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10/12/2010
IconI listen to your program everyday and have never felt the need to do anything but say. "Go Dr. Laura!" But this call shocked me. A woman called in about a little girl who was socially awkward and she didn't have her little girl go the birthday party because she had two piano lessons, which seems like a pretty bad excuse. I have a son who collected people as he grew up, he is now 23 years old and is a traveling musician, out on the road pursuing his passion. More >>

Tags: Character, Courage, ConscienceCharacter-Courage-ConscienceDay CaredaycareFamily/Relationships - ChildrenParentingResponse To A CallValues
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10/11/2010
Icon"My partner and I own a service business we've been trying to sell for some time. We finally found a buyer, but the process just seems to be taking forever..." More >>

Tags: BusinessCharacter, Courage, ConscienceCharacter-Courage-ConscienceCliff EnnicoFinancesJobMorals, Ethics, ValuesPersonal ResponsibilityStay-at-Home MomValuesWork from Home
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10/11/2010
IconHere's a scenario:  some scummy high school boy pulls down your 13-year-old daughter's sweatpants in front of other students at a middle school in New Jersey.  The combination of harassment and assault is reported to the school.  What happens?  The school superintendent asks you, the mother, what kind of underwear your daughter wears in order to determine what was revealed, as though the punishment should fit the size of her drawers instead of the crime itself. More >>

Tags: AbuseChild NeglectEducationMiddle schoolMorals, Ethics, ValuesParentingSexSocial IssuesValues
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10/08/2010
IconI am an avid listener of yours. I have been listening for about 8 years now. I am 21 years old and in my senior year in college. Since I graduated from high school I have always known I wanted to be my kid's mom and my husband's girlfriend one day. The other day, Facebook led to a very interesting situation for me. My friend and ex-dance teacher from high school had written a "status update" explaining how hard it was to leave her babies on Monday morning to go back to work and asked if having a house was really worth missing her two little boys. More >>

Tags: ChildrenDay CareIn Praise of Stay-at-Home MomsMorals, Ethics, ValuesMotherhoodMotherhood-FatherhoodnannyParentingSAHM stay-at-home momSocial IssuesValues
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10/07/2010
IconI am unbelievably furious!  I have a new book coming out in January, entitled "Surviving Shark Attacks on Land."  It has to do with betrayal and revenge.  18 year old Tyler Clementi didn't survive his recent shark attack on land.  He killed himself by jumping off the George Washington Bridge in New York.  He posted a goodbye on his Facebook page just eight minutes before he ended his life. More >>

Tags: HealthInternet-MediaInternet/MediaMorals, Ethics, ValuesSocial IssuesValues
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10/06/2010
IconI want to bring to your attention a terrible event that happened in the Cincinnati area a few weeks ago and is still in the courts. In Finneytown, a church day care employed two individuals who were convicted of drugging kids so they would sleep and lessen their responsibilities, one child as young as 3 months. I am a bi-vocational pastor, who grew up in a single parent home and my life was Hell on earth for many years as I did not get the things I needed most as a child: loving parents and a strong father figure. More >>

Tags: divorceMorals, Ethics, ValuesParentingReligionSocial IssuesValues
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10/06/2010
IconDo you have any idea how many calls I take on my radio program having to do with being overweight and out of condition?  Some people make unfortunate choices in a romantic partner because  they believe that being fat makes them  less attractive to a more preferable partner.  Parents call with complaints their obese and sedentary children are being "razzed" in school.  Many women have told me they don't have sex with their husbands because they hate the way their bodies look!  And others have weight-related medical problems, like adult-onset diabetes, bad knees and low energy. More >>

Tags: Eat Less-Move MorehumorPersonal ResponsibilityValuesWeight
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10/05/2010
IconI often mention on my radio program that I have been a competitive sailor for a number of years.  At your request, In today's video, I give you an idea of how sailing "talks" to me, and how I got into this adventurous hobby: More >>

Tags: HobbiesMilitaryRegarding Dr. LaurasailingValues
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10/01/2010
IconIt is true the expertise of the school faculty is to help provide your child with an education. It is also your job to support that end. One of the biggest challenges is many parents do not feel skilled at educating their kids, and many times the techniques or ways their kids are being taught can be difficult for parents to understand at teach at home... More >>

Tags: Adult Child-ParentCharacter, Courage, ConscienceCharacter-Courage-ConscienceEducationFamily/Relationships - Adult Child/ParentFamily/Relationships - ChildrenFamily/Relationships - FamilyFamily/Relationships - TeensMorals, Ethics, ValuesParentingPersonal ResponsibilityRelativesSchoolSocial IssuesTeachingTeensValues
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09/30/2010
IconI keep hearing more calls about husbands having affairs on their wives and what they should do about it and I'm getting frustrated that women haven't gotten a clue yet!...So I thought I would share my story with you. More >>

Tags: Choose Wisely-Treat KindlydivorcePersonal ResponsibilityRead On-AirResponse To A Callswim through shark infested waterValues
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