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Posted under Email of the Day
07/31/2012
My Outlook On Life Has Changed I called you for advice around Christmas time last year, because it seemed like no matter what I did right or well, my mom always put me down like I could have done better, or on her nice occasions, just spun my happiness into negativity. More >>

Tags: Adult Child-Parent, Attitude, Family/Relationships - Adult Child/Parent, Follow up to Call, Negativity, Read On-Air, Relationships, Response to a Call
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07/31/2012
College and a Husband... Both by Chance I graduated in the top ten of my high school class, and was accepted into my first choice expensive private college. However, the financial aid package still meant I could not afford to attend this school without going into major debt. More >>

Tags: College, Dating, Education, Finances, Higher education, Marriage, Personal Responsibility
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07/31/2012
Are We Becoming Lazy Parents? This past week I've become painfully aware of parents handing a child their phones to play a game instead of interacting with the tots. More >>

Tags: Parenting
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Posted under Email of the Day
07/30/2012
Presence in the Life of Those You Love My cousin's parents divorced when she was very young, and while she was visiting her dad over Thanksgiving, he drowned in a boating accident. She had an outpouring of sympathy from both sides of the family in the form of Christmas presents. More >>

Tags: Christmas presents, Holidays, Importance of Fathers, Life lessons, Motherhood-Fatherhood, Parenting, Read On-Air
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07/30/2012
Adopting a Family I first learned I would be a father via a phone call. Not that unusual, I know, but there's a twist: this was a call from a county worker. More >>

Tags: Adoption, Fatherhood, First-time Parent, Motherhood-Fatherhood, Parenting, Relatives, Siblings
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07/30/2012
Bucking the Day Care Trend My 27-year-old daughter and her husband are starting to talk about having my FIRST GRANDCHILD! She is prepared to leave her career once she is a mom...[But] leaving her career is not a popular decision amongst her peers. More >>

Tags: In-Laws, Mother-in-law, Mother-in-law/Daughter-in-law, Parenting, SAHM stay-at-home mom, Values
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Posted under Email of the Day
07/27/2012
Who Would Have Thought I Could Do THAT? I was listening to the call from the woman who was a stay-at-home mom, but because of finances - and other reasons - she went looking for part-time work yet nothing was suiting her fancy. More >>

Tags: Budget, Finances, Hobbies, Job, Part-time work, Read On-Air, Response to a Call, SAHM stay-at-home mom
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07/27/2012
Dad Taught Me... Fathers have taught us numerous life-lessons. Here are some words of wisdom to take to heart... More >>

Tags: Father, Fatherhood, Motherhood-Fatherhood, Parenting
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07/27/2012
My Studying Strategy I was listening to your program on SiriusXM yesterday when you started talking about the methods you used to study while in college and had a deja vu moment. I was a solid B student in high school... More >>

Tags: College, Education, Morals, Ethics, Values, Parenting, Response to a Comment
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Posted under Email of the Day
07/26/2012
What Mothers Just Know I decided to share my story because I think it illustrates just how connected mothers can truly be to their children. I was 27 years old from California and living with my husband in China. It was New Year's Day... More >>

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