[caption id="attachment_14089" align="alignleft" width="199" caption="Photo credit: Petri Kurkaa"][/caption]THE VALUE OF DISCUSSION Ethics and values should be spoken about regularly in homes. Every time your child comes home with an example of something “unfair” that happened at school, this is an opportunity to speak about ethics. When an issue comes up on ...

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“You’re not my boss.”                 My daughter Lizzie is fourteen. Therefore, over the previous few years, I’ve heard this phrase more times than I can count. It’s as if she’s got it on autorepeat. My friends also hear this near constant refrain from their children, as well.                 Why is this expression ...

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“Growin’ up leads to growin’ old, and then to dyin’. Dyin’ to me don’t sound like all that much fun.” -John Mellencamp, The Authority Song I was a later child myself. My mom was 32 when I was born, Dad was 40; I was 14 years behind my sister and brother. ...

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