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01/23/2012
The Most Overlooked Consequence of Television on Children The television in today's home can mean so many things. For some, it's a status symbol. For others, it's instant babysitting when a parent needs a break. Most of us also wouldn't dispute the entertainment value. But, there's a hidden consequence not talked about often which may have you think twice before your child watches the next latest greatest show. More >>

Tags: Character, Character-Courage-Conscience, Children, Internet-Media, Parenting, Television, Values
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01/23/2012
Save Money On Paper Towels - How To Cut Up Rags One great way to save money on paper towels is to use rags more frequently. In this article, I'll briefly describe how to cut rags to get the most efficient use out of them. More >>

Tags: Budget, Finances, frugal, Jill Cooper, Simple Savings, Stay-at-Home Mom, Tawra Kellam
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01/23/2012
A Tale of 2 Animal Movies: War Horse and We Bought a Zoo War Horse contrasts the grim realities of war with the brightness of innocent children and We Bought A Zoo is heavy on drama, short on animals More >>

Tags: Movie Review, Parenting, PG Rated, PG-13 Rated
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01/23/2012
A Different Kind of Wife I'm writing to thank you for helping me change my perspective on being a good wife. Today one of my old friends posted on Facebook how her husband is such a baby when he's sick. Other women chimed in to say how pathetic their husbands are also. More >>

Tags: Behavior, Gratitude, Read On-Air, Respect, Values
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01/23/2012
What's the Problem with the Dating Rules of the 1950's? This is a response to an opinion article by Marianne Brennan on the Clare Booth Luce website regarding reviving the dating process. Marianne wrote: "Reviving the dating process doesn't mean regressing to the 1950's"... More >>

Tags: Dating, Raising Boys to Men, Real Men, Relationships, Virginity
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01/23/2012
Raising a Bunch of Wimps? I overheard this at a coffeeshop yesterday... More >>

Tags: Parenting
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01/23/2012
Competitive Kids Is competition good for kids? I'm going to give you the short answer and the long answer. The short answer? After about 8 years old, it's absolutely necessary. Before 8 years old, most kids are not really ready to process competition and what it means, and what the rules are and what's fair, and what failure means and the rest of that. So, for the sake of argument, I'm going to be talking about kids over 8 - when competition is absolutely necessary. More >>

Tags: Morals, Ethics, Values, Parenting, Quote of the Week, Values
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01/20/2012
Divorce and Remarriage Affects Kids Recently on your radio program the subject of divorce and especially remarriage has come up a lot...My first love is baseball. When I married my 2nd love (but first wife), our first child was our son. By the time he could stand, I was teaching him to swing a plastic bat... More >>

Tags: Children, Divorce, Parenting, Read On-Air
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01/20/2012
Highlighting Throughout My boyfriend recently gave me your book "The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands" and I was pissed. I immediately flipped through it and ripped it apart, stating it didn't apply to me or us. More >>

Tags: Dating, Relationships, The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands
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01/20/2012
Taking Advice I've listen to you every day, for years, sometimes twice a day in case I missed something. I am made fun of by friends and family and it is a running joke when someone has a challenge, they look to me and say "Ask Dr. L."! More >>

Tags: Regarding Dr. Laura
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