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                    And yet James Dobson asked hundreds of teens what they would like to tell their parents. Their answers might surprise you:
* Teach us about God and spiritual things.
* Guide us towards good marriages by modeling a good one.
* Don’t curse and smoke, if you don’t want us too.
* Be consistent and
                    
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                    Contributed by Brent Williams on Jun 19, 2001
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    When I Grow Up I Want To Be Like You
As children we all have our heroes
The people we want to be like
The Mickey Mantle’s and the Michael Jordan’s
The person I wanted to be like taught me how to catch a baseball
He taught me how to shoot a free throw
But he also taught me how to do something
                    
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                    Contributed by Evie Megginson on Jul 12, 2001
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Clovis Chappell, a minister from a century back, used to tell the story of two paddleboats. They left Memphis about the same time, traveling down the Mississippi River to New Orleans. As they traveled side by side, sailors from one vessel made a few remarks about the snail’s pace of the other.
                    
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                    Contributed by Evie Megginson on Jul 12, 2001
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Owne Wister, an old college friend of Theodore Roosevelt, was visiting him at the White House. Roosevelt’s daughter Alice kept running in and out of the room until Wister finally asked if there wasn’t something Roosevelt could do to control her.
"Well," said the President, "I can do one of two
                    
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                    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Nov 13, 2001
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Ann Weems wrote: "It was a family treasure.  That golden vase, the priceless vase that had belonged to my great-grandmother & my grandmother & now to my mother.  The vase sat on the mantle, out of reach of little fingers.  However, I managed to reach it.  I climbed to reach it, & I broke it.  I
                    
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                    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Dec 7, 2001
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    [Daddy’s Protective Care, Citation: Steve Nickles]
About a month ago I bought my two-year-old daughter Sarah an aquarium. 
We went together to the pet store to pick out four fish to put in the tank. 
One of the fish died two weeks ago when Sara was at her grandparents’ house. 
My wife flushed it
                    
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                    Contributed by Steve Steve on Mar 8, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Two young children on mother’s day presented their mom with a houseplant.  The older of the children said with a sad face, “There was a bouquet we wanted to give you at the flower shop.  It was really pretty, but it was too expensive.  It had a ribbon on it that said, ‘Rest in
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 5, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    INFLUENCE THE WORLD
Whenever I held my newborn babe in my arms, I used to think what I did and what I said to him would have an influence, not only on him, but on everyone he meets, not for a day, or a year, but for all time and for eternity.  What a challenge, what a joy! 
SOURCE:  Rose Kennedy,
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 5, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    YOU’RE THE BEST
My mother said to me, "If you become a soldier you’ll be a general; if you become a monk you’ll end up as the pope."  Instead, I became a painter and wound up as Picasso.  
SOURCE:  Pablo Picasso, Spanish artist. Citation:  Celebrating Mother: A Book
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 5, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    CAN YOU HEAR THEM?
You too, my mother, read my rhymes, 
For love of forgotten times, 
And you may chance, to hear once more, 
The little feet along the floor
SOURCE:  Robert Louis Stevenson.  Citation:  The
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 5, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    GREAT THINGS ABOUT MOMS 
They rarely refuse to take their kids to the emergency room. 
She understands that you’re  not ready to quit sucking your thumb.
She understands that you can’t give up your blankie yet.
It’s not cheating if she helps you write your paper.
Only mothers can get all the
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 5, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    MOM’S TEN COMMANDMENTS
Sick people belong in bed.
Thank-you notes, thank-you notes, thank-you notes.
 
Everyone needs a nap everyday.
Get your hair off your face.
Stand up staight.
Look people in the eye when you meet them.
Good table manners are important in case you get invited to a rich
                    
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                    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on May 9, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    A four-year-old and a six-year-old presented their mom with a  houseplant.
They had used their own money to buy it and she was thrilled.
The older of them said with a sad face, "There was a bouquet at the flower shop that we wanted to give you.  It was real pretty but it was too expensive.  It had
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 9, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    NOBLE CAREER
There is no career more noble than that of motherhood at its best. 
There are no possibilities greater and in no other sphere does failure bring more serious penalties. To attempt this task unprepared and untrained is tragic, and its results affect generations to come.  On the other
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 1, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    FATHERLESS AMERICA
   Tonight, 40% of all American children will go to sleep in a house in which their fathers do not live.
   Before the age of eighteen, more than 50% of our children will spend a significant portion of their childhood living apart from their fathers.
   A generation ago, an
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 9, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    PEACE CORP VOLUNTEER STUDIES
   Some years ago a study was conducted among Peace Corps volunteers.  Researchers took a random sample of volunteers and split them into two roughly equal groups: those who completed their tour commitments and those who returned home early because of  "problems of
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 9, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    YOUR SON, YOUR APPRENTICE
"Consider your son to be your apprentice in life.  That’s the way it used to be.  The son was always with the father, either in the shop or in the field.  So he learned from a very early age what being a man and a father was all about.  Now we place more emphasis on our
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 16, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    A GAME TO REST
A father had three very active boys.
One summer evening, he was playing cops and robbers in the back yard after dinner.
One of the boys "shot" his father and yelled, "Bang!  You’re dead!"
He slumped to the ground and when he didn’t get up right away, a neighbor ran over to see if
                    
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                    Contributed by Don Hawks on Jun 19, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    From a Calvin and Hobbes comic strip);
CALVIN (Calling father at work): Hi Dad, it’s me Calvin. How’s Work Going? Uh-huh.  Pretty out isn’t it?  Yup. Are you bringing me any presents home tonight?..No? Well I just thought I’d ask. Listen, I suppose you’re wondering why I
                    
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