Gathering Time for Together

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These days from the week before Thanksgiving to the first of the year happen in rapid fire fashion do they not?  The television, store ads, and aisles all call to us to buy more, spend more, and go go go more. As an old mother of four young adults I find that the real treat… [Continue Reading]

Teach your children how to set healthy boundaries

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    Boundaries  are to protect life, not to limit pleasures. Edwin Louis Cole    For those who read my posts and may not know, I am a gynecologist who does physical examinations on potentially sexually assaulted children. This can be a grim task. That is why I am writing today about boundaries. Teaching our children… [Continue Reading]

Internet: 3 Ways to Keep Your Kid Safe

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This is first of a three-part series called CYBER SAFETY for KIDS. As the mother of three children (two teens and an adult daughter), cyber UNsafety gives me nightmares. My son too. The other day while he played Minecraft with his Christian school friends on XBox 360 Live, a teen boy who crashed their game… [Continue Reading]

The Power of Dad, for Better or Worse

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Dads are important to kids growing up healthy. Living without a dad is tough. Experiencing a dad who hurt you is unimaginable. Please know that your heavenly Father loves you beyond words. Many girls grow up with fathers who were absent in one way or another. Others have loving, involved dads. If you are among the girls… [Continue Reading]