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Category Archives: Family

Alarm clocks, Family, Fathers, Moms, Parenting

When does parenting teenagers begin?

Author Par Donahue Date August 12, 2021
  THIS?                    or     ...
Tagged Character, compassion, Parenting, Parenting teens, Religion, Respect, Responsibillity |
Attitude, Dads, Education, Family, Fathers, Moms, Mothers, Parenting

AN INVITATION

Author Par Donahue Date June 30, 2021
Today I am inviting you to see and enjoy what has kept me from...
Tagged Parenting Matters, WBOU Radio |
Family, Humor, Laughter, Love, Parenting

When you come to the end of a perfect day

Author Par Donahue Date March 15, 2021
When you come to the end of a perfect day By Anonymous After living...
Tagged Humor, Laughing at life, Stress relief |
Attitude, Caring, Dads, Education, Family, Fathers, Judging, Justice, leadership, Love, Mothers, Parenting, Parenting teens, Scripture, Self esteem, Sports, Teens

13 quotations on the essence of leadership (read “parenting”)*

Author Par Donahue Date March 5, 2021
13 quotations on the essence of leadership* by Paul Stumb, Ph. D This essay...
Tagged Attitude, Character, Dads, leaders, leadership, Marines, Moms, Parenting, Parenting teens |
Caring, Dads, Family, Love, Marriage, Moms

Love your spouse

Author Par Donahue Date April 21, 2020
Written for Music City Moms Blog. Enjoy! TRENDING: Home Discussions Blog Consignment Sales Contact...
Tagged date night, happy marriage, love, love your kids, love your spouse, Spouse |
Character, Church, discipline, Family, God, Parenting, Parenting teens

Character and civilization

Author Par Donahue Date February 23, 2019
Some argue that teaching character traits in public schools is teaching religion and therefore...
Tagged Character, Community, Constitution, Public schools, Religion | 1 Comment |
Family, Mental health, Parenting, Self esteem, Sleep, Sports

The Silent Tragedy Affecting Today’s Children

Author Par Donahue Date October 4, 2018
The Silent Tragedy Affecting Today’s Children The blog below was sent to me by...
Tagged ADHD, depression, Mental health |
discipline, Family, Fathers, Love, Marriage, Mental health, Parenting

Be the person you want your child to become

Author Par Donahue Date September 24, 2018
  If you listened to the first Parenting Matters show you will have already heard  this...
Tagged Attitude, Character, Daughters, kids, love, sons |
Abortion, Character, Church, Dads, Family, Fathers, Love, Marriage, Parenting, Pediatricians, Religion, Schools, Sex Education,Sexual assault,, STDs, Teens, TV, Values, Virtue, Youth violence

Sexual assault = Shame on us!

Author Par Donahue Date August 10, 2018
Another front page article in the Tennessean last week about how colleges are not...
Tagged colleges, feminists, movie, Porn, Respect, Sexual assault, Ten Commandments |
Bullying, depression, Family, Parenting, Self esteem

Bullying – Everything You Wanted to Know and More

Author Par Donahue Date July 11, 2018
  Bullying is everywhere these days from Kindergarten to presidential politics.  It makes my...
Tagged depression, dinner, family meals, Parenting, Physical bullying, Social media and bullying, Social media bullying, Verbal bullying |
Church, Family, prayer, Religion

Light a candle for me

Author Par Donahue Date April 30, 2018
Light a candle for me I started to think about one of my sisters...
Tagged Candles, Lighting candles, prayer, Sisters |
Character, Death, Family, Friends, Love

A man to emulate

Author Par Donahue Date April 12, 2018
    A couple of years ago Mary and I spent the weekend in...
Tagged compassion, Devotion, emotions, Men to emulate | 4 Comments |
Attitude, Family, Religion

What about personal responsibility

Author Par Donahue Date February 17, 2018
A great big thanks to Nashville’s Sylvia Russell for today’s post. It appeared in...
Tagged Character, Chores, Discipline, friends, kids, Parenting |
Church, Dinner, Family, Forgiveness, Love, Parenting, Parenting teens, Self-esteem, truth

Parenting is like Cooking

Author Par Donahue Date February 2, 2018
 Recently, “The Tennessean” featured a chef I wish I could meet.  When he was...
Tagged ADHD, Character, depression, love, Teens and alcohol, Tough love | 4 Comments |
Accidents, discipline, Family, Parenting, Safety

Tell them once!

Author Par Donahue Date January 24, 2018
      One afternoon some years ago when Belle was still a young...
Tagged Counting to ten!, Discipline, pets, teaching kids | 4 Comments |
Abortion, Babies, Capital punishment, Child sacrifice, Family, Human sacrifice, Parenting, Planned Paarenthood, Politics, prayer, Pregnancy, Values

Dr. James Dobson’s Family Talk

Author Par Donahue Date January 9, 2018
Multiple the babies above by 9,000,000 and you will have almost as many babies...
Tagged Abortion, kids, love, Parenting, President Carter, President Ford, President Reagan, President Trump |
Caring, Christianity., Christians, Church, discipline, Family, God, Love, Military, Mother Teresa, Parenting, Parenting teens, Pediatricians, Scripture

Parenting Matters, Or does it? (Par 2) Mother Teresa answers

Author Par Donahue Date October 8, 2017
Today we continue the stories I spoke of at the Washington DC meeting of...
ADHD, Character, discipline, Family, Fathers, Military, Parenting, Pediatricians

Parenting Matters, or Does It? (Part one)

Author Par Donahue Date October 5, 2017
Last week I had the honor and privilege of speaking to the Irish and...
Tagged Foster Care, integrity, love, Marines, Tough love, trust, William Wordsworth | 2 Comments |
Family, Mental health, Parenting teens, Party, truth

5 Things You Should Know When You Turn 21

Author Par Donahue Date June 28, 2017
I borrowed this from ZYXBOOMER, It’s a great blog, and this is a wonderful post,...
Tagged Attitude, Character, kids, Parenting, Parenting teens, Philosophy |
Abortion, Babies, Character, civil rights, Crime, Culture of death, Family, God, Human sacrifice, Parenting, Planned Paarenthood, Pregnancy

Child Sacrifice

Author Par Donahue Date May 19, 2017
Like most other readers of the Tennessean, I was horrified by the article regarding...
Tagged Americans, child sacrifice, Death sentence, gods, Human sacrifice, Life style, Planned Parenthood, Roe v Wade, spirits, Supreme Court | 3 Comments |
Attitude, Character, Education, Family, Parenting

7 childhood lessons for growing adult success

Author Par Donahue Date January 30, 2017
Many of you know that I am not a fan of the fist-pump or...
Tagged Changing tires, Communication, Curiosity, Finances, Fist-pump, Hand shake, Hi-five, Job, Volunteer | 4 Comments |
Abortion, Babies, Christians, Culture of death, Death, Family, Love, Parenting, Parenting teens, Politics, Pregnancy, TV, Values, Virtue, Youth violence

What I worry about!

Author Par Donahue Date January 19, 2017
A man recently suggested that America must be great for me because I’m a...
Tagged Bibles, Drugs, Education, Health, Inner cities, Poverty |
Attitude, Dads, Education, Family, Fathers, Friends, Love, Parenting, Parenting teens, Teens, Values

What happens to your kids when you have to move?

Author Par Donahue Date December 12, 2016
Many parents who are required to move to keep their jobs or start a...
Tagged changing schools, family meeting, kids, Moving, school |
AAP, Babies, CDC, Family, Parenting, Pregnancy, Virus infections

Should pregnant women get the flu shot?

Author Par Donahue Date October 24, 2016
There are few thing in the world that upset me, but I get very...
Tagged flu shots, Influenza, sick babies, vaccine |
depression, Family, Fathers, Mental health, Parenting, Parenting teens, Teens

Suicide prevention week!

Author Par Donahue Date September 21, 2016
One morning last week I saw two 17 year old boys whose dads had...
Tagged depression, influencing kids, suicide |
Character, Culture of death, Dads, Family, Parenting, Teens, Youth violence

Youth Violence Epidemic

Author Par Donahue Date April 18, 2016
We have an epidemic of youth violence in Nashville, not as bad as many...
Tagged Church, Eulogy Character, Resume Character, Ten Commandments, Violence, Youth violence |
Family, Obesity, Parenting, Self-esteem

Kids are an extension of their parent. Or, are they?

Author Par Donahue Date March 21, 2016
Over the weekend Mary and I stopped for lunch at one of our favorite...
Tagged Confdence, d, doctor visits, hovering, mal-parenting, parenting mistakes, Terrible twos |
Church, Family, Fathers, Scripture

The miracle of touch

Author Par Donahue Date January 22, 2016
  Last Sunday I saw love. Not Eros, the sexual love between parents, but...
Tagged Miracles, Parenting, Touch |
Family, Fathers, Parenting, Teens

Adoption as miracle

Author Par Donahue Date January 12, 2016
I’m convinced I have the best job in the world. I wouldn’t have wanted...
Tagged adopting older kids, adopting teens, Adoption,, Best Job in the world, Jobs, Tennessee Children Services |
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Character, Christmas, Coaches, Dads, Education, Family, Parenting, Parenting teens, Teens

Merry Christmas

Author Par Donahue Date December 25, 2015
Merry Christmas and may God bless you, everyone! Last week I received my first,...
Tagged Character coach, Football |
Family, Fathers, prayer

What makes Father’s Day special?

Author Par Donahue Date June 16, 2014
I hope you all had a great Father’s Day weekend! I surely did! Father’s...
Tagged Father's Day, Face of God, Teenagers, Best gift ever., joy, prayer, pride, work |
Family

Where do dads find strength and motivation?

Author Par Donahue Date April 16, 2014
I would like to share some of the things I leaned at a funeral...
Tagged family meals, Motivation |
Church, Dads, Family, TV

How Can We Take Time To Be With Our Kids?

Author Par Donahue Date March 3, 2013
There’s a story going around the internet about a boy who asked his dad...
Tagged Moms, Movies, sports, Time together, TV |
Family

Teens need love!!

Author Par Donahue Date August 3, 2012
The following is a true story of a fifteen year old girl suffering from...
Tagged depression, love, suicide, teenagers |
Family

The Next Greatest Generation

Author Par Donahue Date May 29, 2012
Everyday I am more convinced that the next generation will be a great one!...
Tagged Be nice, Country, friends, Graduation, gratitude, Salutatorian, Teachers |
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