Tag Archive: Opinion

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Why We Shouldn’t Force Our Kids to Have Relationships With Emotionally Abusive Relatives

It’s likely that we would all imagine that grandmothers are obligated to love their grandchildren. However, Jazmine isn’t the first to comment on how one of her grandmothers was undoubtedly partial to her youngest brother.  She recalls this realization to be glaring, loud and hurtful throughout her childhood.  Before a child is even able to […]

Jade Small

Jade Small

Freelance Writer

 · 6 min read

10 Determined Homeowners Who Refused to Leave Their Homes at All Costs

For many people, the place they call home is truly important. Many of us have witnessed parents or grandparents refusing to leave their lifelong homes to move into assisted living or elsewhere. The truth is, it’s just too difficult to leave the place you call home. The place you’ve built over the years, a place […]

Penelope Wilson

Penelope Wilson

The Hearty Soul Team

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Dear Entitled Children, Your Parents Don’t Owe You Anything

Whether responsibly or not, parents make the decision to bring children into the world who are dependent on them for many years. All parents want to provide for their children. They long to give them a stable environment, educational opportunities, and nourishing meals. But sometimes this well-intentioned desire backfires. Adult children assume that their parents […]

Stacy Robertson

Stacy Robertson

Writer and researcher

 · 4 min read

15 Apps Parents Should Look Out for On Their Kids’ Phones

On July 26th, the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office announced to the public that 25 people had been arrested during a four-day bust targeting online predators and human traffickers. (1) Sheriff Tom Knight said all of the men arrested had been using the internet and mobile applications to solicit children. Between the 25 arrested, there were 38 prior […]

Maria Sykes

Maria Sykes

The Hearty Soul Team

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There are Times We Should Wait Before Posting on Social Media, and This is One of Them.

Social media can be a great and horrible way to share your news. For most, its main purpose is to update friends, family, and followers on interesting vacation, job positions, and yummy-looking meals. People share links to news outlets on topics they are passionate about. Perhaps the best kind of news is personal like births, […]

Sarah Biren

Sarah Biren

Founder of The Creative Palate

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Why Babies Born in April are Special

People make references to the month they were born in all the time to explain certain aspects of themselves. “I can’t stand the cold! I was born in July, I guess I’ll always be a summer baby at heart.” “If I had to choose snow or sand, I would always choose snow. I was born […]

Julie Hambleton

Julie Hambleton

The Hearty Soul Team

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The Unthinkable Tragedy That Inspired “Tears in Heaven”

When musician Eric Clapton got the call that his four-year-old son had a fatal accident, he worked through his immense sadness by writing music. One of those songs, Tears in Heaven,  became one of his all-time greatest hits. (1, 2, 3) One of the most horrific experiences a person can go through is the death […]

Julie Hambleton

Julie Hambleton

The Hearty Soul Team

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Physician: American Children ‘Immersed in a Culture of Disrespect’

Dr. Leonard Sax has been a family physician for over 30 years, and in his three decades of practice he has had the opportunity to observe hundreds of parent-child interactions. In 2015, he wrote about his observations in the Wall Street Journal, and they are discouraging, to say the least. In the piece entitled “Parenting […]

Brittany Hambleton

Brittany Hambleton

The Hearty Soul Team

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This Is Why Tourists Should Stop Riding Elephants In Thailand

Thailand authorities are warning tourists to stop riding elephants in their country as heart-wrenching images of the beaten animals exploded on Twitter. The caption was: “You can stop inhumanity tortured on elephants by stop riding an elephant!” The pictures in question are suspected to be from Phuket, one of the most popular vacation spots in […]

Sarah Biren

Sarah Biren

Founder of The Creative Palate