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04/11/2018
Perceiving Life My children are now 25 and 23. When they were little, my daughter would comment as we passed day care centers that she wanted to go to day care. More >>

Tags: Morals, Ethics, Values, Parenting, SAHM stay-at-home mom, Values
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04/10/2018
Helping My Kids With Homework ...This spring my youngest had trouble with getting all her work done and her grades plummeted immediately following her Bat Mitzvah. We didn't get angry with her, we reassured her she could and would do better and we were there to help her. More >>

Tags: Education, Homework, Parenting, Teaching
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04/09/2018
Setting A Bad Example ...My son goes to a special needs school. I've driven to pick up my son several times only to see a woman parking in the handicapped spot time and time again... More >>

Tags: Behavior, Doing the Right Thing, Parenting, Values
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04/06/2018
Bad Mom, Good Mom ...Every time I go back to my home state I am torn, wanting to have that mother/daughter relationship I never had... More >>

Tags: Parenting, Response to a Call
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04/05/2018
Admitting Reality Unfortunately, I have made several decisions I've regretted. The biggest was not admitting to myself, let alone the world, that I was gay until I was 34... More >>

Tags: Personal Responsibility, Response to a Comment, Values
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04/04/2018
Anxiety and Perfectionism Experience anxiety? Yes. I think it may be related to perfectionism. I grew up in a household with a narcissistic, anxious, mother who would self-medicate with alcohol and prescription drugs. More >>

Tags: Adult Child-Parent, Anxiety, Family/Relationships - Adult Child/Parent, Health, Marriage, Mental Health, Perfectionism, Stress
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04/03/2018
A Lesson in Kindness My 5 year old grandson attends a Catholic school. His Mother came to pick him up and noticed a Dad was removing the pink polo type shirt his son had been dressed in that day. More >>

Tags: Behavior, Character, Courage, Conscience, Character-Courage-Conscience, Kindness, Morals, Ethics, Values, Parenting, Values
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04/02/2018
Havin' BABIES and Husbands! I guess we just LOVE having babies, because we have four under five and I'm not even 28! More >>

Tags: Marriage, Parenting
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03/30/2018
Perceiving Life My children are now 25 and 23. When they were little, my daughter would comment as we passed day care centers that she wanted to go to day care. More >>

Tags: Morals, Ethics, Values, Parenting, SAHM stay-at-home mom, Values
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03/29/2018
The Father of a Female Teen My daughter is nearly 14 (another daughter is 12) and yet to bring up boys much, which is good, but I know she has questions like - when will a boy like me? And if I have my way, not for another 5 years. More >>

Tags: Parenting, Teenagers, Teens, Tweens
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