parenting
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Help children avoid Christmas emotional breakdowns
The Christmas season is an exciting time for children – perhaps a little too exciting at times. Christi Bergin, Ph.D.,…
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Travel
Coming home: Foster kids return as young adults for the holidays
December may not yet be here, but the signs are clear: leaves are changing colors, kids are practicing their songs,…
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Next Generation
Movie biopic of C.S. Lewis is brilliant and thoughtful
The Most Reluctant Convert is based on a successful stage play/monologue written by Max McLean. This filmed version features McLean as…
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Next Generation
‘Show Me the Father’ movie explores good, and bad, parenting
How do you think of your father? With love, happiness and respect? With fear, misery and anger? Your relationship with…
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Travel
Man arrested for calling his biological female child his ‘daughter’
Canadian father Scott Hoogland was arrested and jailed this week for the crime of referring to his 14-year-old daughter as…
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Travel
Dina and Jerry: learning from their darkest hour
After Dina Russell had an abortion, her boyfriend Jerry Davenport didn’t forsake the relationship. That was unusual for a young…
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Bill Smith and his ‘home stretch’ coming of age story
The diagnosis of leukemia at age 43 laid bare a brief flirtation with escape for Bill Smith. After all, he…
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How childhood play enriches education
When I was a kid, my parents let me play. I grew up homeschooled, so I had more time than…
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