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TBT: Separately Together
As a kid, I was fascinated by conjoined (“Siameze”) twins. I read stories in the Guinness record book, and I watched TV specials on the courageous families…
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Leading a ScreenSmart Home
All week we’ve looked at the power of screens in our lives; here are some guidelines. You’ll see more of these in…
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Internet Games: We can’t just take ‘em or leave ‘em
When my kids were young, they loved to visit a website on our family desktop that allowed them to choose from dozens of simple, seemingly harmless games. Now that the world is becoming more and more aware…
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Focusing on others is not unselfish
Occasionally, our ScreamFree Parenting and Marriage materials receive a criticism for telling folks they need to focus less on…
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Becoming Ordinary
Our culture is obsessed with celebrities, turning sports players and singers and actors into heroes…all the while dismissing quiet, ordinary, hardworking women and men. Often, we equate ordinary…
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Say Goodbye to Childhood
One of the tragedies of childhood trauma is that very often, the child’s emotional maturity can freeze at that age; their bodies keep growing but their psyches struggle to keep up.
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Don’t Do What Comes Naturally
What comes naturally for us Homo Sapiens sometimes makes us animals; what natural urges we’re able to manage and master make us human.
