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Title: Are you Guilty?

When we hear the words abuse or bully, we often think of violence perpetrated against one individual by another. Few of us believe that relationships should include bullying or abuse and yet we only recognize one or two aspects of these acts, that of physical violence or sexual assault. These acts are just a small part

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Mirror, Mirror on the wall.

The hardest relationship to manage is the one that we have with ourselves. It is a fact that we are hardest on ourselves, tend to see ourselves through warped mirrors, and find it hardest to forgive ourselves. If we could learn to see ourselves through the eyes of others, we might learn that the person that we REALLY are down...

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Bring Back Beaver Cleaver: The effects of disrespect.

About 50 years ago, any sign of disrespect would have been dealt with swiftly and decisively, if not by your parents, then by your teachers, employers, neighbors, anyone who was witness to the act of disrespect. Back then in our...

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Dad is Dead: Conclusion

The "Dad is Dead" project instituted by my friend to teach his children resourcefulness, responsibility, and life skills has not been without it's bumps and pitfalls. The first was the "disappearance" of his youngest child on a trip to the grocery store. The intrepid 11-year-old decides to grocery shop at a store over a mile from his home...

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Dad Is Dead! Creating teaching moments with your children

I enjoy keeping up with old and new friends especially when they provide me with topics for new articles. One of my old high school friends did just that this week. His idea was so novel that I couldn't pass up the opportunity to share it with my readers. First, however, you need some background...

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Into every life a little rain must fall.

Everyone will experience loss at some point in their lives. Most will experience loss many times during their lifetime. Friends will come and go, parents will eventually die, children may pass away or cut all contact with their family, lovers will leave, and personal loss such as respect, naïveté or innocence will occur. Loss is unavoidable...

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