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Don't make just another New Year's Resolution; Surrender your struggles to Him

Dec 18, 2018 at 07:00 am by dhutchins

Christmas lights, snowflakes, family gatherings, new additions, loss and stress. It’s the time of year where so many of our feelings start knocking at our heart louder.... Read More

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Opinion: Why it shouldn't be named 'Blue Raider Bridge'

Dec 17, 2018 at 01:00 pm by Michelle Willard 3

As most of our readers know, I believe we should name the Bridge Over Broad (a.k.a., BOB, Bridgey McBridgeface) after one of the many women who has made a posit.... Read More

Parents Corner: Three Steps and Five Questions to Turn Parenting Anger into Parenting Success

Dec 17, 2018 at 08:00 am by aGentleDrLaura

Everyone gets angry sometimes. But there is anger and then there is destructive anger in your home. Most of us don’t want to harm our children. And one way to prev.... Read More

The Ghosts of Christmas: Remember. Remind. Renew.

Dec 17, 2018 at 07:00 am by Paulette Jackson

On December 19, 1843, A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens was published. Capturing the zeitgeist or “spirit of the times”, acknowledging west.... Read More

Dads2Dads: Are They Deaf Or Defiant?

Dec 12, 2018 at 10:00 am by Dads2Dads

Recently, a father asked, “How do I get my son to do what he’s supposed to? Every day I have to remind him about everything. It’s so frustrating.” We p.... Read More

Opinion: French Protests are Anti-Elitism & Anti-Government Mandates

Dec 11, 2018 at 08:00 am by clervin

The elites are making life choices for us peons again, and people are pushing back. Yellow-vested protesters' nationwide campaign of road blockades, coupled with the looting a.... Read More

Six Steps to Problem Solving with Your Child

Dec 07, 2018 at 01:00 pm by aGentleDrLaura

In last week’s column, I explained how I developed a way to help our wild child. This involved walking him through a series of six question whenever he broke our rules,.... Read More

President George H. W. bush Farewell

Dec 06, 2018 at 01:29 pm by clervin

At the risk of being unoriginal, please allow me a few words to eulogize former President George H.W. Bush, a man who never got enough credit for his many accomplishments-whic.... Read More

Christmas Traditions: Reading is fundamental

Dec 06, 2018 at 10:00 am by Paulette Jackson

"Few things are more important for a child than to discover the joy of reading. Give a child the love of children's reading, and you have given them, not only the most satisfy.... Read More

Dads2Dads: Why Are Teens So Different Today?

Dec 04, 2018 at 10:30 am by Dads2Dads

Every generation of parents wonders, ”Why do my kids seem so different? I didn’t act like this.” Teens are affected by the culture in which they are raised..... Read More

Opinion: Why are we offended by Children's Holiday Classics?

Dec 03, 2018 at 07:00 am by clervin 2

We’re really living in the Unites States of the Offended. People, lighten up, please. Children’s holiday classic TV specials are now being scrutinized by the PC p.... Read More

Parent’s Corner: Effective Strategies for Communicating With Difficult Children

Nov 29, 2018 at 08:00 am by aGentleDrLaura

When my children were babies, I talked with them as if they were adults. All the time about everything. “Now I’m going to give you a bath.” Or “T.... Read More

Opinion: Democrats want to 'Count Every Vote' until they win

Nov 23, 2018 at 07:00 am by clervin

This just in: Broward County, Fla., has finished counting votes and George W. Bush has beaten Al Gore for President. Just kidding, but not by much. Please forgive me for my t.... Read More

Dads2Dads: The Power of a Parent

Nov 22, 2018 at 07:00 am by Dads2Dads

We are familiar with power in its many forms – the crane that can lift a 400 lb. beam, the chief executive who oversees a large company, or the electrical substation tha.... Read More

Parenting Through Black Friday While Wearing Your Dysfunctional Family

Nov 21, 2018 at 09:30 am by aGentleDrLaura

I’ll admit I have my own stories of feeling the pressure to buy to excess for my children. To make up for the poverty, deprivation, and abuse of my childhood. And to mak.... Read More