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11/11/2011
Joe Paterno and the Penn State Child Abuse Horror It is my never-to-be-humble opinion that coach Joe Paterno from Penn State ought to be in jail. Fired wasn't enough. Let's see, endangering the welfare of minors, knowing kids were being molested and not reporting it to the police? I don't know, I think that should be actionable. More >>

Tags: Abuse, Child Abuse, Morals, Ethics, Values, Personal Responsibility, Social Issues, Values
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11/10/2011
The Green Tricycle I had the chance to speak with you recently about a gift I had received and how I was reluctant to accept it. Your advice was to return it. I will be doing that... You also said my dad would be proud of me for my actions. Thank you. I thought I would take a moment and share something I wrote for my dad. I was able to give this to him shortly before his passing when he was still well enough to take it all in. More >>

Tags: Adult Child-Parent, Behavior, Family/Relationships - Adult Child/Parent, Fatherhood, Motherhood-Fatherhood, Relationships, Respect, Response to a Call
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11/10/2011
Paying Attention to my Husband Changed Our Marriage Your caller has inspired me to write this email to you. She mentioned her husband was been having an emotional affair with his co-worker...Four years ago, I too experienced that. More >>

Tags: Attitude, Behavior, Marriage, Respect, Thankful, Values
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11/10/2011
With Help We Will Endure and Be Stronger I've been listening to you for years and consider you one of my chief advisers for having a good marriage and raising our children. We recently had to remove our 21 year old son from our home due to years of lying, stealing, and drug use. More >>

Tags: Marriage, Regarding Dr. Laura
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11/09/2011
Why People Adopt from Overseas You recently questioned on-air why some people would adopt overseas rather than adopt within the USA. The answer is simple: it's becoming too difficult, too complicated, too intrusive, and too expensive to adopt domestically and foreign adoptions are becoming more and more attractive. More >>

Tags: Adoption, Parenting, Response to a Comment
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11/09/2011
Lucky to Have a Wife Like You My husband is in the military and is only allowed to write me letters and call maybe once every two weeks. Even though I am so proud of him and his service I started feeling a little disconnected, lonely, and resentful... More >>

Tags: Attitude, Military, The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands, Values
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11/09/2011
Male Victims of Domestic Violence I really appreciated your show about male victims of domestic violence. This is a problem not many in the domestic violence industry want to admit exists. They try to pass this off as a gender specific issue. It is not. More >>

Tags: Abuse, Social Issues, Values
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11/08/2011
He's Not A Man If He Denies His Child ...You took a call recently that has been on my mind. The call was from the lady who got married in July to a guy who does not claim his child... Sixteen years ago when I was 25 years old, I was engaged to a guy who also did not claim a child that was a result of a one night drunken stand prior to us getting together. More >>

Tags: Fatherhood, Morals, Ethics, Values, Motherhood-Fatherhood, Parenting, Response To A Call
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11/08/2011
Addiction from a Spouse's Perspective I want to thank you for sharing my blog...And I want to share a comment I received from a fellow Dr. Laura fan. It read: "I found your blog through your 1st post that was highlighted in Dr. Laura's daily email. I wanted to say thank you. Thank you for being such a strong mother and for facing head on, the soul-sucking monster that is addiction..." More >>

Tags: Addiction, Health, Parenting, Social Issues
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11/08/2011
My Family Paid the Price For the past year I have been working part time for additional income for our household. Thanks to you, I realized how much it was hurting our family for me to be away from home and not being 100% a wife, mother, lover and caretaker. More >>

Tags: Budget, Job, Marriage, Morals, Ethics, Values, Parenting, part-time work, SAHM stay-at-home mom, Social Issues, stress, Values
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