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01/25/2019
I Owe My Happiness, In Part, to My Father-In-Law The first time my husband came to my apartment while we were dating, I noticed he'd put the seat down after using the bathroom. Chivalry at its finest! More >>

Tags: BehaviorChivalryMannersRaising Boys to MenReal menSocial IssuesValues
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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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01/21/2019
Looking At The Big Picture Last week, I walked into our kitchen and found a glass in the sink. There is a glass in the same sink every morning. My husband puts it in the sink after he takes medication at night. It's there every morning... More >>

Tags: AttitudeChoose Wisely-Treat KindlyMarriageRelationshipsValuesWomen's Point of View
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01/18/2019
Learning Lessons I found you again about a year ago. I was seeking an attitude adjustment because my marriage of 21 years was not as strong as it could be... More >>

Tags: AttitudeDatingMarriageRelationshipsValues
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01/18/2019
Shacking-up With Boyfriends ...My marriage of 11 years ended violently in November 2011. He left me with a traumatic brain injury and strangle marks on my neck. I'm now a single mom of 3 sons. I had always been a housewife/full-time mom, so I was stressed about getting a job... More >>

Tags: AbuseBad relationshipsDatingMarriageMotherhood-FatherhoodMotheringParentingRelationshipsResponse to a CallShacking-UpValues
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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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01/17/2019
Respect, Love and Commit I picked up the Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands from the library recently.... I'd heard controversy about it from an online forum, so I wanted to find out for myself what it was about. More >>

Tags: BehaviorReligionRespectThe Proper Care and Feeding of HusbandsValuesWomen's Point of View
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