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The Building Strong Families program helps adults and children find their strengths, build on those strengths and learn skills that create closer ties and stronger families. Stephanie Hofschlaeger photo 
It's important to understand why young children misbehave. Parents can respond more effectively when they know what the problem is. 
Do you ever feel as if you are trying to juggle too many items at the same time? 
Are you hassling the kids every night to do their homework when they want to watch TV, play video games or surf the Internet? 
The one thing that sets the quality and ability of youth apart, more than anything else, are their decision-making skills. 
Members of the baby boomer generation are starting to retire, but that doesn't mean they are entering a carefree phase of life. Their kids may be all grown up, but boomers who still have a living parent are facing new responsibilities. 
As baby boomers are getting older and living longer, relationships in later life are becoming important to understand. 
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