Ken Potts
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Punishment is necessary to use as parenting toolOct 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Third in a series Nobody likes punishment. Kids don't like being punished and, if we're honest with ourselves, we parents don't like punishing. Yet the reality is t...
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Teach your kids the law of logical consequencesOct 03, 2009 11:00 pm - Second in a series The Law of Logical Consequences - we obey it daily. If we speed every time we get behind the wheel, sooner or later we get a ticket. If we consis...
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Punishment is common, but not best way to motivate kidsSep 24, 2009 11:00 pm - Our child sits listlessly at the kitchen table, school books open, papers spread out, pencil in hand, and mind who knows where. We have to remind ourselves - we all agr...
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Be aware of your motives when making decisionsSep 05, 2009 11:00 pm - "You know, I think you've got mixed motives -" Mixed motives. It's usually not meant as a compliment. It suggests that we have more than one reason for what we are doing...
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Sharing a person's pain can help them healAug 29, 2009 11:00 pm - A story - true - was told to me by a friend. Seems he was standing outside a local restaurant that was offering helium balloons to children on their birthdays. Out stepp...
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Learning to share is important at any ageAug 22, 2009 11:00 pm - He was a 50-year-old male with two graduate degrees, but for all his sophistication his motivation was no different than that of my 6-year-old granddaughter when she pro...
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Finding liberation in the 'softgoods' aisleAug 15, 2009 11:00 pm - I've always done the grocery shopping in our family. Back a number of years ago I even took a bit of pride in this evidence of my "liberation" from the typical male role...
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What do women really want in a mate?Aug 08, 2009 11:00 pm - Editor's note: This is the second of two parts. Last week we talked about recent research that suggests men are biogenetically predetermined toward multi...
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Are men, by nature, not monogamous?Aug 01, 2009 11:00 pm - "Men are not by nature monogamous." This statement, or its equivalent, has appeared in both professional and popular literature over the last decade or so. Such an idea...
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With care and flexibility, marriage can last a lifetimeJul 26, 2009 11:00 pm - I took a suit to the tailor the other day. It just needed a couple of minor alterations (mostly in the pants, unfortunately) and I'd get more wear out of it. You know, s...