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Are you raising Confident kids or “Cling-on’s?” By Dwight Bain Every stage of life can be stressful whether you are two or twenty-two. So how can a parent instill greater strength to help their son or daughter move forward through those stages with confidence instead of being needy and insecure? Here is a formula to show you the extremes in behavior of children and why it’s important...

In a musing I published a few years ago, I wrote about returning to my home town to attend my 55th Class Reunion. This was after a 40 year absence. In that musing, I sadly touched on the degrading physical state of my home town. I also wrote about seeing some of my classmates after four decades. Several readers, including some of my classmates, wrote to say they felt I accurately commented...

Homeless Shelter's precious momentSeated in the TV room waiting for dinner when I hear ‘Rose L. please report to the kitchen.’ ‘Darn what the heck do they want now,’ is my first response. I get up from watching an old movie with a couple of other women and head to the kitchen. I’m slightly dizzy because of the hour and haven’t eaten since noon, when I had a peanut butter sandwich...