Hi Friends - here’s this week’s column.  Yet another rise in average age of first marriage was announced this week.  But is that good for individuals - or our culture? (Hint: no!)

By the way, for those of you who will be at Navy Pier in Chicago this Saturday night for the Illinois USO Salute to the Troops Gala, please come up and say “hi” to me.   I’d love to meet you as we celebrate together our wonderful men and women who serve this country!

Have a great weekend - and thanks for stopping by.

Betsy Hart

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Hi friends - what a roller coaster this has been. I hope you like this column, and stay tuned for an update on this week’s radio show.

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Hi friends - I hope you have a wonderful Halloween and a great weekend.

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Thanks for stopping by - Betsy

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Hi friends - Here’s this week’s column. I hope you enjoy this tale from the hart homefront!

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I know, my family is hardly living in “hard times,” but. . . one doesn’t know what tomorrow will bring, and I’m preparing!

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I hope you have a great weekend. Enjoy your family, and thanks for stopping by!

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Hi friends - here’s this week’s column.

You’ll want to check out the Center for Parent/Youth Culture at www.cpyu.org

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(This weekend, don’t look at your retirement plans - just look at your family and enjoy!)

Thanks for stopping by. Betsy

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Hi Friends - here’s this week’s column.

With school back in full force, it’s good to remember our kids need a lot of playtime too!

Have a great weekend and have some fun! - Betsy

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P.S. - There’s a great radio show coming your way tomorrow about engaging our kids and understanding the world they live in. More on that later!

For those of you who have e-mailed me about technical problems in downloading the show, we’re on it, and thanks for your patience!

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Hi friends - here’s this week’s column. What exactly is a. . . .”Baby Coordinator”?

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Hi friends - here’s this week’s column. Kids and work in our homes and. . . the two aren’t mixing as well as they used to in modern-day America, it seems!

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Betsy Hart

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I hope you like this new audio feature which lets you listen to my podcasts instantly! (If you want to download the program instead and listen to it later just click the “Download” link.)

And here’s this week’s column on the dangers of. . . the hula hoop? Yep!

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Meanwhile, I hope you tune in to my radio show, “It Takes a Parent,” this Sunday at noon central time, AM1160/WYLL Chicago, streaming live on WYLL.com, or later here on my website or, on Fridays, that week’s show is podcast and archived on www.nationalreview.com. I’ll be talking with Dr. David Elkind, author of the block buster best-seller “The Hurried Child,” on what happens when we push our kids to grow up too fast? Twenty-five years after the release of the book, the trend may be worse than ever. How can we give childhood back to our kids? I also talk to Dr. Bennett Leventhal from the University of Illinois Chicago. A renowned juvenile psychiatrist, he sheds light on the news this week that pediatric suicides are on the rise after years of having leveled off. I hope you tune in for some really valuable information.

Later, I’ll be posting some political columns I’ve done for the “Chicago Daily Observer” this week on the Sarah Palin choice - and why she makes so many people so hysterically nervous!

I hope you have a great weekend. Thanks for stopping by, and please remember that I read all the e-mails I receive, even when I can’t answer each one.

And thank you!

Betsy

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