The Truth About Youth Sexting If you’re not talking to your kids about “sexting,” there’s someone in a chat room ready to have that conversation. …
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The Cult of Speed
In this hurry-up and get everything–and more–done society, researchers have found that American adults actually overestimate the number of hours they work and underestimate the …
Read More »Challenging Children
Eight-year-old Jessica wasn’t an easy child. A bossy, fussy girl with only a few friends, she frustrated and alienated even those who loved her the …
Read More »Change the World
A study, about New Year’s resolutions indicates that 40 to 45% of American adults make one or more resolutions each year. Only 8% of people …
Read More »The Gift of Ciara
Ciara was our first child, born during the lazy days of summer when hopes were high and dreams weaved themselves into the fabric of our …
Read More »Socialize Your Brain
“Within the last decade or so we’ve started to learn that brain fitness is a bit akin to physical fitness,” Aaron Seitz, a neuroscientist at …
Read More »Sexual Dysfunction
Sex is a topic that is often overlooked among Christian women. Somehow, sex is thought to be dirty or sinful. Proper Christian women would never …
Read More »Loving the Difference
A friend once admitted that his two children were so different from each other that he actually found it difficulty to “like” both of them …
Read More »Happy Days at Home
It was one of the cutest lines on the perennial sitcom hit, Happy Days. Every now and then, the avuncular dad, Tom Bosley, would be …
Read More »Letting Go of Guilt
Someone recently asked me how I balance work (teaching high school students) and time with my daughter as a single mother. I hate to give …
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