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Category Archives: Mental health

AAP, Church, Dads, Diet, Dinner, Fathers, Mental health, Parenting, Religion, Worship

10 Things Every Father Should Know

Author Par Donahue Date July 30, 2021
BY PARNELL DONAHUE,   Steven, the father of a 2-year-old boy, wrote me to ask: “What...
Tagged bed time, family meals, Kids and food, Kids and media, reading, Religion, toilet training |
depression, Mental health, Parenting, Suicide

Suicide prevention week!

Author Par Donahue Date August 28, 2019
One morning at work I saw two 17 year old boys whose dads had...
Tagged Parenting, Pre-suicide signs, Signs of depression, suicide, Suicide prevention, Teen depression, Teen suicide, US Military | 4 Comments |
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 |
depression, Love, Marriage, Mental health, Parenting, Parenting teens, Pregnancy, Religion, Suicide, Teens

Breast cancer and birth control pills!

Author Par Donahue Date January 6, 2018
Can there be an association between women taking oral contraceptives and increased risk of...
Tagged Birth control pills, breast cancer, Cancer, Contraception, depression, STD, suicide | 2 Comments |
AAP, Dads, depression, Love, Marriage, Mental health, Parenting, Parenting teens, Pediatricians

Sex, Depression, and Suicide

Author Par Donahue Date December 7, 2017
Some years ago I attended a meeting on depression and sat through some very...
1 Comment |
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 |
Judging, Mental health, Parenting, Parenting teens, Virtue

The Power of Words

Author Par Donahue Date February 10, 2017
Today’s post is by parenting expert James Dobson. It’s a bit long, but well...
Tagged Cursing, Language, Profanity, Swearing |
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 |
Dads, Fathers, Mental health, Parenting

Who needs dads? And a grand welcome to my new followers!!

Author Par Donahue Date June 17, 2016
Jean seemed unusually calm as she looked across the desk of Dr. Samuel Phillips,...
Tagged Dads, Father's Day, medical school |
Attitude, Justice, Love, Mental health, Parenting

Where you are is where you want to be, or it it?

Author Par Donahue Date April 30, 2016
“There is a moment in all of our lives when we must shift from...
Tagged Changing, Future, Living |
depression, Drugs, Education, Mental health

Can you run away from depression? Maybe!

Author Par Donahue Date December 11, 2015
Sometime in the mid 1970’s I read a study done at the University of...
 
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