Ken Potts
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Make sure you’re being heard and understoodJan 19, 2012 11:00 pm - If you’re around 2- and 3-year-olds, you know the routine. It starts off with a few words jumbled together: “Megoaudduugginpaybagyad.” In the case of my son, these word...
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There’s never a good reason to hit a childJan 12, 2012 11:00 pm - “Stop that!” The woman in the grocery store paused in the midst of repeatedly slapping her small child to turn and stare at me after I said it, as did the other dozen p...
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Soul mate? You may have more than oneJan 08, 2012 8:11 am - What do you think is the one thing young adults expect from marriage? The answer may surprise you. Most of us would think that today’s young adults might be more than a...
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It’s important to know what can change — and what can’tDec 29, 2011 11:00 pm - Ever have an issue in your marriage that just never seems to get settled? You know, the sort of issue that you’ve talked about again and again and again, the sort of is...
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Don’t put spirit of Christmas in the closetDec 25, 2011 4:00 am - We bought our first artificial Christmas tree a number of years ago — you know, the kind that comes in pieces and gets put together a bit like Tinkertoys. My then-4-yea...
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Holidays aren’t easy for divorced, blended familiesDec 15, 2011 11:00 pm - The holiday season is stressful for everyone, but especially so for families that have experienced divorce and for blended families that bring together two families in t...
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Don’t love Christmas? Consider an alternativeDec 08, 2011 11:00 pm - One seasonal milestone has passed — the family Thanksgiving dinner. Now we’re entrenched in another: the shop-until-you-drop weeks after Thanksgiving. I’d actually forg...
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Sometimes it’s healthy to get ‘hopping mad’Dec 01, 2011 11:00 pm - I once had a friend who literally hopped up and down when she was angry. She added some other touches — clenched fists, lips drawn back in a grimace and a beautiful sco...
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Some things just take timeNov 24, 2011 11:00 pm - A number of years ago I broke my right foot while out running on some poorly maintained, snow-covered sidewalks. Not that I knew I broke my foot; I actually refused to ...
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Giving thanks at a time of insecurityNov 17, 2011 11:00 pm - It has been a couple of months since we observed the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and by now it is clear these attacks significantly chan...