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  • Bullied? Sue the School

        Bullied? Sue the School By Robert Seith CWK Network Producer   Related Information | What Parents Need To Know | Resources “They didn’t get in trouble … for doing stuff like that, and it’s just really not fair.” – Whitney, 12, about the girls who bullied her for two years – “You don’t […]

  • Anti-Smoking Advocacy

        Anti-Smoking Advocacy By Robert Seith CWK Network Senior Producer   Related Information | What Parents Need To Know | Resources “It’s bad for your health and if you smoke, you’re going to get lung cancer. I doubt that there’s 5 percent of kids out there who haven’t already heard that message. That in […]

  • College Wait list

        College Wait list By Marc Straus CWK Network   Related Information | What Parents Need To Know | Resources “Make appropriate decisions from the front end. Don’t throw your application in just for the sake of throwing it in. Do the research and know whether it’s an appropriate fit.”– Stephanie Balmer, dean of […]

  • Real Violence Pacifies Kids

        Real Violence Pacifies Kids By Robert Seith CWK Network Producer   Related Information | What Parents Need To Know | Resources “Once children really saw the reality of violence, they could no longer romanticize it, and I think that kind of changed their whole perspective on how they look at conflict..” – Jennifer […]

  • Family Weight Loss

        Family Weight Loss By Robert Seith CWK Network Senior Producer   Related Information | What Parents Need To Know | Resources “I wouldn’t want my son to ever think about me as the person that’s making him do something that they wouldn’t do themselves..” – Mike Drake, whose son Dalton is trying to […]

  • Identity Theft

        Identity Theft By Karen Savage CWK Network Producer   Related Information | What Parents Need To Know | Resources “If they’ve managed to get a hold of your Social Security number and take out credit card applications in your name, that may go on for months before you realize it and it may […]

  • Appealing College Rejection

        Appealing College Rejection By Robert Seith CWK Network Senior Producer   Related Information | What Parents Need To Know | Resources “I kind of felt like there was more to explain.” – Jason Dee, who appealed after the college of his choice rejected him – Jason Dee wanted to attend his nearby state […]

  • Does College Pay?

        Does College Pay? By Robert Seith CWK Network Senior Producer   Related Information | What Parents Need To Know | Resources “I’m not for selling someone’s future short because at 18, they’re not doing well in high school. The implications of not continuing on to (college) are enormous.“-Education Expert Michael Gerber, discussing statistics […]