Ken Potts
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Learn how you can ride emotional wavesOct 15, 2015 11:00 pm - Little girl, first time at the beach. Wades out into the surf. Giggles as the cool water laps across the top of her feet. Wiggles her toes in the wet sand. Wades a bit d...
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Be the best? Nah, just be good enoughOct 07, 2015 11:00 pm - "Good, better, best, never let it rest, until the good is better and the better is best." My wife and I remember growing up with this ditty. Not just growing up with it...
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Blended families need a better word than 'step'Oct 04, 2015 1:00 am - I've spent a lot of my career dealing with folks who are getting remarried and who are bringing children into their new relationship. And, believe me, we have got to com...
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Body ills may hint at emotional painSep 23, 2015 11:00 pm - Right now your body is sending you all kinds of messages. Some of these messages are obvious. A faint rumbling in your stomach is a strong hint that it is time for your...
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Birthdays don't need to be a circusSep 16, 2015 11:00 pm - This column isn't going to make me all that popular with card companies, bakeries, toy manufacturers, clowns or kid-oriented restaurants. I think we're overdoing the bi...
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Big siblings have big responsibilitiesSep 09, 2015 11:00 pm - "Thataway bro!" I wasn't paying all that much attention to goings on at my granddaughter's soccer match, only glancing away from my conversation with her mother now and...
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How to handle feuding friendsSep 06, 2015 1:00 am - Remember when we were kids and there was some big fight in our gang of friends? Inevitably everybody started to take sides and all of a sudden we were expected to choose...
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Teen's 'slight' actually a good sign for DadAug 30, 2015 1:00 am - A friend of mine was lamenting what he thought was a slight by his teenage daughter. A noncustodial divorced dad, he had worked really hard to be a part of her life. The...
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What does advertising tell us about ourselves?Aug 23, 2015 1:00 am - Next time you drive around town, take a look at the people who wind up on billboards. I did this at the suggestion of a friend the other day, and found it educational. ...
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It's OK to say 'I goofed'Aug 12, 2015 11:00 pm - "The cruise ship was sinking!" "No, no, the barge had sunk." "Three men had been taken to the hospital!" "No, I heard everyone was OK." "I'll bet the captain got himself...