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03/14/2012
Your 'Dose of Reality' I called about a month ago asking how I could get over my anger of my former sister-in-law dating less than 6 months after my brother's suicide. More >>

Tags: Family/Relationships - Family, Relationships, Relatives, Response to a Call
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03/13/2012
Favorite Thing to Do in the World ...Most Sundays I take a morning Jacuzzi with our 3 year old son and 6 year old daughter. We have snacks while playing children's games like "I Spy" and the "Guessing Game". More >>

Tags: Family/Relationships - Children, Family/Relationships - Family, Parenting, Read On-Air, Relationships, Relatives
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03/13/2012
Living with Technology As a single mother of a daughter, I've had to educate myself in these areas for obvious reasons. More >>

Tags: Family/Relationships - Family, Internet, Internet-Media, Parenting, Relationships, Relatives, Social Media, Technology
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03/13/2012
Techonology is a Double-Edged Sword Like so many other things, advances in technology both help and harm our relationship. So often my wife and I comment we are grateful we did not have to deal with texting, facebook updates, and twitter feeds when we were dating. More >>

Tags: Family/Relationships - Family, Internet, Internet-Media, Relationships, Relatives, Social Media, Technology
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03/12/2012
Living Life Right I want to tell you of a great story. My husband of 30 years was just diagnosed with cancer (with a 95% recovery prognosis). That's not the "great" part. More >>

Tags: Behavior, Gratitude, Health, Humor, Laughter, Marriage, Read On-Air, Values
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03/12/2012
Creative Ways to Help Kids Behave We've done a variety of different things over the years to help our kids "readjust" to a straight path in life. They've been different depending upon the child (we've got 3). But here's one of 'em... More >>

Tags: Behavior, Children's behavior, Morals, Ethics, Values, Parenting, Stay-at-Home Mom, Tweens
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03/12/2012
7th Grade Boys Behavior I'm proud to say I am my kids' Mom. Unfortunately I must admit to spending some time in hiding over the past three years as my four precious sons navigate middle school. I have decided 7th grade boys are not completely human yet. More >>

Tags: Behavior, Children's behavior, Morals, Ethics, Values, Parenting, Stay-at-Home Mom, Tweens
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03/09/2012
Making My Marriage Better ...Lately, since I need to get up early to feed my daughter breakfast before school (she leaves the house at 6:30), I've been making the occasional breakfast for my honey as well, and sending many more lunches from home than before. More >>

Tags: Behavior, Gratitude, Humor, Laughter, Marriage, Read On-Air, Respect, Sex, Values
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03/09/2012
Remember He's a Man, Not a Woman I am 30 years old, married to a wonderful man with three children ages 6, 5 and 1. My father-in-law gave me your book, "The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands," almost 8 years ago for Christmas. As a young, naive woman, I was offended he thought that was a good idea. I put it on the shelf and never read it. More >>

Tags: Behavior, Gratitude, Raising Boys to Men, Real men, Respect, The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands, Values, Women's Point of View
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03/09/2012
Kids Need Attention Not More Activities You are definitely onto something how many parents bury themselves in their smart phones, lap tops or cart the kids to every single after school activity they can sign the kids up for?!! More >>

Tags: Bipolar disorder, Health, Mental Health, Parental Attention
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