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Hi, everyone!  This is Lara Hammock from the Marble Jar Channel and in today’s video, I’ll share my thoughts on how to apologize properly.  First, let me just confess that apologies don’t come easily to me —particularly in the heat of the moment.  I have a bit of a defensive streak and I like nothing more than BEING RIGHT.  It’s not exactly my best characteristic. But my temper flares out as quickly as it ignites and it doesn’t take me too long to start to consider how MY actions might have contributed to a conflict — sometimes just a couple of minutes. And in those cases, I muster up my courage and I apologize. I’ve apologized to my husband a thousand times. I’ve apologized to my kids, my parents, my in-laws, my coworkers, my friends.  The thing is — and this is what I tell my kids — we are going to do crappy things to each other.  It’s inevitable and happens all the time.  Not because we terrible people, but because we aren’t paying attentio...

Hi, everyone!  This is Lara Hammock from the Marble Jar channel and in today's video I'll talk about what you might want to say to your teen or preteen about cussing and code switching. Truth be told -- I don't swear much. I'm definitely a little looser if I have a beer or two in me, but it's not really baked into my style of speech.  Growing up, my parents were at opposite ends of the cussing spectrum.  My dad swore like a sailor -- still does.  And three year old me could recite his favorite string of pretty colorful 7 curse words like a pro. My mom was never comfortable with it and it showed. At one point, in a fit of pique, she called one of us a piece of shit -- and if sounded so weird coming out of her mouth -- AND she seemed so uncomfortable saying it -- that we all just stopped and laughed for 5 minutes. Probably not exactly the affect she was intending.  Just Words At any rate, I tell my kids -- curse words are just words like any other. They...

Hi, everyone!  This is Lara Hammock from the Marble Jar channel and in today's video, we're going to talk about the conversation you need to have with your teenaged son about Porn.  I know, I know. You don't want to have this conversation. But honestly, you need to. Our kids are being exposed to stuff that *we've* never even seen and at a really early age.  And don't even tell me that your kid has never seen anything.  I'll give myself a cramp rolling my eyes so hard.  Every kid now has a tiny computer in their hands and even if you've put content filters on *your* kid's phone (and if you haven't, I've got a bunch of videos on this topic), I guarantee you his friends have access to everything that is out there -- and it is a lot.  If this is your son's introduction to sex, he is going to need a little help in interpreting what he is seeing. Okay -- I'm not asking you to break down all of the sexual positions in a porno for him, b...