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No TikTok? No problem. Here’s why you shouldn’t rush to buy your child a phone.
- Home & Family
- May 24, 2024
Carli Pierson writing in USA Today with some thoughtful advice to parents: “Phones and kids should be an ongoing conversation in our homes. We should be talking about the dangers of addiction. We need to teach them that obsessing over other people’s lives, or comparing themselves with another person they may or may not know,
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Love for a Mother Outshines All: Call Her with Gratitude
- Family & Kids, Home & Family
- May 16, 2018
The love for one’s mother is a unique dance of growth and occasional hurt feelings. Being the recipient of such thoughtfulness, such a beautiful display of daily affection in the every day and is often spurned by children who do not recognize the purity of a mother’s actions. But as we age and begin to
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Cheers!
- Uncategorized
- November 22, 2016
Relish The Food, Cherish The Memories, Share Your Gratitude With Friends & Family
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Man Who Received Bride’s Father’s Heart Walks Her Down The Aisle On Her Wedding Day
- Making a Positive Difference
- August 7, 2016
“Jeni wrote me a letter. And she said, “Tom, I’m the daughter of the man whose heart’s inside of you, and I’m going to get married on August 6th. One further thing if you’re willing, would you walk me down the aisle.”
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Our cellphones are killing us
- Headlines & Highlights
- June 18, 2016
Distracted walking or driving can literally end up killing you, as New York Post writer: Maureen Callahan points out with vivid examples of pedestrians and drivers who died with their cellphones in hand. Consider these headlines?
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The Unforgettable Muhammad Ali
- GOOD FOR YOU by Claire Carter
- June 6, 2016
“I wish people would love everybody else the way they love me. It would be a better world.”
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The Endless Table: How recipes can keep your memories alive
- Lifestyle & Relationships
- April 22, 2016
When the father of celebrated Boston chef Joy Adams was nearing the end of his life, he chose hospice care in the home. Joy, along with the rest of her family, was there to support him. As CNN’s Ashley Strickland writes, Joy not only had fond childhood memories of several dishes her father made, but credited him with imparting to her a true love for food. So it should come as no surprise that that she used her culinary skills to comfort her dad by cooking for him.
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Raising Children With an Attitude of Gratitude
- Home & Family
- December 28, 2013
What are you thankful for today? Have you taken the time to teach your children the importance of expressing gratitude? Kids who are taught gratitude are more likely to be appreciative of what they have, and new research has shown they experience a variety of other benefits, too.
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Holiday stress calls for an attitude adjustment
- Entertainment, Books & Humor
- December 23, 2013
Many of us find the holidays to be particularly stressful, but the good news is that you can change your attitude to enjoy the present more. In the new book, “The Mayo Clinic Guide to Stress-Free Living”, author Amit Sood offers a plan to help you reduce stress.
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What runs in your family? Talking turkey about health
- Home & Family
- November 26, 2013
What do you talk about around the Thanksgiving dinner table? This story from November 2013 is every bit as relevant today. Then Surgeon General, Boris Lushniak, reminded us that it’s a good time to talk about your family’s history of diseases and any other information that can help you keep your loved ones healthy, as the holiday has been declared National Family History Day.
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The power of nostalgia at Thanksgiving
- Lifestyle & Relationships
- November 24, 2011
According to nutritional psychologists and researchers at the University of Southampton, nostalgia (as experienced at Thanksgiving) fills a very important need to belong and feel socially connected, and is actually good for our mental health.
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