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Your Child Wants to Get a Tattoo

April 9, 2013

Teenagers are curious creatures. When kids turn twelve many are already into adolescence, a time of great change in their brains, bodies and lives. Adolescence can be a trying time for parents as well; one day this cuddly, sweet boy does an about-face and utters profanities as he slams the door behind him. All teens [...]

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Who Is your Hero?

March 31, 2013

The definition of the word hero means: a person who, in the opinion of others, has heroic qualities or has performed a heroic act and is regarded as a model or ideal: A hero is someone who is brave and courageous in spite of the tremendous odds against him or her. It is a person [...]

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Parents: Raising Your Child in a Troubling World

March 27, 2013

My two daughters are grown and have families of their own now. When my youngest daughter went to college she wrote me a letter that to this day I hold dear to my heart. She validated my parenting skills telling me she was glad I set boundaries and confronted her when she went against the [...]

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Family Dynamics and Dilemmas

March 10, 2013

I was thirteen in 1970 so all of my teenage years were in the seventies, which was an interesting time in our country, especially for girls. I guess it really started much earlier but since we lived in the mid-west and my parents were very old fashioned and conservative we were always about a century [...]

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Love, not time, heals all wounds…

March 3, 2013

I would find it hard to count the number of times when I have shared a story with regards to something hurtful in my life in which the listener’s ultimate advice is to allow time to transpire in order for the wound caused by the painful event to heal. We’ve all heard it before, “time [...]

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What Do You Know About Your Child?

March 3, 2013

Have you ever wondered just how well you really know your son or daughter? When they walk out the front door, whom are they meeting? Where will they go? How will they spend their time? As parents we get so wrapped up in our check-off lists that we may forget to stop and smell the [...]

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