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10/03/2012
Teaching Children About Choosing Friends Every parent frets about their kids having 'weird' friends. At some point, children always seem to gravitate toward some unhealthy, unpleasant, or annoying kid that you don't like. More >>

Tags: Behavior, Character-Courage-Conscience, Character/Courage/Conscience, Family/Relationships - Children, Fear, Friendships, Manners, Mental Health, Morals/Ethics/Values, Parenting, Values
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10/02/2012
The First Time I Held My Baby I delivered my first daughter naturally, and the transition and pushing stages felt like they lasted for 2 days. By the time my baby was placed in my arms, I could barely lift my arms, they were so weak. More >>

Tags: Fear, Health, Mental Health, Motherhood, Motherhood-Fatherhood, Newborn, Pregnancy, Read On-Air
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10/02/2012
What's Wrong with I was on a shuttle at the Phoenix airport...a 10 minute ride to my car. It was VERY full and I was lucky enough to find a seat after my exhausting trip. More >>

Tags: Behavior, Chivalry, Manners, Raising Boys to Men, Real men, Traditional Roles, Traditional values, Values
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10/02/2012
My Values Have Changed ...It was a little hard to give up the dramatic high school exciting kind of love for the real kind of lasting marital love. More >>

Tags: Dating, Marriage, Motherhood, Motherhood-Fatherhood, Relationships, SAHM stay-at-home mom, Traditional values
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10/02/2012
Video: Mom Blames Me for Her Problems Just because your parent is no longer an active alcoholic, that doesn't mean they have matured. In this week's video, Trisha wants to know what to do with all her pent-up anger toward her mother who continues to be a troublemaker. More >>

Tags: Addiction, Adult Child-Parent, Alcoholism, Bad Childhood - Good Life, Bad Childhood-Good Life, Family/Relationships - Adult Child/Parent, Health, Mental Health, Stress
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10/02/2012
Mom Blames Me for Her Problems When I was growing up, my mom drank every night, cursed a lot, blamed me and the world for her problems... More >>

Tags: Adult Child-Parent, Bad Childhood - Good Life, Bad Childhood-Good Life, Family/Relationships - Adult Child/Parent, Health, Mental Health, Stress
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10/01/2012
Focusing on the Positive I called you recently because my family complained that I preferred my in-laws over them, and that my young son had a better relationship with his paternal grandparents. More >>

Tags: Attitude, Family/Relationships - Family, Follow up to Call, Marriage, Negativity, Read On-Air, Relationships, Relatives, Response to a Call
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10/01/2012
Holding my Tiny Baby The first time I held my baby girl, I felt more alive than I had ever felt before in my life. It was almost like life had just begun for both of us. I had no fear, no stress, no hesitation, just pure joy. More >>

Tags: First-time Parent, Motherhood, Motherhood-Fatherhood, Newborn, Parenting, Religion
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10/01/2012
Discipline Them and You'll Earn Their Respect When my daughter was about 12 (1990), she had a friend sleep over and I was to drop them off to meet other friends at a theme park. Before I dropped them off, I had to do some grocery shopping. My daughter's friend made a snide remark to me... More >>

Tags: Behavior, Disciplining children, Manners, Respect, Stay-at-Home Mom, Values
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10/01/2012
Mommy Likes Me Best! - 6 Ways to Avoid the Favoritism Trap Which one of your children do you love the most? I know what you're thinking: 'You don't ASK parents that! We're not supposed to have favorites.' But do you really walk the talk?... More >>

Tags: Family, Kids, Parenting, Raising children, Relationships, Relatives, Siblings, sisters
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