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03/14/2012
Emotional Family Pricetags Your advice to the daughter who had been her father's caregiver and then was tasked as being his estate's executor were both morally and legally correct, but let me share my experience which, by the way, mirrors what several friends have experienced having been put in the same place. More >>

Tags: Family/Relationships - FamilyRelationshipsRelativesResponse to a Call
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03/14/2012
Your 'Dose of Reality' I called about a month ago asking how I could get over my anger of my former sister-in-law dating less than 6 months after my brother's suicide. More >>

Tags: Family/Relationships - FamilyRelationshipsRelativesResponse to a Call
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03/13/2012
Favorite Thing to Do in the World ...Most Sundays I take a morning Jacuzzi with our 3 year old son and 6 year old daughter. We have snacks while playing children's games like "I Spy" and the "Guessing Game". More >>

Tags: Family/Relationships - ChildrenFamily/Relationships - FamilyParentingRead On-AirRelationshipsRelatives
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03/13/2012
Living with Technology As a single mother of a daughter, I've had to educate myself in these areas for obvious reasons. More >>

Tags: Family/Relationships - FamilyInternetInternet-MediaParentingRelationshipsRelativesSocial MediaTechnology
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03/13/2012
Techonology is a Double-Edged Sword Like so many other things, advances in technology both help and harm our relationship. So often my wife and I comment we are grateful we did not have to deal with texting, facebook updates, and twitter feeds when we were dating. More >>

Tags: Family/Relationships - FamilyInternetInternet-MediaRelationshipsRelativesSocial MediaTechnology
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03/07/2012
Delivering Consequences Can Be Tough This week, I had an opportunity to do the right thing with my nephew who has been living with us for the past 21 months. More >>

Tags: AddictionAlcoholismDoing the right thingFamily/Relationships - FamilyHealthPersonal ResponsibilityRelatives
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03/07/2012
The Only Activity That Made a Difference to Me I participated in a variety of after school activities - ballet, karate, softball, theater, basketball, volleyball, track, and then finally in high school I did swim. More >>

Tags: GrandmotherRead On-AirRelationshipsRelativesTeenagersTeens
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03/06/2012
Second Marriages and Babies I just heard the call from the "50" year old newlywed whose "40" year old wife desperately wanted children. I was in a similar predicament 10 years ago, when at 35 I married my husband, 11 years my senior. More >>

Tags: BehaviorGrandchildrenGratitudeMotherhood-FatherhoodPregnancyRelationshipsRelativesResponse to a CallSecond marriage
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02/27/2012
Dinner Laugh-fest I had to giggle when I read the email from the reader who instituted a "rude" family dinner night in an effort to teach her children table manners. Our dinnertime is legendary, but NOT because it is so mannerly. More >>

Tags: AttitudeBehaviorFamily/Relationships - FamilyJoyMannersRelationshipsRelatives
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02/13/2012
How Facebook Affected Me I am currently separated from my husband of 29 years. Just last week, I deactivated my Facebook account because I found it made me angrier and hurt. More >>

Tags: Family/Relationships - FamilyFriendshipFriendshipsMarriageRead On-AirRelationshipsRelatives
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