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When her marriage ended and she became a single parent, Mary Jo Tate, a home-schooling mother from Tupelo, Miss., faced an unusual dilemma. Could she continue educating her four sons at home as a single mom? Most would answer no, but the freelance editor and book coach immediately said yes. “I never considered stopping,” Tate [...]

When I was studying film and TV in grad school, my dream was to become an executive producer in Hollywood. I was determined to make a big difference for Christ in the trenches of Tinseltown, intent on affecting media from the inside out. It’s been four years since graduation, and my ZIP code is nowhere [...]

Paragon GPS announces the launch of child abduction awareness campaign that plans to educate people about the gravity of child abduction in today’s changing culture. According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, a child is abducted or missing every 40 seconds. Statistics from law enforcement also show that 44 percent of children [...]

Adding Chesley and Durham physicians to the already established Brockton and Area Family Health Team would not only allow for the hiring of more allied health care professionals in the area, it would also make history.
Chesley and Durham doctors were invited earlier this year to be part of the Brockton Family Health Team. A business [...]

Open communication and the ability to separate the different expectations of home and work are the keys to a successful father-child business relationship, experts say.
There are few neutral opinions when it comes to the father-child dynamic in family-owned businesses, said Wayne Rivers, the president of the Family Business Institute in Raleigh.
“That’s why the lows can [...]

Friday, June 13 is the third-annual Today I’m Working for Physician Recruitment Day. Organized by the Southern Georgian Bay Physician Recruitment Task Group, the campaign is designed to raise awareness of the need for family physicians in the Southern Georgian Bay area and raise funds that will be used in the recruitment of family physicians.
“The [...]

An average family doctor is seeing up to two female patients a week who have suffered domestic violence.
But a conference of GPs has been told a woman may endure 35 violent attacks before telling the gardai.
The revelations emerged as the first guide for family doctors on how to deal with patients suffering domestic violence was [...]

The teen years are a time of changing relationships. One important relationship that changes is between the teenager and his or her doctor.
The focus switches from making sure the children are up to date with their immunizations and hitting all the development milestones to making sure the teenagers are safe and educated.
“During the teen years, [...]

News that doctors from other countries will have an easier time entering practice in Ontario may result in more physicians for the Hastings-Prince Edward area — and it could eventually help thousands without a family doctor finally get one.
“I really wish they had done it five years ago,” Dr. Peter Gray, a family physician at [...]

Jonathan is deeply relieved when Annabel suggests they forgo their customary family holiday in Italy for a week’s camping in Wales. With two sets of school fees for them to worry about, fancy foreign holidays are increasingly looking like a thing of the past. And besides, he has fond memories of childhood camping in Scotland: [...]