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By Dr Bill Maier All right kids , pay attention, because today's message is for you! When was the last time you told Mum how much you appreciate all she does? Have you thanked her for driving you to school and football practice and your many other activities? How about the food she puts on the table? Or the piles of laundry she sifts through? It's easy to take mums for granted, but the fact is, she doesn't have to do all these things. She does them because she loves you. Why not take time to return the favour? It doesn't take much to make mums happy – a simple note of thanks will mean more to her than you can imagine. Better yet, why not give her a day off? Pick a Saturday and take over all the chores. Let her curl up with a good book and spend the day catering to her every need, just to let her know how much you love her. From TODAY, Voices – Friday, 31-Jul-2009

Image via Wikipedia By Dr James Dobson There are some teenagers who sail right through the adolescent experience with hardly any evidence of turbulence at all. They make wonderful grades in school, they're a delight to their teachers, and a treasure to their parents. There are, however, others who seem to declare war on the world, and they stay mad at every adult for about 10 years. Mark Twain was referring to this second kind of child when he wrote: "When a child turns 13, you should put him in a barrel, nail a lid down on it, and feed him through a knot hole. And when he turns 16, you should seal up the knot hole." There are times when parents feel that way, to be sure. Well, what are you going to do if your sweet, cuddly, cooperative son or daughter turns into a sullen , silent teenager? The answer is: You go on loving him or her. There's so much going on inside that youngster, hormonally and emotionally, that explains what you see on the outside. But better day...