's for sure.

10 students, teachers and parents on going back to school in a pandemic

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From handling first crushes and anxiety to when you should start music lessons and talk about Santa, learn all about how to support your school-aged kids. 

Kids

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School-age

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Are smaller class sizes better for kids?

Does class size matter?

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The letter my son sent to the province to protest education cuts in Ontario is a sneak peek into his mind—and heart—that I hadn't seen before.

How education cuts helped me teach my son to be an activist

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Parenting

In the wake of Florida’s Stoneman shooting, students are doing what adults have not — providing formidable resistance to the all-powerful gun lobby.

How 6 incredible teens are standing up to America’s gun lobby

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