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10/03/2012
![Teaching Children About Choosing Friends](/images/Site/Icons/150x150/blog.jpg)
Every parent frets about their kids having 'weird' friends. At some point, children always seem to gravitate toward some unhealthy, unpleasant, or annoying kid that you don't like. More >>
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Tags: Behavior, Character-Courage-Conscience, Character/Courage/Conscience, Family/Relationships - Children, Fear, Friendships, Manners, Mental Health, Morals/Ethics/Values, Parenting, Values
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09/26/2012
![Regretting the Divorce](/images/Site/Icons/150x150/blog.jpg)
Over the many, many years I've worked as a licensed marriage and family therapist in private practice and on the air, I've done a lot of research on divorce, especially when it involves kids. The scientific literature differs very much from popular literature in what the happiness quotient is after a divorce. Scientific literature suggests that a good three quarters of people who divorce regret it. More >>
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Tags: Commitment, Dating, Divorce, Family/Relationships - Children, Finances, Marriage, Parenting, Personal Responsibility, Personal Responsiblity, Premarital Counseling, Religion
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09/14/2012
![Kids' Kooky Friends](/images/blog/letters.jpg)
One day my oldest daughter came home from school and was telling me about another young girl (4th grade) who seemed to pick on everyone. In my daughters's eyes, she got the brunt of it. More >>
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Tags: Attitude, Behavior, Compassion, Education, Family/Relationships - Children, Friends, Friendships, Memories, Parenting, Values
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08/22/2012
![My Parents Didn't Treat Us Kids the Same](/images/blog/email_otd.jpg)
I am the middle of 7 children, 6 girls 1 boy. Growing up, things were pretty tight. We all had jobs as teens, we all had to help pay for things like senior portraits, school activities, class rings, and we all had chores and took turns making dinner (our house was always SPOTLESS and it was a cooperative effort). More >>
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Tags: Character, Courage, Conscience, Character-Courage-Conscience, Family/Relationships - Children, Family/Relationships - Parent/Child, Parenting, Read On-Air, Relatives, Sibling rivalry, Values
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