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Stay-at-Home Mom
07/24/2019
Why You Should Consider Home Schooling I am an educator who has taught elementary school for the last 13 years. I've enjoyed teaching up until the last few years, when our government started mandating the 'one size fits all' mentality in education... More >>

Tags: AttitudeHomeschoolRegarding Dr. LauraSocial IssuesStay-at-Home MomValues
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07/19/2019
Just Do It Being a stay-at-home mom was the greatest decision my husband and I have ever made. We were just shy of 30 years old when our son was born. We'd been married for five years by then. While I was a stay-at-home mom, we lived in an 800 square foot house and had one car... More >>

Tags: AttitudeBehaviorChoose Wisely-Treat KindlyParentingPersonal ResponsibilityStay-at-Home MomValues
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07/09/2019
Family Tradition I'm 25 years old and a teacher. My mother was a stay-at-home mom, as was her mom. As a child, because I didn't know differently, I thought ALL moms stayed home with their kids, and I would do the same when I grew up... More >>

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07/08/2019
The Difference Between Helping and Enabling Unconditional love is such an amazing non-reality. Why? Because "unconditional" love means you don't make judgments, which are absolutely necessary. More >>

Tags: AddictionBehaviorHealthMarriageParentingPersonal ResponsibilityRelationshipsStay-at-Home Mom
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07/08/2019
Kid Focused Movie Review: 'The Secret Life of Pets 2' ...Set in present-day New York City, the story begins with Max concluding, 'Once humans bring a kid home, life is not the same'... More >>

Tags: Character-Courage-ConscienceMovie ReviewParentingSocial IssuesStay-at-Home MomTeensValues
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06/27/2019
No Regrets Today at the salon, a woman who has a one year old and is a teacher was asked who was watching the baby, since it was already summer break from school, and she wasn't working... More >>

Tags: Day CareParentingPersonal ResponsibilityStay-at-Home Mom
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06/11/2019
Becoming A Stay At Home Mommy ...I had my first two children while I was still in college, and I 'decelerated' my academic program so I could be home more with my kids. When I graduated, I worked part-time and didn't realize that I even had the option of staying home with my children until after listening to you talk about it so often... More >>

Tags: Choose Wisely-Treat KindlyMotherhood-FatherhoodStay-at-Home Mom
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06/07/2019
Necessities That Money Cannot Buy When my children were little, you reassured me that my status as a full-time mom was not due to laziness, privilege or lack of ability to get a 'paying' job... More >>

Tags: FinancesParentingStay-at-Home MomWomen's Point of View
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05/30/2019
The Strength of Family My only child was diagnosed with a rare liver disease at age 21 and will need a liver transplant sometime in the next 10 years. We've listened to your show since he was a child, and I thought I'd share what a 23-year-old adult man thought about his stay-at-home mom after all these years... More >>

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05/29/2019
Five Roots of Anger Problems Anger is a normal human reaction to hurt, embarrassment, shame or betrayal. However, anger becomes a problem when it is continual, irrational and/or out of control... More >>

Tags: AttitudeBehaviorHealthMarriageMental HealthParentingPersonal ResponsibilityRelationshipsStay-at-Home MomStress
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