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10/13/2011
The Solution is Not Always to Drug Them This is in response to the email: Let's Not Drug Them."

They wanted to "treat" my oldest for ADD when he was little. I refused treatment and switched to a charter school rather than drugging him. More >>

Tags: Education, Health, Parenting, SAHM (Stay at Home Mom), Stay-at-Home Mom
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10/12/2011
I Found PEACE by Taking On Another Task Okay... here I went! We all raced to the teacher resource store, office store, bookshelf store. We went to the school for a meeting with the teacher and principal, and to the library for curriculum and supplies. More >>

Tags: Education, Homeschool, Homeschooling, Parenting, Read On-Air, Stay-at-Home Mom
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10/12/2011
The Dangers of Seventeen Magazine I had a Dr Laura moment, and the guts to blog about it because of you: Reach for Those Stars? (AKA Shame on You Seventeen Magazine) More >>

Tags: Family/Relationships - Teens, Morals, Ethics, Values, Parenting, Sex, Social Issues, Teens, Values
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10/12/2011
He Did the Dishes In one of your books (I think it was The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands, or Marriage), there was a wife who wrote about how she told her husband he looked sexy washing the dishes, so he decided to do it more often! More >>

Tags: Marriage, Sex, The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands, The Proper Care and Feeding of Marriage
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10/11/2011
The Strength to Leave I raised my kids in a home with a man, who for 17 years kept us in fear. He wouldn't allow me to have any friends at all, nor even go with my mom to lunch for fear I would tell someone about our lives. More >>

Tags: Abuse, Character, Courage, Conscience, Character-Courage-Conscience, spousal abuse, Values
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10/11/2011
Searching for a Job Friday's call (10.07.11) from Donna caught my attention. She said SHE would "pound the pavement" to find a job while her husband sticks to the internet and such. Two years ago, I was out of work for 6 months. More >>

Tags: Internet-Media, Internet/Media, Response to a Call
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10/11/2011
Validation for How I Feel I wanted to thank you for your book, The Proper Care & Feeding of Husbands. I just wish I could convince my wife to read it. More >>

Tags: Marriage, Men's Point of View, The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands, The Proper Feeding
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10/10/2011
Dead Beat Dad I am what I call a "Dead Beat Dad."

Let me explain.

After my wife filed for a divorce I felt dead inside. More >>

Tags: Behavior, Divorce, Fatherhood, Motherhood-Fatherhood, Parenting, Respect
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10/10/2011
The Meaning of My Life I just read your guest blog, When Bad Things Happen to Children. It was the email from Lisa, a mother, obviously in pain, questioning the meaning of life as she watches her child suffer from cancer. More >>

Tags: cancer, Family/Relationships - Children, Health, Motherhood, Motherhood-Fatherhood, Parenting
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10/10/2011
'Men Don't Tell' I very much appreciated your interview on Friday with the gentleman, Dr. Ned Holstein talking about how women initiate at least as much violence against their partners and how hard it is for men to find help in politics, the media, the courts, etc. More >>

Tags: Abuse, Marriage, spousal abuse
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