Should You Supply Your Kids With Pot or Alcohol?
Experts vary on whether parents should enable their children’s experimentation with marijuana and alcohol by providing the vices.
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Lisa Fernandez
What’s a Middle School Parent to Do?
My best friend recently joined a group of middle school parents, all of whom vowed to curb their sixth-graders’ use of social media by promising not to give them smartphones until they are in eighth grade.
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Child Care Could Get Easier for California Families
Legislation from State Sen. Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, would allow larger day care centers to forego costly permits and business licenses.
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Rodolfo Mendoza-Denton Urges Parents to Discuss Race
Cal psychologist Rodolfo Mendoza-Denton has a prescription for race relations discussions: Make friends that are outside your homogeneous circle.
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Keep Kids’ Birthday Parties Simple
Children’s birthday parties can be fun and memorable without costing a fortune.
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Faramarz Moeen-Ziai featured as 2021 Best Mortgage Broker in Oakland and the East Bay
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