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When Should My Child Visit the Orthodontist?

Back when young, many years ago, a child would only visit the orthodontist when he or she was a teenager. At that point, much of the growing was done, and correcting misaligned teeth could involve a lot of pain an effort, including tooth removal and years of braces. Thankfully, technology and techniques in orthodonture have improved greatly since then. There is now an emphasis on a more gentle approach that works with your child’s natural anatomy to make needed corrections. There are devices now that can ease your child’s jaw into a more normal position as he or she grows. … Continue reading →

Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Ends

In 1993, President Bill Clinton introduced the “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” policy. It was a sort of compromise to allow homosexuals to serve in the military (which was previously prohibited), but it was about as popular as the separate but equal doctrine. Gays and bisexuals could serve in the military as long as they didn’t tell anyone. If anyone found out or “outed” them, they would be dismissed from the military. Some openly quit in protest of the policy. Of course, the policy didn’t set well with many and there has been an open cry for its repeal. That happened … Continue reading →

You’ve Got to Tell Her (Or Him) That You Love Her (Or Him)

This afternoon I finally had the chance to see Enchanted. Part of me had wanted to see it when it came out last summer, but I wasn’t sure I’d like it and didn’t want to risk dragging Wayne to it. But then I caught some of the songs that were performed during the Oscars, and I also watched part of it on the flight home from my mom’s house (on someone else’s seatback screen a few aisle in front of me). It looked pretty cute so I Netflixed it and ended up liking it. (So did Wayne, who watched with … Continue reading →

What Do I Say When People Ask Me About Teenagers?

Fairly regularly, people ask me what it is REALLY like living with three high-school age teenagers? Friends and acquaintances will want to know if it is as “horrible” as they have heard? If it is all sex, drugs, and bad behavior? Someone will watch a television program or read a newspaper headline and they will want to know firsthand, what teenagers are like “now days.” Well, all I can do is answer the truth as I know it… As many of you know, I actually LIKE my kids and I enjoy the teenage phase. In reality, there have been such … Continue reading →

Weighing In On…A Husband Who Recruits Female Friends

Last week I sent invitations to friends to become Amazon Friends and Shelfari Friends. One invite went to a writer friend I hadn’t talked to in a couple of weeks. We had the usual “How’re things?” chat, in which she mentioned she was having a less than stellar day. I asked if everything was okay and offered an ear if she needed it. Well, she took me up on it, and for the past few days we’ve had an interesting exchange. I was shocked to learn this beautiful and talented woman (who has asked I please keep her identity anonymous, … Continue reading →

Try Not to Pre-Judge Your Child’s Friends

Pre-judging and judgment in general is a weakness of mine. I am not proud of it, but I do know that I have to work hard not to pass judgment, come up with preconceived ideas and notions about people and things and I have found that in parenting, this is really something I’ve had to work on. Now that my children are teenagers, they call me on it, but, even with all the work I do, I still have a hard time not making judgment calls about my children’s friends. The problem with pre-judging our kids’ friends before we get … Continue reading →

Top 10 Ways to Tell Your LDS Husband Doesn’t Get Being Pregnant

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Maybe it is because I’m nine months pregnant, but I am currently very aware that no man will ever quite understand what it means to be pregnant. Oh, they can be sympathetic, supportive, and uplifting, but even the most ideal husband can’t relate to the various physical “joys” that come with carrying a child. Here are some great signs that even your fantastically spiritual Latter-day Saint husband just doesn’t understand. 1. In your last trimester, when you feel too exhausted to move, he asks you to substitute for several weeks as a Primary or Sunday school teacher. 2. He doesn’t … Continue reading →

Top 8 Ways To Tell Your Kids Don’t “Get” The Gospel

Last week, we discussed how you can tell that your kids are actually absorbing gospel principles, even if you didn’t necessarily want to see those signs. This week, I’d like to give you a few clues on how to tell when your kids are listening to their MP3 player during church and family home evening; in short, when they just aren’t absorbing the gospel principles. 8. When you tell your daughter it’s time to leave for church so you can hear General Conference, she tells her friend she has to go, it’s time for her to take a nap. 7. … Continue reading →

The Marriage Blog Week in Review: November 11-17

Is it really Saturday already? It seems kind of crazy that we’re already here, when I was just writing up the week in review last week. But here we are. It’s been an eventful week here at the marriage blog as we approach our first anniversary, we also crossed the 1,000th post line and Sherry and I continued our point and counterpoint in Marriage Debates. You’ll see changes taking place over the next week as we close in on Thanksgiving with a little re-organization and the adding of topics here and there. As always, we want to hear from you … Continue reading →

Take a Deep Breath

I have a confession to make. I give great advice, but I haven’t been following it lately. I’ve been letting the stress of life get to me. So much so that I had a major melt down last night which in turn led my body to tell me to quit it. How does my body tell me this you ask? I woke up with a cold sore. I had never had one of these until I met my ex-husband, one of the many negative things he passed along. But now, whenever I let the emotional stress consume me I inevitably … Continue reading →