Ken Potts
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Family is often what we make itDec 24, 2017 12:00 am - "Lonesome Dove," the six-hour western miniseries, is one of my favorite "binge watches." I've been watching it in bits and pieces the last few days. Do you remember Cl...
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The greatest gift? Putting others firstDec 13, 2017 10:27 am - "Our age has produced few great personages - those who become creative and original personalities are not the ones who live their own lives, but those who forget themsel...
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How divorced, blended families can minimize holiday stressDec 07, 2017 10:21 am - Editor's note: This column is the second in a three-part series on families at the holidays. Holidays are especially stressful times for families in which a divorce has ...
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How family ties shape our holidaysNov 30, 2017 11:31 am - I just finish my third (or is it fourth?) phone call this week trying to figure out which family members are gathering where on which holiday. It seems that the older we...
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Family loyalty can sometimes be taken too farNov 22, 2017 9:17 am - Editor's note: This is the final column in a three-part series. A number of years ago, I worked as a therapist with families in which child abuse had occurred. Such si...
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The mysterious power of family legaciesNov 16, 2017 8:47 am - Editor's note: This column is the second in a three-part series. Last week we started talking about some of the unspoken rules that family psychologist I. Boszormenyi-Na...
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How to keep 'family ledger' in balanceNov 09, 2017 9:08 am - Editor's note: This column is the first in a three-part series. "It's not fair!" "Okay, I guess we're even." "You've got to do your share." Much of life, especially f...
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Home life affects children's readiness to learnNov 05, 2017 1:00 am - I'm not an expert on school reform, but I do know something about children and families. As we try to clean up the mess we've made of our public school system, I think ...
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Parents may struggle when kids don't leaveOct 26, 2017 11:44 am - Editor's note: This column is the second in a two-part series. We talked last week about that time in the life of a marriage in which the last child "leaves the nest." T...
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How to prepare marriage for empty nestingOct 19, 2017 11:15 am - Editor's note: This column is the first of two parts. In the last few decades, it has become popular to talk about young adults "leaving the nest." Similarly, we also ta...