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Discipline: When Kids Attack

2:28 PM, April 5, 2008 | Comments (10)
Illustration: Zohar Lazar for Newsweek By Anna Kuchment Nancy Plant wasn’t sure how to prevent her daughter’s playdates from veering toward disaster. Five-year-old Kate “liked to be in control,” says Plant, an attorney from Bainbridge Island, Wash. Kate...

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  • Discipline: When Kids Attack

    Anna Kuchment | Apr 5, 2008 02:28 PM

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    Illustration: Zohar Lazar for Newsweek 

    By Anna Kuchment

    Nancy Plant wasn’t sure how to prevent her daughter’s playdates from veering toward disaster. Five-year-old Kate “liked to be in control,” says Plant, an attorney from Bainbridge Island, Wash. Kate would tell her friends what to do and, if they decided not to follow her instructions, she “would get mad and not want to play with them.” Tears ensued. After trying several strategies that seemed only to make matters worse, Plant and her husband, George Jarecke, turned to a parent coach. For $75 an hour ($100 for an introductory session), Sally Kidder Davis of Sound Parent (soundparent.com) met with Plant and Jarecke to talk through potential solutions. One was to talk to Kate about the importance of being a responsible hostess. If she couldn’t help her guests enjoy themselves, she couldn’t have them over. The strategy worked.

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  • Travel: Time To Take a Hike

    Tara Weingarten | Apr 5, 2008 02:26 PM
    By Tara Weingarten Spring is an ideal time to visit California’s Yosemite National Park, with backcountry meadows for cross-country skiing still blanketed with snow and lower-elevation hiking trails cleared of the white stuff. Yosemite Falls, the nation’s... More
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  • Road Test: Toyota Matrix

    Tara Weingarten | Apr 5, 2008 02:24 PM
    It's Sporty, But Practical Toyota's Matrix is downsizing made simple. With the five-door hatchback, there's no compromise on hauling capacity. The engine is spry and the somewhat stiff suspension keeps the car tight on canyon roads. You'll have to forgive... More
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  • Outdoors: An Easier Way To Get Balanced

    Newsweek | Apr 5, 2008 02:22 PM
    By Kate Leffingwell Each Spring, parents across the country head to the local park to teach their kids to ride a bike. The traditional method involves pushing your child as fast as you can and hoping he or she learns to pedal and balance at the same time.... More
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  • The Checklist

    Newsweek | Apr 5, 2008 02:16 PM
    Our top picks for the week: Hear “Last Night.” Moby describes his new disc as “a night out in New York City in 65 minutes.” Like the Big Apple, it’s a melting pot: synth, new-wave dance beats, samples, loops and hip-hop round out the electronica style... More
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  • Money: Don't Get Pumped Dry

    Linda Stern | Apr 5, 2008 11:30 AM
    Here’s some grim gastank math: it can cost $56 to fill up a basic sedan at the current average gasoline price of $3.30 a gallon. If prices hit $4 this summer, it would cost $68—or $2,992 a year—for an average 15,000 mile-a-year driver. You can get some... More
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