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06/21/2012
A Former Snotty Wife Thank you Dr. Laura. I have been listening to you for about a year. My dilemma was solved because you continued to talk about not sweating the small stuff. More >>

Tags: Attitude, Man's point of view, Men's Point of View, New Attitude, Perspective, Response to a Comment, Woman's point of view, Women's Point of View
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06/20/2012
Each Morning I Choose to be In Love After 16 years of marriage, many things contribute to sexual excitement. First of all, my wife is hot!! In addition to the natural attraction, we do things to encourage intimacy. More >>

Tags: Intimacy, Keeping sex alive, Marriage, Read On-Air, Sex, Sex after children
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06/20/2012
What My Teddy Bear Meant to Me as a Kid I was raised to believe a woman's value was based on her education, work achievements, and what she contributed to the world. While acting on these beliefs, I always felt like there was something more. More >>

Tags: Attitude, Feminism, Parenting, Purpose, SAHM stay-at-home mom, Social Issues, Values
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06/20/2012
A Weighty Situation in My Family I have a young cousin roughly the same age as my daughter. My daughter is 22 and my cousin is 20. All her life, my aunt indulged my cousin with every kind of junk food and unhealthy "treat" she requested. More >>

Tags: Eat Less-Move More, Fitness, Health, Response to a Comment
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06/19/2012
How Do I Make Love to Thee? Let Me Count the Ways... Ways I keep the sizzle in my marriage... More >>

Tags: Intimacy, Keeping sex alive, Marriage, Read On-Air, Sex, Sex after children
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06/19/2012
Getting Our Son Away from Video Games I have a 25 year old son who is a good kid - very conscientious and good-hearted, but distracted by video games. My wife and I worked on the issue during his teenage years to no avail. More >>

Tags: Education, Personal Responsibility, Response to a Comment, Values
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06/19/2012
Today's Kids Going to College I think the financial burden and the fact that today's youth feel like they are entitled, not only entitled to go to college, BUT TO GO AWAY TO COLLEGE. More >>

Tags: College, Education, Finances, Higher education, Parenting
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06/19/2012
Why It's Important to Eat with Your Kids Some years back, I remember a television actor making a public service announcement suggesting that parents have dinner with their kids maybe once or twice a week. I was flabbergasted - there actually had to be a public service announcement to tell people this?! Then I realized that in our society, we probably do... More >>

Tags: Children, Depression, Eat Less-Move More, Eating Disorders, Family/Relationships - Family, Health, Mental Health, Nutrition, Parenting, Relatives
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06/18/2012
Making Our Intimate Relationship Better My husband and I have been married for 11 years, and we have 2 boys ages 9 1/2 and 8. When they were young, our sex life was practically nonexistent, which was a major change from before we had children. More >>

Tags: Intimacy, Keeping sex alive, Marriage, Read On-Air, Sex, Sex after children, The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands
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06/18/2012
Teaching Respect Nick Peters is a real estate person in our area. Once in a while he sends out news letters with interesting tidbits and a sprinkling of personal info. This column was in the most recent letter... More >>

Tags: Behavior, Doing the Right Thing, Parenting, Respect, Values
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