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Motherhood-Fatherhood
03/26/2020
Facing Our Fears My husband and I were out riding our tandem bike with our 6-month-old Chesapeake puppy running alongside. We went on the bike path that goes underneath a six-lane road. Our Chesapeake started to panic and get scared... More >>

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03/16/2020
The Value of My Children Twenty-two years ago, I was a high-powered saleswoman, making $200,000 a year. Since I was in the car a lot, I started listening to talk radio and there you were, telling me to stay at home with my kidlets... More >>

Tags: Character-Courage-ConscienceMotherhood-FatherhoodParentingStress
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03/13/2020
Childhood Victories My 13-year-old son aspires to be a motorcycle mechanic and saved up to purchase a motor kit for his bicycle. I found him in the garage one Saturday, hunched over his bike, frustrated to the point of tears... More >>

Tags: BehaviorCharacter-Courage-ConscienceMotherhood-FatherhoodParentingStressTeens
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03/12/2020
Learning to Give at a Young Age My son made a lemonade and cookies refreshment stand in our neighborhood. He sat out in the hot sun for hours and only made three dollars... More >>

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03/11/2020
Your Impact on My Family You had a caller recently who decided to re-marry and move across the country, leaving her ten-year-old boy behind. My eleven-year-old son was listening and was deeply affected by the call... More >>

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03/09/2020
My Favorite Thing To Do Most Sundays I play children's games like 'I Spy' and the 'Guessing Game' with our 3-year-old son and 6-year-old daughter. Last weekend, the game de jour was the Guessing Game and my daughter started with the question 'What do you think is my favorite thing to do in the world?'... More >>

Tags: AttitudeMen's Point of ViewMotherhood-FatherhoodParentingValues
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02/20/2020
We Were Truly Blessed Through listening to you, I came to realize what wonderful parents my brother and I were blessed with... More >>

Tags: Character-Courage-ConscienceMotherhood-FatherhoodParentingRelatives
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02/10/2020
The Importance Of Being A Mommy ...The other day, I was cooking and doing chores while my littlest was napping and my oldest came up to me and hugged my leg... More >>

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01/27/2020
The Price of Raising Them Right I had a six-figure salary prior to having children. I was one of those Generation Xers who thought I'd just add kids to my portfolio, and to my life, but shortly after the first was born, I realized just how wrong I was... More >>

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01/16/2020
You Only Get One Chance I am embarrassed to say my son was 2 1/2 yrs old when I finally saw the light and quit my corporate job to stay home and raise him... More >>

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