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  • Rescuing hug

    When preemie twins Brielle and Kyrie Jackson were born, doctors weren’t sure they’d make it, until a smart nurse placed the girls together in one incubator. These iconic twins were born 12…

  • True love never fades

    It was a busy morning about 8:30 when an elderly gentleman in his ‘80s arrived at the clinic to have stitches removed from his thumb. He said he was in a hurry…

  • Fences

    Hank Tate, in Discipline – You Can’t Succeed Without It, shares the results of a study by some child psychologists. The psychologists assumed that fences around playgrounds must inhibit children in their…

  • A shove from the nest

    Some people need a little push to be responsible. Dr. Kevin Leman, in his book Have a New Kid by Friday, shares a letter from Kari in Indiana:  “My son didn’t find…

  • Empty plates

    In his book Have a New Kid by Friday, Dr. Kevin Leman teaches parents to “let reality be the teacher.” One mom, Amy from Texas, wrote Dr. Leman to tell him how she…

  • Mom’s wise counsel

    In his book Love and Respect, Dr. Emerson Eggerichs tells about one young wife who called her mom to tell her that she and her husband would not be coming over that day.…

  • Touch

    Can a simple touch — the holding of a hand, a hug, a pat on the back — really ease another’s burden? The answer is yes, according to a recent study at…

  • ‘What do you do all day?’

    Have you heard the story of the man who came home from work one day to find kid’s bikes and scooters blocking the driveway, the house in shambles, dirty dishes stacked in…