Heaven Help Us
By Corrie Lynne Player
7-23-08
Last time, I shared a posting from a mom of a “good kid” who had suddenly, at age 13, seemed to lose his mind. He told a complicated lie over several weeks, which the mom found out about, almost accidentally.

Taking a Valentine’s Day stand for kids
By Corrie Lynne Player
2-13-08
On the day before our country’s most important non-holiday, Valentine’s Day, I’m climbing up on my soapbox and taking a stand for children.

Watch out for ‘dusting’ activity
By Corrie Lynne Player
1-30-08
Nope, this column isn’t about monitoring your kid’s helping around the house. It’s about a deadly fad among kids between ages 9 and 15, good kids who proudly wear their “DARE” buttons.

Blending families with adopted children
By Corrie Lynne Player
1-16-08
For the last 10 months, I’ve been working on my next book, “The Everything Parent’s Guide to Raising the Adopted Child.” The input from adoptive parents and adoptees has been amazing. The stories tug my heart and expand my soul, because so many of them reflect how I feel about my own three adopted children. And they illustrate what happens between adoptees and their parents.

A good marriage takes a lot of work
By Corrie Lynne Player
1-2-08
For the last couple of columns, I’ve discussed ways to keep a deployed or traveling spouse close in spirit while he (or she) is physically gone. I want to finish up the discussion by emphasizing ways to keep your children and you close to your loved one, especially during this time of year.

Keeping the Christmas spirit while apart
By Corrie Lynne Player
12-19-07
Thank you to all who sent me ideas for keeping an absent spouse part of your Christmas or holiday celebration. Karen, from Panguitch, summarized several good points, so I’m starting with her thoughts (which I’ve edited quite a bit):

Family separations are hard on everyone
By Corrie Lynne Player
12-05-07
Last time, I continued discussing ways to keep a deployed or traveling spouse close in spirit while he (or she) is physically gone. I initially set up five things to keep in mind and covered the first two; I also stated the caveat that I’m coming mostly from the female perspective, but acknowledged that many men have wives who are the absent ones.

Keep parents close, even if far away
By Corrie Lynne Player
11-21-07
“I won’t be home tonight, honey; Harry broke his leg skiing, so I have to take his shift.”