Category Archives: Mothers

A Normal Education? Graduation Rates and Sports

Raise the standards of the educational providers, the environments we call educational, and move the needle away from stats…and you just might uncover a special talent in each child. If we fail to change our perspective, then all we have done is maintain the status quo so that terms like tenure, election, and tax base proliferate our communities. Get the system on track THEN communicate student expectations. Driving reverse at 80 mph only endangers the rest of us. Continue reading

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Adults Failing our Children?

What works for them and what continues to befuddle them? After my work in education over the past 10 years I can tell you that the general consensus from educators is that they are inundated with new “campaigns” on a yearly and sometimes semester basis. A new way to score, a new way to observe, new boxes to check…and all we are doing is creating mass burnout. Continue reading

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Competing Sexes

So, as we wake from our competitive hangover from days-gone-by we find ourselves wondering what will be next. Where will the next opportunity arise that will finally bring us back from the doldrums of adulthood. Yes! That’s it! Our children! How could I have forgotten…maybe I could be the father that pushes my son into sports and training fit for the pros…maybe I could be a stage mother and start off with a pageant or two…I know, I will be the best board member for my local nonprofit, the top Uncle, neighbor, and contributor to my church. Continue reading

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Man-Up or Stand Up? The American Boy is in Trouble

I say with great confidence and sadness that our young boys are at a crossroads. Our boys are flailing in the wind with no direction, purpose, or sense of self. Continue reading

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The Teenage Rulebook For Cool-ness

Sadly, so to is teenage pregnancy. So to is the song and dance between hormones and common sense—between conversation and sexual intimacy and the real-world consequences of teenage rituals and traditions. Continue reading

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Does your Relationship Have a Hidden Agenda?

Here’s to couples who aren’t afraid to share their hopes and dreams, their reality and their faults along the way without malice. If there ever was a human on this earth who would “cut you some slack”…let’s hope it is the one you call “Dear”. Continue reading

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Are YOU Normal?

It becomes increasingly obvious that a segment of the population fears the word NORMAL. Maybe some folks think that it implies less than, adequate, or maybe even average when in fact it has NOTHING to do with performance! Continue reading

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How Much is That Negligee in the Window?

Gawking can begin innocently. Gawking can merely be wishful thinking. The problem is that it sets the stage for an overall approach to life… Continue reading

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Who Likes Angry, Sad, Crying Men?

There will be days, ladies, when your partner responds like a caveman and you will say, “If only I had married a man!” And, there will be times when he cries in your arms and you say, “If only I had married a man!” Continue reading

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Imagined Fears Men Have About the Women They Love

We want to feel secure in the men that we are on the outside, the gentle boy on the inside, and the husband and father we both want us to be for a lifetime. Continue reading

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