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My Job Chart,” is a new free app that helps parents set daily chores and goals, assign rewards, and teach kids the importance of saving. http://www.click2houston.com/news/want-kids-to-do-their-chores-theres-an-app-for-that/25732970 http://www.myjobchart.com/mobile_apps  

A new article on gonannies.com discusses why siblings fight (with comments by yours truly):   http://www.gonannies.com/blog/2014/uncovering-the-root-of-the-problem-why-siblings-fight/  

A new study published today in the journal JAMA Pediatrics finds that kids’ exposure to violence has dropped significantly, and violence in general is declining. http://time.com/79278/kids-these-days-are-exposed-to-less-violence/  

“If you dwell on the past and respond to events today on that basis, then you are responding primarily from an emotional stance, to a felt sense of injustice or resentment. On the other hand, if you recognize the past and choose not to respond on the basis of that past, then you are using […]

Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorder Associated with Strep is a relatively new and contested diagnosis, believed to be caused by an infection or other trigger that causes the immune system to mistakenly attack the brain and swell it, resulting in extreme obsessive-compulsive disorder, cognitive regression, sleeplessness and other disabling behaviors. http://www.mercurynews.com/science/ci_25646083/parents-doctors-share-hellish-experiences-pans-pandas-disease