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12/01/2011
Helping My Messy Kid I discovered a neat trick to help my 13 year old boy pick up after himself. He's my youngest and I've always just picked up after him because it's been "easier". More >>

Tags: Parenting
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11/29/2011
Getting a Driver's License ...The other night, I was listening to the woman who had an almost 16 yr old son who would soon be getting his driver's license and his friends were being given cars for their 16th birthday... More >>

Tags: BackboneCharacter-Courage-ConscienceParentingResponse To A CallValues
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11/28/2011
Give Kids Concrete Tools to Combat Bullying I had to double check what I read recently - that a fifth grader, a 10-year-old girl, killed herself. Things had gotten so bad in Ashlynn Connor's mind that she had just asked her mom to homeschool her the day before she was found hanging by a scarf in her closet. More >>

Tags: BullyingInternet-MediaInternet/MediaParenting
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11/28/2011
101st Airborne Delivers Game Ball ...Unless you've parachuted, you'll never believe the effect of this stunning jump into the Michigan Football Stadium!... More >>

Tags: collegeEducationMilitaryParenting
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11/28/2011
The Muppets Are For Everyone - Movie Review After all these years, the Muppets are still their charming, wholesome, zany selves, gaining a new generation of fans as well as staying exactly the same for those of us who grew up watching them. More >>

Tags: Movie ReviewParentingPG Rated
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11/22/2011
Finding Heart for my Husband I am a 44 year old woman, married for 15 years. We have two daughters 3 and 8. I work part time as a special needs counselor, and my husband works overnight at a hotel. Our 3 year old is not in day care. Between the two of us we watch the baby. More >>

Tags: BehaviorFatherhoodGratitudeMotherhood-FatherhoodParentingWomen's Point of View
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11/22/2011
GI Bill Education I couldn't listen that day, but noticed from your email you were commenting on Columbia University's recruitment of veterans as students. Two weeks ago, I started a new job at a prominent private university in southern California that also recruits veterans. More >>

Tags: CollegeEducationMilitaryParentingResponse to a CommentVeterans
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11/17/2011
Where Have All the Parents Gone? In the December issue of Parents Magazine, there is an article about leaving elementary students home alone. It is entitled, "The New Latchkey Kids" by Jenny Deam with the subtitle of, "More than a million grade-schoolers have nobody to take care of them once class lets out... More >>

Tags: Parenting
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11/17/2011
Veterans and College I am so sorry I did not hear your opening commentary from November 15th until your show was over. I started this website collegecounseling4veterans.com to help Veterans with college. More >>

Tags: CollegeEducationMilitaryParentingResponse to a CommentVeterans
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11/16/2011
Children as Political Tools Our school district is having financial troubles, requiring the consideration of school closures. Some parents are choosing to use their kids as political tools with the school district, or to dump their own fears of change onto their child. More >>

Tags: EducationParentingPersonal ResponsibilityValues
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