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Posted under Email of the Day
10/11/2012
My Husband Told Me the Facts Last winter, I weighed A LOT! My husband suggested I joined a weight loss program. I did, but boy was I angry he thought I was FAT. More >>

Tags: Eat Less-Move More, Exercise, Fitness, Health, Husband, Overweight, Read On-Air, Response to a Comment, Spouse
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10/11/2012
Effects of Decisions As an older adult now, I have to say the hardest lesson I have learned is that all actions have consequences. More >>

Tags: Life lessons, Values
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10/11/2012
It's About the Covenant I was talking to my brother the other day. He was telling me about a conversation he had with a friend. His friend was contemplating if he wanted to stay married. More >>

Tags: Attitude, Divorce, Marriage, Selfish
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10/10/2012
Day Care is Two Bad Words I am a feminist's nightmare! I am college-educated and (gasp) threw it all away to first, be a flight attendant and then a stay-at-home mom!!! More >>

Tags: Parenting, Read On-Air, SAHM stay-at-home mom, Values
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10/10/2012
How We Raised Them: Love, Respect and Hard Work As a high school teacher, I see and hear so many kids talk very disrespectfully about their parents. Many times I intercede before they get too full of themselves and tell them exactly what would have happened if any of my own kids had tried to talk to their daddy or me in the manner that these kids 'profess' to speak to their parents. More >>

Tags: Education, Parenting, Values, Work ethic
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10/10/2012
Getting Mom to Shut Up My parents split when I was 11 years old. My mom often spewed venomous, hateful comments about my dad, who not only never said anything negative about her, but insisted we treat her with respect. More >>

Tags: Divorce, Marriage, Parenting
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10/09/2012
How I Handled my Son's Friends Pressuring Him to Do Dope My son's friends called him over to spend the night as they had new video games. When he got there, no one was playing video games... When he came home gray-colored that night, I asked him why he hadn't stayed over. He explained he didn't want to and went to bed. More >>

Tags: Character-Courage-Conscience, Character/Courage/Conscience, Divorce, Family/Relationships - Teens, Friendships, Read On-Air, Teens, Values
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10/09/2012
Choosing Between Your Children and Second Husband I wanted to comment on your first caller on October 8, Julie...I was her back in the 90's before I found your show. I am a Christian, and believed as she said that the husband is No.1 before the children.. More >>

Tags: Parenting, Read On-Air, Religion, Response to a Call, Second marriage, Values
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10/09/2012
Saving My Marriage from Utter Destruction ...I come from a broken family, with a mother who constantly bashed my father and outwardly hated men. She always taught me to depend on myself, because men would only let me down. More >>

Tags: Behavior, Respect, The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands, Values
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10/08/2012
Holding the First of Three My first 'baby' was actually three -- triplet girls, each weighing under 3 pounds at birth. I was under general anesthesia when I had my C-section, so the first time I saw them was in Polaroid pictures. More >>

Tags: Motherhood-Fatherhood, Parenting, Pregnancy, Read On-Air
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