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Raising Teenagers For Dummies (Like Me)
Tom Matlack thinks about how to best raise his kids all day long, even now that they’ve grown into teens. Here are some of his insights.—Let me first talk about this from a dad’s perspective, but...
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Dear Dad, Thanks For Teaching Me How to Bait a Hook and Wear Dresses
A daughter can finally see just how important the decisions her father made in raising her really were.—Editor’s note: this is the third in a series of letters excerpted from Shoebox Letters –...
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10 Writing Tips if You’re Writing for The Good Men Project
Notes from a Writer’s Workshop.Here are some brief notes from a Good Men Project Writer’s Workshop run by longtime contributor Andrew Smiler and GMP Arts & Entertainment Editor James Stafford.1)...
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Men and Sympathy: Why Are We So Bad At This?
A stranger reaches out for your help. Please don’t let her down. Recently we received the following email, with the subject line “Who Can Help?”:I found you whilst trawling the internet and am not...
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A Dad’s Fathers Day Gift to His Daughters: Himself
Tony Amore knows more than he thinks about being a dad. Like it or not, he is giving himself to his daughters as their present this and every year. Being there for them is what he has to offer. —“This...
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You Don’t Suck Unless You Want To
Let’s be honest, we are our own worst critics. We look in the mirror and spew self-abusive proclamations like “I’m fat” or “I’m old.” Sometimes the beliefs are even worse like “I’m a fraud” or “I’m...
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Christmas
One of the most glorious messes in the world is the mess created in theliving room on Christmas day. Don’t clean it up too quickly. —Andy Rooney—The holiday season brings up a variety of feelings...
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Experiences in Working in Female and Male Dominated Industries
All I ever wanted from anyone, was the respect of the value of my breath, my being. I have been nurtured and raised to believe. I have a gift. I was brought into this world with an intention to be...
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10 Things I Want to Tell My Kids Before They’re Too Cool to Listen
This week, my daughter turned 10, and two things occurred to me. The first was how the heck do I have a 10-year-old?__The two things that occurred to me were a) How the heck do I have a 10-year-old?...
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Why Focus Matters
Embed from Getty Images—Do you struggle with focus? Without a clear focus, you can easily get off course and end up in a place you never wanted to go. When your mind and efforts are scattered in many...
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What Makes Men Do What They Do? Insights Into The Conspiricy.
—When I was a senior in High School, I took a seminar in the study of psychology at the small college in my home town. It was fascinating. I was halfway through the course when I realized that I was...
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Finding Yourself in all the Noise of Modern Life
—“Ultimately everything depends on the quality of the individual, but our fatally short-sighted age thinks only in terms of large numbers and mass organizations” – Carl Jung, The Undiscovered SelfThe...
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