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01/24/2019
Why Wait to Have Sex? People who engage in sex before or within the first few weeks of dating have lower levels of relationship satisfaction, communication, and stability than those who wait longer. More >>

Tags: AttitudeBehaviorDatingPersonal ResponsibilityRelationshipsSexShacking UpTips
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01/24/2019
Cutting Ties To Save My Family For the longest time, I didn't understand why I had become my parents' therapists. I was put in the middle from the time I can remember... More >>

Tags: Character-Courage-ConscienceParentingPersonal ResponsibilityRelationshipsRelativesValues
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01/24/2019
Shopping With Toddlers I just got home from shopping and I ripped a Mom apart. I came upon her little girl playing in the aisle with fairy garden accessories, totally alone. More >>

Tags: AttitudeBehaviorMotherhood-FatherhoodParentingPersonal ResponsibilityRegarding Dr. LauraValues
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01/23/2019
Making The Right Choices For Our Daughter I have a daughter who at birth almost died from complications from an infection. When she entered public school, she wasn't 'like her sisters' according to all the teachers... More >>

Tags: EducationHomeschoolParentingPersonal ResponsibilityStressValues
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01/22/2019
Making A Stand Recently, when my husband and I were visiting his parents, I got into a brief argument with my father-in-law as I was trying to control my autistic four-year-old, and he continued badgering her... More >>

Tags: Character-Courage-ConscienceIn-LawsMarriagePersonal ResponsibilityRelativesValues
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01/17/2019
Instilling Values Early My second daughter was 4 years old and playing at a friend's home. She came home with a penny that she had taken from the neighbor child's bedroom... More >>

Tags: ParentingPersonal ResponsibilityValues
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01/09/2019
Facing Facts About five years ago, I looked in the mirror and what I saw sickened me. Instead of seeing the slender woman I had been, I saw a person who was so fat, it was gross. I realized right then I needed to stop with the excuses I had told myself to justify my getting so overweight... More >>

Tags: Eat Less-Move MoreHealthMarriagePersonal ResponsibilityValues
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01/08/2019
Our Babies Need Us While taking my toddler son to a 'make-believe' children's play town, I noticed how alone most of the children were. They had a parent with them, but I saw multiple children who were physically in proximity to their parent completely ignored due to technology. Parent after parent was staring down at a cell phone like a zombie... More >>

Tags: BehaviorMotherhood-FatherhoodParentingPersonal ResponsibilityValues
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01/07/2019
Finding Peace I had a situation with my sister for several years. We had a conversation recently, but as soon as it started, I realized she had no intention of mending our rift, but instead brought up something that happened 30 years ago... More >>

Tags: Character-Courage-ConscienceMental HealthPersonal ResponsibilityRelationshipsRelativesStressValues
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01/04/2019
Trying To Spread The Word My best friend recently shacked up with her boyfriend and ignored my warnings about doing so. I recommended she listen to your show (I've been a fan for just over a year) and warned her that if he wasn't putting a ring on her finger, he wasn't willing to commit and lay his life on the line for her... More >>

Tags: Character-Courage-ConscienceDay CareParentingPersonal ResponsibilityShacking UpTen Stupid Things Women Do to Mess Up Their LivesValues
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