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Dads2Dads: Why Are Teens So Different Today?

Dec 04, 2018 at 10:30 am by Dads2Dads

Every generation of parents wonders, ”Why do my kids seem so different? I didn’t act like this.” Teens are affected by the culture in which they are raised..... Read More

Opinion: Why are we offended by Children's Holiday Classics?

Dec 03, 2018 at 07:00 am by clervin 2

We’re really living in the Unites States of the Offended. People, lighten up, please. Children’s holiday classic TV specials are now being scrutinized by the PC p.... Read More

Parent’s Corner: Effective Strategies for Communicating With Difficult Children

Nov 29, 2018 at 08:00 am by aGentleDrLaura

When my children were babies, I talked with them as if they were adults. All the time about everything. “Now I’m going to give you a bath.” Or “T.... Read More

Opinion: Democrats want to 'Count Every Vote' until they win

Nov 23, 2018 at 07:00 am by clervin

This just in: Broward County, Fla., has finished counting votes and George W. Bush has beaten Al Gore for President. Just kidding, but not by much. Please forgive me for my t.... Read More

Dads2Dads: The Power of a Parent

Nov 22, 2018 at 07:00 am by Dads2Dads

We are familiar with power in its many forms – the crane that can lift a 400 lb. beam, the chief executive who oversees a large company, or the electrical substation tha.... Read More

Parenting Through Black Friday While Wearing Your Dysfunctional Family

Nov 21, 2018 at 09:30 am by aGentleDrLaura

I’ll admit I have my own stories of feeling the pressure to buy to excess for my children. To make up for the poverty, deprivation, and abuse of my childhood. And to mak.... Read More

Happy Thanksgiving. Going to Grandma's. And Where in the Heck is Easy Street?

Nov 21, 2018 at 08:41 am by Paulette Jackson

Thanksgiving is just around the corner, and soon we will all be gathering from near and far, at grandma's, mom and dad's, family or friends, in honor of our country's ancestor.... Read More

Dads2Dads: Be Thankful That You Can Give

Nov 14, 2018 at 07:00 am by Dads2Dads

We were in Hobby Lobby before Halloween and stumbled into . . . The Christmas Zone! Yep, it’s coming earlier every year. Halloween is over, Thanksgiving is.... Read More

Ask Ellie: Child Abuse in the Boro

Nov 12, 2018 at 07:00 am by Ask Ellie

Dear Miss. Ellie: I love my fiance and love his daughter tremendously. When we are together and pick up the little girl for visitation I have noticed bruising, and it is incr.... Read More

Opinion: Election Waves, Obama, Swift and a purple puddle

Nov 08, 2018 at 11:00 am by clervin

Summing up the mid-term election results, there were no waves; President Trump did well under the circumstances, and the biggest loser was either Barack Obama or Taylor Swift..... Read More

Dads2Dads: Mirror, Mirror On The Wall

Nov 08, 2018 at 07:00 am by Dads2Dads

In 2014, Glamour magazine asked readers, “How Do You Feel About Your Body?” It produced some interesting results and some telling comparisons to their previous su.... Read More

Do you have a voting plan for Election Day?

Nov 05, 2018 at 08:00 am by League of Women Voters

Tuesday, November 6, is a very important Election Day! As Co-Presidents of the League of Women Voters of Murfreesboro/Rutherford County, we encourage you to make an ele.... Read More

Ask Ellie: You can't choose your in-laws

Nov 05, 2018 at 07:00 am by Ask Ellie

Dear Miss Ellie: I am getting married in the next few weeks and there always seems to be some drama with my fiance's side of the family. There is divorce, language, hat.... Read More

Dads2Dads2: Talking to your Kids

Oct 30, 2018 at 12:00 pm by Dads2Dads

“How do I talk to my teen?” It’s one of the most frequent questions we get from dads. Let’s review the major parental styles: authoritarian parents wh.... Read More

Opinion: Is the media or Trumpism or the shooter to blame in Pittsburgh Synagogue shooting?

Oct 30, 2018 at 10:00 am by clervin

The rush to judgement and assignment of blame is as sickening as it is predictable. Anytime there’s a tragedy, conservatives, Republicans, and now especially President D.... Read More