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Are Assumptions Hurting Your Relationship?
We all know that the Fonz could ride a chopper and kill the ladies; heck, we even knew he could jump a shark. But who knew he could give relationship advice?
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Husbands are Not Big Kids
It is very common, unfortunately, to make jokes about dads occupying the role of the biggest kid in the house; i.e. the biggest kid mom has to raise.
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Tip of the Day: End Game
ScreamFree Daily Tip “If your children look up to you, you’ve made a success of life’s biggest job.” Author unknown We all want our children to respect us. The difficulty is this: you can’t MAKE someone feel respect towards you. In fact, the more you try to force that respect, the smaller you become in […]
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Respecting Your Kids
“The sooner you treat your son as a man, the sooner he will be one.” (John Dryden) The parent-child relationship is built on respect. Most of the time, when I say this in front of an audience, the parents will nod approvingly. However, I wonder if they’re thinking primarily about how kids need to respect […]
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On this Bus…
On this Bus… It was on a bus that my family was introduced first-hand to bullying. My son, riding home with a friend, was the target because of his red hair. I won’t bore you with the details, but suffice it to say that when I found out my son was punched in the face […]
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Hear Ye, Hear Ye
“What is important is to keep learning, to enjoy challenge, and to tolerate ambiguity. In the end there are no certain answers.” -Martina Horner, US Educator ScreamFree’s Take Hi everyone Jenny here. I saw this quote and I had to pipe in on this one because of what just happened today. If you’ll indulge me… […]
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Tip of the Day: A Father’s Biggest Job
“The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.” Author Unknown This should go without saying, but the reverse of this is true as well. If you are blessed to have a two parent household, spend at least as much time cultivating that relationship as you do working […]
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Tip of the Day: End Game
ScreamFree Daily Tip “If your children look up to you, you’ve made a success of life’s biggest job.” Author Unknown We all want our children to respect us. The difficulty is this: you can’t MAKE someone feel respect towards you. In fact, the more you try to force that respect, the smaller you become in […]
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Brand Spanking New Study
This week’s Time magazine features an article that bears mention. It’s called The Long-Term Effects of Spanking. Spanking is one of those topics that we get asked about quite often, but we do our best to skirt the issue. Why? It’s not because we are unsure of our position or anything of that sort. Rather, […]
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Tip of the Day
Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short lived. Abraham Lincoln As parents, we must continually ask ourselves, “What do I want most for my children?”. Usually, the answer to that has something to do with them becoming happy, well adjusted, confident, kind, self sufficient adults. This of course is a tall order which necessitates […]