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Posted under Email of the Day
06/06/2013
My Mom Is a Hero; My Dad Is a MAN I have heard you call women who placed their babies for adoption your heroes. My mom is one of them. When my mom was 20 she made a mistake... More >>

Tags: Adoption, College, Education, Family/Relationships - Family, Marriage, Parenting, Pregnant out of wedlock, Relatives, Social Issues
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06/06/2013
Stop Repairing Parent-Child Relationships I was listening to your program when a call really resonated with me. You were talking to a woman had been married for 4 years, but separated for 2 of them... More >>

Tags: choose wisely, Choose Wisely-Treat Kindly, Family/Relationships - Parent/Child, Marriage, Parenting
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06/06/2013
Reading to Toddlers I am not a morning person! This had never been truer than when I was pregnant with my second daughter and caring for a 20 month old. More >>

Tags: Marriage, Motherhood-Fatherhood, Parenting, Pregnancy, Pregnant, Raising children
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Posted under Email of the Day
06/05/2013
Please Be My Girlfriend, Again? What follows is a note written to my wife this morning. 13 years ago she had a traumatic brain injury that has changed her and the dynamics of our marriage... More >>

Tags: Attitude, Cancer, Death of a child, Envy, Health, Stay-at-Home Mom, The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands
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06/05/2013
We're Not Married How things have changed in our culture. There was a 1950's movie on TV this week that depicts how different things have changed in this country. More >>

Tags: Education, High school, Marriage, Morals/Ethics/Values, Movie Review, Movies, Parenting, Pregnant out of wedlock, Social Issues
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06/05/2013
A Good Mother- and Daughter-in-Law Relationship My daughter-in-law is a wonderful mother and wife. I refer to her as my daughter and she refers to me as 2nd Mom. She posted this below on my Facebook page... More >>

Tags: Behavior, Compliment, In-Laws, Inlaws, Mother's Day, Mother-in-law/Daughter-in-law, Motherhood-Fatherhood, Parenting, Values
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Posted under Email of the Day
06/04/2013
Okay, You Were Right In 1978 I called to talk with you about my upcoming marriage. When you asked me how old I was and I replied 18, you quickly in true Dr Laura fashion, told me... More >>

Tags: Family/Relationships - Family, Marriage, Relationships, Relatives
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06/04/2013
The Mother/Daughter Relationship The history of my family on my maternal side is that daughters and mothers did not get along for several generations. My mother was horrible!! As a child I knew what type of mother I wanted to be. More >>

Tags: Attitude, Bad Childhood - Good Life, Bad Childhood-Good Life, College, Education, Grandparents, Health, Motherhood-Fatherhood, Mothering, Personal Responsibility, Personal Responsiblity, positive attitude, Pregnancy, Relatives
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06/04/2013
Don't Let the Disease Have You On a recent show, there was a lady who had been diagnosed with an auto-immune disease. I would like to respond to this caller. In April 2003, I was diagnosed with Scleraderma... More >>

Tags: Attitude, Behavior, Eat Less-Move More, Exercise, Personal Responsibility, Personal Responsiblity, positive attitude, Response To A Call, Values
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Posted under Email of the Day
06/03/2013
Are You There For Your Kids? Before my son was born, I was a school teacher. My plan was to wait a year, teach to put my husband through his last year of school... More >>

Tags: Education, Family/Relationships - Parent/Child, Marriage, Obligations, Parenting, Personal Responsibility, Stay-at-Home Mom, Teachers
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