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Letters From Listeners
05/10/2012
A Lost Courtesy ...Thank you notes were very important in my house growing up and I actually enjoyed writing them. I have instilled this in my own children. More >>

Tags: Appreciation, Attitude, Behavior, Courtesy, Manners, Response to a Call, Response to a Comment, Values
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05/09/2012
Another Man's View of Sex Like many of your followers, Carl's letter caught my attention also. Having read "lots" of literature over the past 6 years through my marital struggles, I have yet to read how sex - all parts of it, or lack of it - affects a man emotionally. More >>

Tags: Attitude, Humor, Parenting, Pink slip on life
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05/09/2012
A New Mental Illness to Consider You won't see this ailment in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5th edition (DSM-5): P.C.T.C.D. More >>

Tags: Attitude, Humor, Parenting, Pink slip on life
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05/08/2012
The Lengths Some People Will Go to Sabotage A few years ago, I had to constantly deal with a bad apple in the workplace. This was before I earned the responsibility of manager/supervisor, only acting as a mere "lead admin" (which may have saved my job in the end, but I'll get to that). More >>

Tags: Attitude, Budget, Job, Workplace
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05/08/2012
Parents Take Charge! I would like to share a suggestion to the Father with concerns about over-correcting by taking away computer time. More >>

Tags: Parenting, Raising children, Response to a Call
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05/07/2012
Sarah May Be My Long Lost Sister The call from Sarah who often wishes (now hopefully wished) she never had children really resonated with me. More >>

Tags: Benefits of being a SAHM, Raising children, Response to a Call, SAHM stay-at-home mom, Stay-at-Home Mom, Values
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05/07/2012
The Most Important Decision I Made I have been a stay-at-home mom for the last 11 years. I had a good prestigious job at a prestigious institution. My husband and I had decided when the baby arrived I would quit my job. More >>

Tags: Benefits of being a SAHM, Raising children, SAHM stay-at-home mom, Stay-at-Home Mom, Values
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05/04/2012
Benefits of Marriage I am 27 and live in Los Angeles. Many of the people who I encounter that are my age say they don't believe in marriage, or they are indifferent about marriage. More >>

Tags: Dating, Marriage, Raising Boys to Men, Real man, Relationships, Shacking Up, Shacking-Up, Values
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05/04/2012
Our Marriage Adventure Just this morning at the beauty shop some young girls were talking about not wanting to marry, being pressured by mothers to marry, or not wanting children. They all said, "I'm too young to get married." More >>

Tags: Dating, Marriage, Relationships, Values
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05/03/2012
Comparing Myself to Others I think we all do it, and it's very difficult to avoid. It can certainly be destructive. Envy is not one of the deadly sins for no reason. More >>

Tags: Attitude, Character, Courage, Conscience, Character-Courage-Conscience, Envy, Jealousy, Values
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