TOEFL单词短语学习：

inspired adj. 有灵感的；官方授意的 (adjective): influenced or encouraged

- She felt inspired to seek professional help in raising her kids.

证书；文凭；信任状 (noun): someone`s ability to do something based on education or experience

- We're looking for a family therapist with good credentials and can relate well to our kids.

rear vt. 培养；树立；栽种 (verb): bring up, raise

- It isn't easy to rear children in today's society.

dull adj. 钝的；迟钝的；无趣的；呆滞的；阴暗的 (adjective): uninteresting

- Life can be really dull if families don't do fun things together.

depressed adj. 沮丧的；萧条的；压低的 (adjective): low in spirits, down

- People often feel depressed with nothing seems to be going right in their relationships with a spouse or a child.

cope with 处理，应付 (verb): manage, deal with

- Sometimes, I have a hard time coping with the stresses of rearing children, and I don't know if I'm helping them to succeed emotionally and spiritually.

contemplate vt. 沉思；注视；思忖；预期 (verb): consider carefully

- When I contemplate on the many challenges I have had in life so far, I would have to say that learning to listen without making judgements is one of the hardest skills to learn.

peers n. 平辈，同事（peer的复数） (noun): people of about the same age

- Teenagers are often influenced by their peers, either in a positive or negative way.

implement vt. 实施，执行；实现，使生效 (verb): put into practice or use

- We have learned a lot of new parenting skills that we want to implement in our family.

latitude n. 纬度；界限；活动范围 (noun): a certain range of freedom to say and do things

- We allow our children a certain amount of latitude when it comes to their curfews. If they follow all the family rules and show a great deal of responsibility, then we sometimes let them stay out longer on the weekends.

lavish vt. 浪费；慷慨给予；滥用 (verb): give a lot, or too much, of something

- Instead of lavishing our kids with gifts for Christmas, we ought to teach them to serve others who are in need.

missteps n. 失足；过失；踏错；失策 (noun): mistakes

- A misstep in correcting our children without compassion and understanding can create a problem in our relationship.