The Top 10 Signs Of Good Parenting

March 18, 2010

Davee’s top 10 ways to identify good parenting

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Are we expecting too much of our young children?

March 4, 2010

One of the opportunities I have sort of half been given and have created for myself is the opportunity to instruct a university level course in parenting.  It has always struck me that, as liberal arts institutions of higher education, we require  students to  complete courses in math, English, various sciences, humanities, physical education and [...]

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How will you be able to care for your kids if you don’t care for yourself?

March 2, 2010

I had occasion to be on an airplane, the other day.  Typically, I busy myself doing a lot of nothing as the flight attendants and crew get ready for the plane and the passengers to become airborne.  Somehow, somewhere, I’m conscious that what they are doing is very important, but I don’t respond with much [...]

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A tale of two adolescents: What parents need to know about their role in their teen’s substance abuse treatment

March 1, 2010

One of the professional hats I wear, gives me the opportunity to greet adolescents as they are checked into a residential treatment center for substance abuse and addiction.  The other day we greeted two individuals who arrived at nearly the same time.  Such occasions are always accompanied by a bit of anxiety as we often [...]

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Helping My Elderly Parents Move

March 1, 2010

I had an experience recently of moving my elderly parents from the home they had lived in for many years and from the city they had lived in for more than  60 years to a new home, new city and even a new state.  My parents are very elderly; my dad is 83 and my [...]

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