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02/15/2012
Talking With My Kids About Whitney Houston Leaving my son's basketball game, I gasped along with the rest of the world when I looked at my phone and read the shocking news: "Whitney Houston Dead at 48." My kids were all with me and so they naturally asked, "What?!" of my outburst. More >>

Tags: AddictionAlcoholismHealthParenting
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02/15/2012
My Boy's About Face I wrote you a few years ago about what military boot camp did for my unmotivated 13 year old son. He is now 16 years old, in his third year at a marine military academy and was just promoted to Cadet Staff Sergeant last week. More >>

Tags: AttitudeMotivationParentingPersonal ResponsibilityRead On-AirResponse To A CallValues
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02/15/2012
Parents Give Your Children Attention or Someone Else Will Thirty-five years ago, I was a latch-key 14-year-old with parents too busy with the family business who did not notice a pedophile had entered their daughter's life. I didn't know he was a pedophile at the time. More >>

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02/14/2012
Baby Shower for 'Shack-Up' Honey All husbands seem to have a "Honey-Do" list and this wife thought she'd help her husband out with his. But I think if she's going to help him she should considering "doing" something else... More >>

Tags: Character, Courage, ConscienceCharacter-Courage-ConscienceChildrenMorals, Ethics, ValuesParentingShacking UpShacking-UpSocial IssuesValues
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02/14/2012
Baby Shower for 'Shack-Up' Honey ..."Recently, my husband's best friend knocked up his 'shack-up honey' after dating her for three months. This is his first child, her third and all her kids have different dads. A few people are throwing a baby shower for the girlfriend. " More >>

Tags: Character, Courage, ConscienceCharacter-Courage-ConscienceChildrenMorals, Ethics, ValuesParentingShacking UpShacking-UpSocial IssuesValues
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02/13/2012
Making the Move to SAHM When I was 24, an ambitious young woman and aspiring entertainment executive, two things rattled my career-gal world: First, I read Lisa Belkin's article, "The Opt-Out Revolution" about successful women who decided to "opt-out" of their careers and become SAHMs. Second, I started listening to you. More >>

Tags: BudgetFinancesMorals, Ethics, ValuesParentingRead On-AirResponse to a CommentSAHM stay-at-home mom
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02/08/2012
Midlife Changes - Listeners tell their stories When asked, "What's the most important change you made in your life once you hit your mid 40s or 50s? How did it turn out?" many listeners submitted their stories. Here are only a few: More >>

Tags: HealthMarriageMorals, Ethics, ValuesParentingValues
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02/06/2012
The Chance to Dream Did you know Steve Jobs did not allow his 3 children to watch television? It is ironic the creator of so many technological inventions was also an advocate of unplugging. More >>

Tags: Internet-MediaParentingTechnology
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02/06/2012
Flashcards and Beethoven Do Not a Genius Make Ten things you don't know about the brain of your child... More >>

Tags: ChildrenParenting
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02/06/2012
Kids and Responsibilities Next Monday, my husband and I will celebrate 30 years of marriage. During that time, there have been things one or the other of us has wanted to do, but the responsible thing was to wait. More >>

Tags: MilitaryMorals, Ethics, ValuesParentingPersonal ResponsibilityRead On-AirResponse to a CallResponsibilityValues
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