Hi friends - wow the idea of a “gap year,” as the Wall Street Journal described it this week, sounds great. Heck, I would love a “gap two weeks,” but I’m not holding my breath.

Anyway, I feel optimistic that even living a “constrained year” (see column) in 2009, it’s going to be a good one. I hope the same for you. Happy New Year!

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Thanks for stopping by. Betsy

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Hi friends - I hope you are having a wonderful Christmas! Mine started around dawn as I heard the stifled, excited screams and pattering of feet up and down the stairs as my kids reported to each other on what it looked like Santa had brought.

That was pretty wonderful, but my favorite part? When my youngest, Olivia, age 7, gave me a plate she had painted for me at school and it said, “Mary Christmas!”

Yep, it really is a wonderful life. So here’s this week’s column:

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I hope you are having a blessed day, and a very Merry Christmas!

Betsy

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Hi friends - here’s this week’s column. And here’s hoping “dads” make a comeback in ‘09.

(Thanks for your notes - I will be posting it “day of publication” now - Thursdays.)

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Hey, for all of you in the path of the oncoming storm, hope you can stay home and warm and safe tonight.

Thanks for stopping by - Betsy

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Hi friends - here’s this week’s column. BTW, my column in Chicago has been moved to a larger page (and circulation) day on Thursdays! (I’ll continue to post it here on Fridays.)

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Check in tomorrow for information on this week’s “It Takes a Parent” radio show. If you are in the Chicago area, you’ll definitely want to listen in. I’m giving away a “family 5-pack” VIP admission to the Adler Planetarium! That’s a $100 value. Listen to win.

Thanks for stopping by, and and have a great weekend.

Betsy

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

It seems to me TV is not the source of all evil, nor it turning it off the answer to our problems as parents. (If only it were that easy!)

Enjoy.

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Have a great weekend!

Betsy

(More on this weekend’s radio show tomorrow. I think you’ll like it!)

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Hi friends - I hope you had a great Thanksgiving! I had the week off! (And so Sunday’s radio show was a re-air of my interview with David Elkind, author of the best selling “The Hurried Child” and other books, which originally was broadcast on September 7th. I can never get enough of his wisdom!)

And for all you moms and dads out there whom I hear from, worried about giving your kids a “great Christmas” - here’s my column which ran last Friday.

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I hope you enjoy the first day of Advent!

Betsy Hart

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Hi friends - here’s this week’s column based on a new book I really like, “Christless Christianity” by Michael Horton. I hope you find Horton’s themes as provocative as I did.

Betsy Hart

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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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Thanks for stopping by, and have a great weekend!

Betsy Hart

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

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