Ken Potts
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Summertime and the living really is easierAug 08, 2013 10:20 am - Back to school. I must admit that, as a parent, I have mixed feelings about “back to school.” I know it used to be that most parents were at least relieved, if not down...
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For each generation, changing the world is tougher than it looksAug 01, 2013 10:51 am - We were going to change the world, for the better, of course. The “baby boomers” — the biggest, perhaps most privileged, and certainly most vocal, generation ever to mo...
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Manage emotional sensitivity for successful relationshipsJul 25, 2013 10:37 am - I was one of those “sensitive” kids. My feelings were hurt easily. You might say I was so emotionally tuned in to the world around me that I easily got emotionally bruis...
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Balancing all our ‘wants’ can be a tricky thingJul 18, 2013 10:59 am - I don’t ask for a lot. I want a life that is interesting, exciting, challenging, rewarding, fulfilling and meaningful. I also want a life that is safe, secure, predicta...
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Avoid sounding like adults in “Charlie Brown”Jul 15, 2013 5:27 pm - My now-adult children all seemed to have been enamored with the videotaped version of Charlie Brown. I’ve watched it more than a few times myself; I’ve always identified...
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We only come this way onceJul 15, 2013 5:23 pm - “We only come this way once? Then what did I come this way for?!?” — Charlie Brown I’ve always had a special affinity for good old Charlie Brown. My sisters insist it’s ...
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Aggressive people claim too much powerJul 15, 2013 5:20 pm - Editor’s note: This is the second in a three-part series. “If you don’t like it, that’s just too bad!” “A mother’s job is never done.” “Do it my way or don’t do it at al...
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‘Submissive’ one end of power spectrumJul 15, 2013 5:19 pm - (Part one in a three-part series) You’d like Karen, bright, talented, outgoing, sensitive, attractive. She seems to have so much going for her, so much potential. Yet so...
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Finding a balance between being submissive and aggressiveJul 15, 2013 5:00 pm - Editor's note: This is the third installment in a three-part series. For the last two weeks, we've been talking about how we exercise power over our own lives. Some of u...
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Do TV and movies make kids violent?Jul 12, 2013 12:56 pm - I’d just gotten home from the movies — “Die Hard 5” — and was going through my mail. The lead story on the newsletter I picked up first caught my attention with this hea...