Category Archives for "Parenting"
Embracing the Second Family..Your Teen’s Friends
When children are little, parents rule. But as kids grow into teenagers, friends often take priority over parents.
Continue readingWhen a Child Hurts
KSL Television ~ Studio 5 ~ View Video Segment Well, it’s happened. Maybe you were afraid it would. Or, perhaps it blindsided you butââ?¬Â¦.your daughter didn’t make the dance team. Your son was passed over for the scholarship. Your child didn’t get the part or solo or moment in the sun which he or she […]
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Utah Healthy Marriage Coalition Celebrates National Marriage Week
KSL Television ~ Studio 5 ~ View Video Segment I feel so strongly about promoting a healthy marriage initiative in our state because marriage is in crisis. In 1970, nearly 80% of all American adults were married; today that number has dropped to 57%. The Marriage Index also reports that today 40% of all American […]
Continue readingWhen to Meddle�and When to Not!
KSL Television ~ Studio 5 ~ View Video Segment This particular topic is especially addressed to parents of adult married children. It is rather tempting to continue to parent, protect, coddle and rescue. But when we do this, we often cause even more harm to the couple. Finances are a frequent problem among many couples.
Continue readingToo Sexy, Too Soon?
KSL Television ~ Studio 5 ~ View Video Segment Children are the target when it comes to exploiting them with marketing messages. Marketers know about young children’s vulnerabilities and they prey on them. (This doesn’t mean these marketers hate children; many of them are likely parents themselves but money is the bottomline.) Children are too […]
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