Ken Potts
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Today’s teens aren’t that mysteriousNov 10, 2011 11:00 pm - “It was common knowledge: Stay away from the vacant lot. That’s where kids went to drink — beer mostly. There were drugs around too, mostly marijuana. If you were smart ...
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There are good reasons to have kidsNov 04, 2011 12:00 am - Good reasons to have kids — are there any? If you read last week’s column with good reasons not to have kids, you may be wondering. Well, I think there are, and as I pr...
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There are good reasons not to have kidsOct 27, 2011 12:00 am - I've found myself considering whether to have children three times in my life. These decisions were made 10 years apart and from very different perspectives. Older and ...
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Counseling stereotype is no longer accurateOct 26, 2011 12:00 am - You are lying on a leather couch in a dark, wood-paneled office with deep pile carpeting and wall-to-wall books. A balding, middle-aged man with a neatly trimmed beard,...
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Counseling stereotype is no longer accurateOct 22, 2011 12:00 am - You are lying on a leather couch in a dark, wood-paneled office with deep pile carpeting and wall-to-wall books. A balding, middle-aged man with a neatly trimmed beard,...
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Snap judgments are necessary, but sometimes wrongOct 14, 2011 12:00 am - We all make snap judgments about people — it is a necessary social skill. We run into dozens of people each day, and we won’t have time to get to know them. But we will...
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You just have to accept some things in marriageOct 08, 2011 12:00 am - Let me see … there was the time I backed into the fire hydrant. It’s not that I’m a careless driver; I just had a lot on my mind. And I really only bumped the hydrant, b...
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Talk about sexual harassment with your kidsSep 30, 2011 12:00 am - Did you know fear of sexual harassment is one of the major reasons female junior high and high school students miss school? Let that sink in for a minute: Young women at...
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Elder abuse more common than we realizeSep 23, 2011 12:00 am - “Man beats elderly mother” — the headline catches us a bit by surprise. Or maybe it doesn’t. Violence has become such a part of our culture that even such family violen...
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Small acts of kindness can have a big impactSep 16, 2011 12:00 am - OK, little things impress me. I was stopped at the light at a busy intersection when I noticed a white guy and a Hispanic guy talking. No big deal — except this was in a...