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When Getting Fired Is Good News

Once a year, I head to a different kind of back-to-school night: our school’s drug and alcohol homily for parents. Thank goodness the school offers this parenting supplement. Otherwise, I’d know nothing. Most kids at our school are smart enough to avoid blatant intoxication in front of adults. But with several drug and alcohol awareness…

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5 Ways for Parents to Use Technology to Have Manners

I recently wrote a post about how we need to be reminded to have manners in a world of technology.  I got a lot of emails and comments, talking about how difficult it is to follow through with some of the tips, so I've devised another list to utilize the tech world in helping us. 1.  Order…