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01/25/2012
'Group Learning' Epic Failure I am writing you about your commentary on group learning in schools... I am 23 and graduated from one of the top 5 teaching universities in the country with a 4.0 GPA. After graduating, I never pursued a teaching position mostly because my husband is a real man and supports me being a stay-at-home-mommy. I have YOU to thank for that. More >>

Tags: Education, Read On-Air, Response to a Comment
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01/25/2012
Feminism and the War Against Boys I heard your interview with Christina Hoff Sommers the author of the books on feminism issues and definitely agree with her. I appreciated the subject and immediately went online and ordered the books... One of you during the interview mentioned the AAUW (American Association of University Women) and why they weren't doing any thing about the feminist issues. More >>

Tags: Abuse, Feminism, Rape, Social Issues
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01/25/2012
Other Causes of Childhood Stress Our daughter cried a lot and was also extremely stressed. Sometimes we could only hold her and caress her as she remained inconsolable. After several trips to specialists, it was recommended we medicate her for anxiety and ADHD. More >>

Tags: Health, Response to a Comment, Stress
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01/25/2012
Work Habits That Work A lot of you are struggling with making sure you keep your jobs in this economic climate. I think the qualities for making sure you keep your job are closely related to the ones you need even if you want to get a promotion, much less keep your job. So I did a little research on the types of behaviors that keep you employed and possibly even get promoted. More >>

Tags: Budget, Employment, Job, Jobs, Personal Responsibility, Work
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01/24/2012
Make the Punishment Memorable the First Time Caught When our son Pat was 16 years old, without asking permission, he went out with his cousin with the intention of meeting a girl at the movies. We don't allow one-on-one dating (only groups), and only with young people we know. Since he wanted to go, but knew if he asked us the answer would be no, he went anyway. More >>

Tags: Parenting, Personal Responsibility, Read On-Air, Values
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01/24/2012
Parental Participation ...It was '69 and I was a high school senior. For some reason, I decided to get into Little League and I ended up with a team of kids 8-13 who were too young or not good enough for the regular league. More >>

Tags: Parenting
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01/24/2012
Young Women and Clothing I love your program and listen everyday in the car. Recently, you had a guest on talking about the new definitions of rape. I agree with both of you. Young women of today have to take responsibility for themselves and their actions. More >>

Tags: Abuse, Morals, Rape, Sex, Values
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01/24/2012
Resentful of My Couch Potato Husband ..."I'm beginning to feel hopeless about not being a good mother. I was always a pushy mom, trying to teach my kids to be independent, while their father was and is a couch potato... Now that they are teenagers, I resent that my husband never provided me any support. " More >>

Tags: Divorce, Fatherhood, Marriage, Motherhood-Fatherhood, Parenting
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01/24/2012
Resentful of My Couch Potato Husband Resentment is difficult to get past, particularly if it's because your husband hasn't supported you in the raising of your children. More >>

Tags: Divorce, Fatherhood, Marriage, Motherhood-Fatherhood, Parenting
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01/23/2012
5 Building Blocks to Raising Resilient Children How well does your child manage adversity, cope in difficult situations, and learn from disappointments? In other words, how resilient is she? We often think our job is to protect our children from tough situations, but in fact, our protection is only protecting us. More >>

Tags: Parenting
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