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Hello puberty? It's me, menopause. It’s a phrase turned as often in this house as “there’s nothing to eat” and “I need ten bucks.” Whether Megan Fox is on the screen or there’s a new girl in class to dish about, “she’s so hot” inevitably crops up in daily conversation with me and my teen sons. My hotness is an issue as well....

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Can digital technology become any more entwined with the way we live than it already is? Yesterday, on a walk with my sister, she expressed bewilderment about her husband Facebook-ing their teen son from the other room. “I mean, what happened to the phone and texting?” my sister lamented. “Wait a sec. They were in the same house, and you are questioning why...

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A rant as old as the Bible about messy teens. Do you think Mary had to nag teen Jesus to the point of psychotic break just to get him to hang his wet towel on the bathroom hook installed by Joseph? We know the Savior at age twelve was feisty and independent-minded (remember the disappearing act for three days in the Temple…can you even...

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As writers often we need to get out of our own way and have a little faith in our ability to communicate what only we can.It's advice I must continually remind myself of. I'm a professional, yet most days I am certain I should leave good writing to THOSE COOLER FOLKS who have it mastered. I'm a perfectionist, and the inner editor tends to...

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