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Is the Family Dinner Vital to Healthy Families?

April 9, 2013
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From Norman Rockwell’s America to Mayberry RFD, the family dinner is the epitome of a strong, healthy family life. The table generally has a pretty cloth on it and places are set for everyone. Bowls of steaming mashed potatoes are in close proximity to tender pot roast and warm biscuits. Everyone is clean, with their [...]

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Do You Take the Easy Way Out?

February 27, 2013
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I have been observing people a lot lately – even more than usual. I have been sick on and off for several months, requiring several visits to the emergency room and numerous dates with both my doctor and the pharmacist. In all of that, I have done a lot of waiting – and a lot [...]

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Facebook Lands Teen Criminal in the Slammer

January 21, 2013
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For all the vibrancy and vitality of youth, we know that teens leave something to be desired in the common sense department. I’ve always attributed it to the fact that they are young, lacking life experience and full of so many raging hormones that they can’t even see straight. This is proof of that.

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Online Teen Shaming Is Everything That Is Wrong with the Internet

January 20, 2013
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Kids can be cruel; there is no doubt about it. This is evident by the bullying that is running rampant in our schools today. As everything is going high tech, it is no surprise that now even bullying has gone cyber.

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How to Teach Your Child to Be a Leader

January 7, 2013
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Teaching your child to be a leader at a young age will provide them with the skills and confidence to go wherever he or she would like later in life. Here are a few tips for pointing a child in the right direction:

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Self-Defense or Murder?

December 5, 2012
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Would you shoot someone who broke into your house? I know that it is legal to defend yourself on your own property if you feel threatened, but would you? Could you? I don’t really know what I would do, not having been in the situation, but if someone were threatening my children, who knows what [...]

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Things You Wish He Would Say

July 25, 2012
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No matter how perfect the man in your life is, there is some twist of nature, some dark joke held by the universe that creates a complete inability for him to say those things you need to hear when you need to hear them. If it wasn’t true then there would not be a million [...]

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Gaslighting – What It Is, What to Do About It

July 20, 2012
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You are in a conversation with your boss about an issue you are unhappy with. All of a sudden the boss informs you that you must be hormonal because you are overreacting to the experience. He indicates that the conversation is over without ever addressing your feelings or concerns. You begin to feel defensive, first [...]

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What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up?

July 17, 2012
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What do you want to be when you grow up? How many times have we asked our children this seemingly innocuous question? How many times were we asked it as children? I remember being asked by my parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, friends, teachers and guidance counselors. I remember wanting to be a writer and [...]

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