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Executive Function Dysfunction?

Leslie King, LCSW | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Parent, Dad, Teenager, Children, Child, Mother, Teen, Mom, Father, Parenting, High School, Homework Help, Homework, Studying, Parents News
Leslie King, LCSW

In essence, parents would do well to understand that teenagers develop execution function capacities at different times and in individual ways.

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Drawing the Great Work: Ann McCoy's (R)evolutionary "Ovum Philosophorum"

Lisa Paul Streitfeld | Posted 04.30.2012

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Lisa Paul Streitfeld

The patriarch is not only external but exists inside of all of us. Until we can transmute the inner authority that denies quantum leaps generated by multiple expanding consciousness, we cannot embody a new cyclical paradigm. The artist shows us the way.

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Turning Boys Into Men: 4 Ways to Expand Your Son's "Boy Power"

Dr. Peggy Drexler | Posted 04.30.2012

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Dr. Peggy Drexler

We as a culture have held fast to the idea that we need to protect the boundaries between male and female. This is wrong, and even dangerous. Instead, we need to be reframing the discussion, and asking: What makes a boy a boy?

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How Facebook Helped A Daughter Find Her Homeless Father

Carey Fuller | Posted 03.18.2012

Read More: Homeless Vet, Homeless, Father, Family Reunited, Homelessness, Daughters, Impact News
Carey Fuller

If you never had a relationship with your father but knew he was homeless, would you bother to look for him?

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Silent Night, Deductible Night

Charlie Carillo | Posted 02.22.2012

Read More: Charity, Minimum Wage, Christmas Carols, Mother, Christmas, Father, Italian, Silent Night, Irish, Douglaston, New York News
Charlie Carillo

It was Christmas Eve, and to mark the anniversary of this sacred night before our savior's birth I was upstairs with my father, helping him do a touch...

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A "Christmas Letter 2011": Love and Laughter

Jerry Zezima | Posted 02.11.2012

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Jerry Zezima

Since I am in the holiday spirit (and, having just consumed a mug of hot toddy, a glass of eggnog and a nip of cheer, the holiday spirits are in me), I have once again decided to follow in that great tradition of boring everyone silly by writing a Christmas letter.

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That Look on Her Face

Charlie Carillo | Posted 12.24.2011

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Charlie Carillo

A withering look, a look of contempt. The kind of look that makes a husband's shoulders sag, shrivels his soul, maybe even makes him wish unconsciously for an early death.

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When The Parent You Lose Is Not a Hero

Michele Weldon | Posted 11.14.2011

Read More: 9/11, Father, Hero, Children, Culture News
Michele Weldon

Each one of my three sons tells me I can never know what it feels like. They do not want to talk about it. They do not want to hear his name. They bristle, avoid the conversation and lash out.

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"Put on a Hairy Face"

Jerry Zezima | Posted 10.25.2011

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Jerry Zezima

As runner-up in the 2010 Robert Goulet Memorial Mustached American of the Year Contest -- a defeat I took with grace, humility and, of course, a stiff upper lip -- I know what it's like to lose by a whisker.

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Choosing My Parents

Susan Orlins | Posted 10.16.2011

Read More: Adult Children & Relationship With Parents, DEATHBED SCENES, Deborah Tannen, HOW OFTEN to VISIT ELDERLY PARENTS, Father, Parents, Mother, Elderly Parents, Forgetfulness, Memory, DEATH of an ELDERLY PARENT, PHONE CONVERSATIONS WITH PARENTS, Adult Children, Fear of Dying, Parents News
Susan Orlins

Whenever I would leave them, my dad would say, "Oh, Sooze, it's such a short visit." He wouldn't say more, because that's the way he was. He never wanted to impose on his children.

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The Best Parenting Advice I Never Got

JD Roberto | Posted 10.02.2011

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JD Roberto

I got a lot of parenting advice before my first child came into the world. Phrases like "life changing" and "wonderful adventure" came up repeatedly, but no one bothered to tell me I should go see a movie.

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Father Knew Jest

Jerry Zezima | Posted 09.16.2011

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Jerry Zezima

I grew up wanting to be like my dad, the original and best Jerry Zezima, because he was the funniest guy I ever knew.

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Cops: Son Couldn't Conceal Parents' Murders With Car Crash Cover-Up

AP | JOE MANDAK | Posted 09.13.2011

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SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. — A man killed his father and stepmother in western Pennsylvania, then tried to cover up the slayings with a story claiming t...

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My Other Calling? Coaching Jack and Luke

Jim Wallis | Posted 08.31.2011

Read More: Son Luke, Energy, Baseball Team, Politics, Major League Baseball, Men, Community, Struggle, Profession, Mary, Rediscovering Values, Baseball, Friendship, Young Men, Television, Dad, Sojourner, Principle, Water, Summer, Accomplishment, Father, Little League Baseball, Little League, Religion News
Jim Wallis

I know baseball well enough to teach and coach the kids, but the skills have never been my strength as a coach. Rather, I bring the qualities from the rest of my life as a speaker, preacher, and pastor to my Little League team.

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On Being a Daddy's Girl

Lois Alter Mark | Posted 08.29.2011

Read More: Father-Daughter Relationships, Strong Fathers Strong Daughters, Meg Meeker, Daddy's Girl, Father, Fatherhood, Fathers, Women News
Lois Alter Mark

Being a daddy's girl has gotten a bad rap over the years but it's really what every father should aim to make their daughters.

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Photos of My Favorite Dads

Posted 08.17.2011

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Fathers and Familiar Strangers: Who Is This Man in Your Life?

Dr. Peggy Drexler | Posted 08.15.2011

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Dr. Peggy Drexler

From the broadest demographics to the workings of a single household, it's hard to find relationships that have changed more than in the worlds of fathers and daughters. A pressing new question is: How well do you know your father?

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The Other Mother

Christine James-Brown | Posted 07.31.2011

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Christine James-Brown

Nestled between Mother's Day and Father's Day is National Foster Care Month, a time when we celebrate the love, caring, and sacrifices that mothers and fathers who care for other people's children make.

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Child Support: The Debate That Never Ends

Lee Block | Posted 06.08.2011

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Lee Block

There are so many things to say on the subject of child support...

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Hello, Spring

Jessica Keener | Posted 11.17.2011

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Jessica Keener

Since my father's passing in December 2010, and his wintry memorial in January in Boston, I've been waiting for spring's warmth and release. It came i...

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The Final Sketch of a Life

Katherine Dunn | Posted 05.25.2011

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Katherine Dunn

When I went to help clean out my father's belongings, my mother casually showed me a small drawing he had done just two days before his death. I felt I had stumbled on to a hidden Picasso.

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The First Date: Learning To Trust My Daughter To Do The Right Thing

Tom Matlack | Posted 11.17.2011

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Tom Matlack

Despite her fearlessness and wild streak, Kerry has grown into a graceful and composed young woman. Once again, she has shown me that I needn't be nervous.

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On Snow With My Son

Larry Beinhart | Posted 05.25.2011

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Larry Beinhart

Skiing is a sport, a trivial thing, a luxury indulgence. It opens doors that would otherwise never even be seen. It gives me a way to talk to my boy.

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An Elegy to My Father

Dora Levy Mossanen | Posted 11.17.2011

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Dora Levy Mossanen

My father, Sion Levy, was ninety-years-old when he was born again on Thursday, July 8 at 5:30 PM. No, my father was not a born again Christian, but...

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Tempest in a Womb: What's Wrong With Preventing (Or Promoting) Homosexuality In Utero?

Jacob M. Appel | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jacob M. Appel

A recent debate in the fields of bioethics surrounding novel treatments for an uncommon genetic disorder has raised the question: Is it ethical to attempt to predetermine the sexual orientation of one's children?

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