Rich on January 9th, 2010

Thanks Candice for posting this.

The violence in this world is an effect of those who are violent (emotionally or physically) to children.  The best way to stop violence in this world is to recognize the roots and first stop being violent, especially towards children, and speak out against those who are violent against children.

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Rich on July 31st, 2009

What got me thinking most about my life and what I wanted to get out of it was the possibility of someday having kids. Since my desire to have my own family and children has grown over the years, so has my desire to make sure I don’t mess things up. I didn’t [...]

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Rich on March 3rd, 2009

Colleen wrote a great post about The Dirty Secret of Corporal Punishment.  It is a must read for new parents that have been raised with the idea that spanking is OK.  It is not OK.
If we deconstruct what spanking really is, perhaps we can gain a better perspective. Slapping the bottom of a strange woman would [...]

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Rich on February 19th, 2009

I came home from work feeling mildly depressed a few days ago and I just wanted to spend the evening in bed watching TV on Hulu. I browsed around the FDR forums for awhile and came across this thread. I watched this video by Stefan Molyneux and I had a strong emotional reaction [...]

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Rich on January 3rd, 2009

I think resolutions don’t have to wait until New Years of course, but for me the new year is certainly a good benchmark for myself since a year ago I really started to ramp up the self improvement goals in my life.  Since last year was fairly undefined and I was plunging head first into [...]

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Rich on November 9th, 2008

Sorry to my readers for the slow start on this blog.  Like I said in the first post of this blog, I don’t want this to be a dumping ground for my unexplored thoughts or emotions.  I want this blog to be my processed history.  I want it that way so it can be helpful [...]

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