Category Archives: Listening

Your home is your Family Team’s locker room for Life

     Think of your family home as the locker room in which you prepare your children for life. Your kids will live most of their life away from you, though it doesn’t always feel that way. Your job is to prepare … Continue reading

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Talk Time

Every family could use more designated talk time. I had a friend who used to have ‘pillow talk’ every night with each of her two boys. She said they shared more readily when it was just the two of them in … Continue reading

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Is teenage rebellion necessary?

I was prepared for some major teen rebellion in our house.  I mean, I worked hard to raise independent people who listened to their own hearts and who could find their own voices.  It’s kind of like when you can’t wait … Continue reading

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Extra Compassion Please

With the tensions from Ferguson spilling on to my Facebook feed, I keep thinking that what we all need is even more compassion for people different from us.  As a woman, I really don’t like it when a man thinks … Continue reading

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15 Minutes of Focus

Oh the difference 15 minutes makes! Sometimes I leave a classroom full of kids and I ponder how needy some of them are.  It makes teaching challenging when a few kids need so desperately to be heard by me, need … Continue reading

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