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Category: Parenting

  • The Four Capacities Every Great Leader Needs (and Very Few Have) | Fast Company

    Over the last dozen years, I’ve worked with scores of CEOs and senior executives to help them build more engaged, high performance cultures by energizing their employees. Along the way,…

  • My build-a-bear needs a coat. This summer skirt needs to be put away for the winter. The 4 y.o.

  • Daniel and the Lamanites. When the 4 y.o. was asked: What’s your favorite scripture story?

  • PR News and Marketing in the Age of Social Media

    SEO applies to “organic” (unpaid) searches, not paid advertisements. How do you determine your site’s credibility? Type “link:yourdomain.com” into Google. For instance, to check the links to Ragan type “link:ragan.com.” …

  • On the Night Sky

    The Dad: Looks like rainclouds coming in. Wonder if we’re going to see a storm tonight. The 4 y.o.: No, it’s going to get dark tonight. Like it does every…

  • On Practice Makes Perfect

    The Dad: C, your talk for church needs to be 2 minutes long. That was….1 minute, 2 seconds. The 12 y.o.: Well, I’ll stick in a lot of dramatic pauses.…

  • Menu Plan for Week of 10/17/10 – 10/23/10

    Sunday 10/17 Breakfast: Cereal, Milk Lunch: Portobello Mushroom Burgers w Pesto, Sweet Potato Fries, Baked Apples w Cranberries, Raisins and Apricots Snack:  Apples & Peanut Butter (or Cheddar Cubes) Dinner:…

  • Guess what? Barbie is pregnant…and Ken is NOT the father! Overheard from the basement.

  • On Aging Gracefully

    The 4 y.o.: Dad, how old are you? The Dad: Older than mommy. The 4 y.o.: I mean…how many numbers old are you? The Dad: I’m 45 years old. The…

  • Mormons are the modern Amish. The 12 y.o.

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