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Posted under Email of the Day
06/18/2012
Making Our Intimate Relationship Better My husband and I have been married for 11 years, and we have 2 boys ages 9 1/2 and 8. When they were young, our sex life was practically nonexistent, which was a major change from before we had children. More >>

Tags: Intimacy, Keeping sex alive, Marriage, Read On-Air, Sex, Sex after children, The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands
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06/18/2012
Teaching Respect Nick Peters is a real estate person in our area. Once in a while he sends out news letters with interesting tidbits and a sprinkling of personal info. This column was in the most recent letter... More >>

Tags: Behavior, Doing the Right Thing, Parenting, Respect, Values
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06/18/2012
Stupid Parents Not Doing the Right Thing ...My son goes to a special needs school. I've driven to pick up my son several times only to see a woman parking in the handicapped spot time and time again... More >>

Tags: Doing the Right Thing, Parenting, Response to a Call, Values
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Posted under Email of the Day
06/15/2012
A Tribute to My Dad My Dad was an amazing man. In the 1950s, he had 3 small children and a marriage that was headed for divorce. He did something which is common today, but not then. He convinced a judge he could take better care of us than our mother could. More >>

Tags: Dads, Divorce, Fatherhood, Importance of Fathers, Motherhood-Fatherhood, Parenting, Raising Boys to Men, Read On-Air, Real men
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06/15/2012
Dad Coached with Integrity and Sportsmanship ...My dad was a great coach who was an encourager and coached with class. He was highly influenced by the great late Coach John Wooden...need I say more! More >>

Tags: Attitude, Dads, Father's Day, Importance of Fathers, Integrity, Motherhood-Fatherhood, Parenting, Raising kids
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06/15/2012
Stopping Stupid Parents I just listened to your call of the day from Abigail, regarding her encounter with a "stupid parent" who was allowing her child to ride dangerously on a shopping cart. More >>

Tags: Doing the Right Thing, Parenting, Response to a Call, Values
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Posted under Email of the Day
06/14/2012
Dads Are So Important ...The 4th graders in our area move on to a 5th and 6th grade school, so this day is a very big one, since elementary school is over. The 4th grade kids parade through the school and are given final farewells and applause in the halls by their underclassmen... More >>

Tags: Dads, Fatherhood, Importance of Fathers, Military, Motherhood-Fatherhood, Parenting, Raising Boys to Men, Read On-Air, Real men
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06/14/2012
Dear Dad, You're the Best I wanted to share with you a post I wrote recently - a letter to my husband as if from our five, amazing children. I had recently commented to him that our young children don't know how good they have it to which my husband replied... More >>

Tags: Dads, Father's Day, Importance of Fathers, Motherhood-Fatherhood, Parenting, Raising kids
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06/14/2012
It's About My Daughter - Not Me! I am a 44-year-old divorced mom with a lovely 11-year-old daughter. I have been listening to you for about a year. After hearing you talk about single parents dating, and how that is not good for the children, I have decided not to date until my daughter is 18. More >>

Tags: Dating, Divorce, Raising kids, Relationships
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06/13/2012
My Priorities Shifted A traumatic experience that rerouted my life happened while I was in my late 20s. On our way to celebrate our engagement, my fiancé and I were hit head on by a reckless driver... More >>

Tags: Health, Mental Health, Read On-Air, Values
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