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Parenting advice: ‘My daughter won’t stop crying because of a fight with her friend’
This week on Parenting, one mother asked for help comforting her daughter after the recent breakdown of a long-term friendship.
“My daughter is 13,” she told Moncrieff.
“She came home very upset from school all last week.
“It seems that her best friend is no longer speaking to her and the whole friendship group is now divided.
“There doesn’t seem to have been one major incident or fight, but my daughter is now crying at home every night as she feels she’s lost her best friend.
“I’ve tried chatting to her and comforting her, telling her that things will pass.
“I’m actually contemplating ringing the mother of the other girl at school to see if they could enlighten me on what’s going on.
“But my husband told me it’s not our battle to fight and it’s all part of growing up.
“I know...
Advice to the Next President
Politics tamfitronics Science is the beating heart of progress, yet its critical role often gets drowned out by the clamor of political theater. With a national election looming in the United States, the Aspen Institute Science & Society Program contacted some of the most lauded scientists in this country—including Nobel laureates and holders of the National Medal of Science—and asked them to share their recommendations on how the next President should bolster American science and draw on scientific insights to help address the nation’s most pressing problems. These heavyweights from...
