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Inferior Interior
“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” (Eleanor Roosevelt) I used to refer to Facebook as “Timesuck,” for obvious reasons. But I have to confess that lately I’ve been feeling even more animosity towards it and all other social media hubs. Perhaps I’m just doing it wrong, but rarely do I come […]
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Responsible to our Kids
“Parents are the last people on earth who ought to have children.” (Samuel Butler) Everybody is a great parent until they have kids. We all have great ideals about how we will relate with our kids; how we will give them both freedom and responsibility. How we will let them make mistakes so that they […]
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Your Stop Sign
“In the name of God, stop a moment. Cease your work, look around.” (Leo Tolstoy) I know that we are all busy beyond measure these days. If it’s not the office demanding your attention, it’s the laundry, or an aging parent, a needy friend, an empty refrigerator. But guess what – all of that will […]
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Plant a Tree
“One generation plants the trees; another gets the shade.” (Chinese proverb) On those days (and we all have them) when you don’t know if you have the energy to be ScreamFree – remember this quote. There is an even higher calling than being the best parent possible for your own child. By stretching yourself to […]
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Color My World
“Life is like an ever shifting kaleidoscope – a slight change and all patterns alter.” (Sharon Salzberg) Ask a number of parents how they feel at the end of a particularly hard day with a child and one word will crop up more than any other: overwhelmed. It is easy to get lost in the […]
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Happily Never After
“But childhood prolonged, cannot remain a fairyland. It becomes a hell.” (Louise Bogan) Our children come to us as the most helpless of all species, and at first, they depend on us completely for support and sustenance. But they grow, and so should their world. The problem comes when we try to protect them and […]
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Where the Rubber Meets the Road
“Your children will see what you’re all about by what you live rather than what you say.” (Dr. Wayne Dyer) Integrity occurs when your actions match your beliefs, and although that is a difficult path to be on, it is definitely worth it. Kids are watching your every move, like it or not. They pick […]
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Don’t Miss the Wonder Years
“Parents are often so busy with the physical rearing of children that they miss the glory of parenthood, just as the grandeur of the trees is lost when raking leaves.” (Marcelene Cox) When did all of the “haftas” of family life take over the reason we had kids in the first place? I remember staring […]
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Kids and Chores
“It is amazing how quickly the kids learn to drive a car, yet are unable to understand the lawnmower, snow-blower, or vacuum cleaner.” (Ben Bergor) Can I get an Amen? Isn’t it amazing that kids can create power point presentations about their Christmas lists and figure out how to fix your ipod without even blinking, […]
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Come, Sail Away
“I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning to sail my own ship.” (Louisa May Alcott) Storms happen. That’s just the way life works. You don’t work on yourself to become ScreamFree so that your life can be free of struggle. That kind of life just doesn’t exist. You work hard on yourself […]