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Stories about people coming out as gay or lesbian are more and more common. But usually it’s young people coming out to parents or friends. Allison...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and WXDU
- Added: Feb 07, 2014
- Length: 02:40
- Purchases: 2
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
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
When Sarah glanced in the backseat from her car’s rearview mirror, she saw a sight that amazed her. Her two preschool-aged children, so often enga...
- Added: Nov 04, 2013
- Length: 02:33
Keep Calm and Carry On was penned on a propaganda poster produced in England during the beginning of World War II. These words were intended to en...
- Added: Nov 04, 2013
- Length: 02:14
In our youth, our knees don’t creak. Our sleep is largely undisturbed. Our energy is boundless. And most importantly, a universe of possibility awa...
- Added: Nov 04, 2013
- Length: 02:27
There’s one resource every parent needs: a close friend or family member to stand beside them in the trenches.
- Added: Nov 04, 2013
- Length: 02:18
Moms and dads capture the history of their children’s lives with photographs.
- Added: Oct 29, 2013
- Length: 02:35
All sorts of magical things occur when parent and child curl up together with a good book.
- Added: Oct 29, 2013
- Length: 02:27
By now many of us have already made New Year’s Resolutions.
- Added: Oct 29, 2013
- Length: 02:24
A dad of three little boys recently blogged about his frustration with middle-aged people telling him he should “cherish this time” with his kids, ...
- Added: Oct 29, 2013
- Length: 02:32
