Voices

Opinion: Rutherford County Commission represents 'good ole boy' at its worst

Dec 27, 2018 at 02:00 pm by SusanVera 1

Whether you voted or not, you should be asking yourself if you are getting the representation you want from your county commissioner. The Rutherford Neighborhood Alliance has.... Read More

New Year's Resolutions for Perfectly Imperfect People.

Dec 27, 2018 at 01:30 pm by aGentleDrLaura

Last night my husband and I watched a movie starring one of my favorite movie and television heroes. Handsome, brave and headstrong, sometimes rude, and yes, afraid of heights.... Read More

Dads2Dads: Take A Moment To Make A Moment

Dec 27, 2018 at 12:27 pm by Dads2Dads

It only takes a moment to have a meaningful interaction with your child. That is the focus of the campaign for good parenting from the National Responsible Fatherhood Clearing.... Read More

Opinion: TVA Board Chair Richard Howorth reflects on 2019

Dec 27, 2018 at 08:00 am by Voice Wire

With a new calendar year ahead and TVA CEO Bill Johnson’s recent retirement announcement concluding his six-year term of leadership, now is an appropriate time to reflec.... Read More

Christmas Thoughts for Perfectly Imperfect Parents

Dec 20, 2018 at 08:00 am by aGentleDrLaura

In 1977, when my youngest was 2 years old, I took a psychology class that hit me right smack dab inside my perfect parenting prejudices. I had them! Too many shoulds I believe.... Read More

Dads2Dads: How to effectively communicate with your children

Dec 18, 2018 at 11:00 am by Dads2Dads

In his best selling book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen Covey says, “Children desperately want to open up, even more to their parents than to their pe.... Read More

Don't make just another New Year's Resolution; Surrender your struggles to Him

Dec 18, 2018 at 07:00 am by dhutchins

Christmas lights, snowflakes, family gatherings, new additions, loss and stress. It’s the time of year where so many of our feelings start knocking at our heart louder.... Read More

Slideshow

Opinion: Why it shouldn't be named 'Blue Raider Bridge'

Dec 17, 2018 at 01:00 pm by Michelle Willard 3

As most of our readers know, I believe we should name the Bridge Over Broad (a.k.a., BOB, Bridgey McBridgeface) after one of the many women who has made a posit.... Read More

Parents Corner: Three Steps and Five Questions to Turn Parenting Anger into Parenting Success

Dec 17, 2018 at 08:00 am by aGentleDrLaura

Everyone gets angry sometimes. But there is anger and then there is destructive anger in your home. Most of us don’t want to harm our children. And one way to prev.... Read More

The Ghosts of Christmas: Remember. Remind. Renew.

Dec 17, 2018 at 07:00 am by Paulette Jackson

On December 19, 1843, A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens was published. Capturing the zeitgeist or “spirit of the times”, acknowledging west.... Read More

Dads2Dads: Are They Deaf Or Defiant?

Dec 12, 2018 at 10:00 am by Dads2Dads

Recently, a father asked, “How do I get my son to do what he’s supposed to? Every day I have to remind him about everything. It’s so frustrating.” We p.... Read More

Opinion: French Protests are Anti-Elitism & Anti-Government Mandates

Dec 11, 2018 at 08:00 am by clervin

The elites are making life choices for us peons again, and people are pushing back. Yellow-vested protesters' nationwide campaign of road blockades, coupled with the looting a.... Read More

Six Steps to Problem Solving with Your Child

Dec 07, 2018 at 01:00 pm by aGentleDrLaura

In last week’s column, I explained how I developed a way to help our wild child. This involved walking him through a series of six question whenever he broke our rules,.... Read More

President George H. W. bush Farewell

Dec 06, 2018 at 01:29 pm by clervin

At the risk of being unoriginal, please allow me a few words to eulogize former President George H.W. Bush, a man who never got enough credit for his many accomplishments-whic.... Read More

Christmas Traditions: Reading is fundamental

Dec 06, 2018 at 10:00 am by Paulette Jackson

"Few things are more important for a child than to discover the joy of reading. Give a child the love of children's reading, and you have given them, not only the most satisfy.... Read More