A Healthy School Lunch
Whether you're sending it with your kids or relying on what they will receive at school, lunch is an important meal. It provides the energy for your child to continue learning through the afternoon, so what your kids eat (or, for those who are heading back to campus themselves, what YOU eat) should be nutritious, tasty, portable and FUN!
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Bond with your Family: Eat Together
It's hard for me to forget about dinner. My thirteen year-old daughter, Alyssa, poses the same question daily. "What are we having for dinner?" she asks, usually in the early afternoon. Her inquiry makes me think, because I can tell that the answer is important to her. After I tell her what's on the evening menu, she goes about... >Read More
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Balancing Work and Family
I slipped into his room late one evening as I arrived home from work so that I could give him a goodnight snuggle and a kiss, only to find him wide awake. "Hey Dad, it's Wednesday!" my 12-year-old said. "Tonight was our date night, Dad! You forgot!"
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I Wasn't Ready to be a Grandma
Facing the unexpected? Don't do it alone, talk to a confidential email mentor.
It’s been several years now, but I can still clearly picture the day I found out my teenage daughter was pregnant. I remember her standing in the kitchen saying, “Mom, embrace it!” My initial response to Amber’s words were, “Yeah, right, that’s easy for...... >Read More
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Sibling Rivalry
Dear Mr. Dad: When our now-18-month-old son was born, my husband and I thought he’d be a wonderful playmate for his big brother. Instead, our older child seems to hate his baby brother—the two of them yell at each other, snatch each other’s toys, and fight all the time. I’m actually afraid my older one might do some serious... >Read More
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Our son neglects us
This Mom is fed up! My husband and I have tried everything to get our 21 year old son, "Tommy," to be responsible and respectful, and we have always been there for him! My husband and I aren't the only ones our son neglects; he treats his grandparents and others in our family the same way. I tried to... >Read More
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It's Not Crazy-mas, It's Christ-mas
Many families have told me about their "Christmas Simplification Plan" - limiting their gifts to three per person. We told the Kay family babes years ago that if three gifts was good enough for baby Jesus, then three gifts is good enough for them. This tradition has kept the focus of the season where it belongs and it's kept... >Read More
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Understanding Cutting
My daughter cut herself for the first time when she was 12... >more
First Aid for Bruised Hearts - Talk to a mentor
“What’s love got to do with it?” Tina Turner famously asked. For... >more
What Do You Fear?
