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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2025 16:42:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The other day I was sitting in the waiting area of my dental clinic, along with seven other people. One of them was a woman in her mid-30s who was holding a small dog in her lap. I was amazed at how quiet and well-behaved the dog was. But a dog in a dental clinic? [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[Being a parent means doing hard things on a regular basis. In other words, raising a child to be a happy, successful, independent adult will require you to engage many aspects of character strength. Likewise, to succeed in life as an adult, a child will also have to gain character strength. In a previous article, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[You’ve probably heard it said that being a parent is the hardest job in the world. Children are a joy, but they surprise you and challenge you to do things you didn’t know you’d ever have to do. Often just getting through a day can be a major achievement. You have to be strong to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Empathy &#8211; It&#8217;s a Skill Young People Have to Learn</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2024 21:59:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I remember an incident in which my two sons were playing together outside. One got mad at the other and it came to blows. In retrospect, I understand that a contributing factor was their underdeveloped ability to exercise empathy. That was then, over 40 years ago. Today, both are happy in their second marriages and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[Someone said to me recently, &#8220;Nearly all the problems of the world would be solved if human beings were more empathetic.&#8221; It was such a bold, broad thing to say that I really had to reflect on it for a while. Ultimately, I found the statement hard to disagree with. I&#8217;ve written about empathy before: [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>A Heartfelt Rant about Race</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2022 16:22:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Children are miracles. Loving parents know this. But kids start out life innocent and only learn what they observe and they&#8217;re taught. And these days, slogans such as &#8220;Black Lives Matter&#8221; are visible everywhere. When required to declare race on a form, my wife and I check the &#8220;White&#8221; box. And yet, my wife&#8217;s skin [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Violence: Swimming Against the Current of Our Culture</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2022 14:23:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s June 2022, and we are learning about mass murders. Almost on a daily basis. Innocent people dying. Even little kids. Did you see this coming? If you didn&#8217;t see it coming, maybe it&#8217;s because you didn&#8217;t want to believe the signs all around us. What do two-year-olds know about the world around them? Easy [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2022 14:51:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As I write this, I&#8217;m aware that these are troubled times. So I was alarmed but not surprised at reports of a rising trend in teen suicide. The CDC says that suicide is the second leading cause of death among teenagers. The word &#8220;unthinkable&#8221; comes to mind. A teen suicide is a tragedy so awful [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dennis Coates]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2022 15:49:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As I write this, Vladimir Putin has decided that he wants Ukraine to become a part of Russia. The people of Ukraine don&#8217;t want this; they want to remain their own nation, separate from Russia. But rather than enter into peaceful relations with Ukraine, Putin has decided to bomb Ukraine into submission. The lives of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>7 Big Truths about Empathy</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dennis Coates]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2021 16:14:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[One of my favorite parenting experts is Deborah Gilboa, MD. also known as Dr. G. In the past I&#8217;ve shared several of her posts. In this video, &#8220;The Big Lie about Empathy,&#8221; she shares some eyes-wide-open truths about EMPATHY. Probably nothing is more important to the parent-child relationships than the ability to accurately sense and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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