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“Always do your best.” Notice, the concept is not “Be perfect,” but is instead “Do your best.”
- Added: May 22, 2014
- Length: 02:34
When we make assumptions it’s because we believe we know what others are thinking and feeling. When it comes to our children, we blindly assume the...
- Added: May 22, 2014
- Length: 02:29
I would like to think about the Second Agreement, “Don’t take anything personally,” as it applies to the lives of parents.
- Added: May 22, 2014
- Length: 02:39
Parents can provide the model to our children that we only speak the truth to them. This involves their watching how we conduct our lives with hon...
- Added: May 22, 2014
- Length: 02:30
Ann Patchett's bestselling novel "State of Wonder" tells the story of medical researchers studying an Amazonian tribe in which woman routinely bear...
- Added: Feb 28, 2014
- Length: 02:43
The numbers tell a solemn story. American children play outside less now than at any other time in our nation’s history.
- Added: Feb 28, 2014
- Length: 02:42
My years of marriage have taught me that raising kids with another person is rarely a smooth ride. Any two adults bring very different upbringings...
- Added: Feb 21, 2014
- Length: 02:29
Comedian Jerry Seinfeld’s take on toddlers is right on: “A two-year-old is kind of like having a blender but you don’t have a top for it.”
- Added: Feb 21, 2014
- Length: 02:43
The middle-age woman spoke tentatively as she reached for words to express her meaning. She was raised in the south, the great-grandchild of slave...
- Added: Jan 31, 2014
- Length: 02:24
I love words. A well-turned phrase gives me goose bumps. Words play a significant role in my life. But sometimes in the life of a family, words ...
- Added: Jan 31, 2014
- Length: 02:29
This episode is about "Therapy Dogs in the Courtroom" but it’s much more than that. It’s the story of changing the system from within, leveling the...
Bought by KFOK-LPFM
- Added: Jan 28, 2014
- Length: 49:25
- Purchases: 1
A new baby monitor has more bells and whistles than ever before. This monitor maintains information on everything about a baby: the temperature i...
- Added: Jan 13, 2014
- Length: 02:20
Your day is too full already with too many places to be. As you race from one point to the next, you glance down at your fuel gauge and discover y...
- Added: Jan 13, 2014
- Length: 02:10
After the holiday hustle and bustle, an empty datebook can seem anticlimactic. But in my estimation, those empty calendar pages feel like a benedic...
- Added: Jan 13, 2014
- Length: 02:24
Most parents will tell you that what they really want for their children, bottom line, is a life of happiness. And I have one surefire, works-ever...
- Added: Dec 18, 2013
- Length: 02:19
With the success of TV shows like Modern Family and Parenthood, it’s clear that the way Americans think of family is starting to change. But Linda ...
- Added: Nov 25, 2013
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
With the success of TV shows like Modern Family and Parenthood, it’s clear that the way Americans think of family is starting to change. But Linda ...
- Added: Nov 25, 2013
- Length: 53:56
- Purchases: 2
"We've done it all wrong!" moaned the mother. "We've mishandled bedtime, and now we've taught our son the wrong way to go to sleep. Will he ever le...
- Added: Nov 18, 2013
- Length: 02:15
Each morning my little dog and I venture out in our neighborhood for a brisk walk. She employs her excellent nose to read messages from other dogs...
- Added: Nov 18, 2013
- Length: 02:26
Andrew Soloman's proposal, in his recent book, is that being exceptional is at the core of the human condition. Our differences are what unite us.
Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and KCBX
- Added: Nov 12, 2013
- Length: 28:58
- Purchases: 2
A recent family gathering came on the heels of a large appliance purchase. During an evening of conversation and play, The Box which had contained ...
- Added: Nov 04, 2013
- Length: 02:11
Six-month-old granddaughter Emmy has alot to say, but most people around her would never know it.
- Added: Nov 04, 2013
- Length: 02:19
While I adore family trips and the love that they rekindle among parents and their kids, there is also a time for a trip for mom and dad. Alone. ...
- Added: Nov 04, 2013
- Length: 02:13
Human beings operate most confidently when we know the limits. Suffering from a fear of heights, I can only enjoy a mountainous scenic overlook whe...
- Added: Nov 04, 2013
- Length: 02:15
The stereo blares “76 Trombones” as the marchers step in line. Is it the annual Independence Day Parade? Nope. It’s your own family marching dow...
- Added: Nov 04, 2013
- Length: 02:23
