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That show was a repeat but was quite good. ONe of the main guest was the Rabbi from the show Shallom in the Home. He is a traveling Rabbi who drives around to the homes with problems in his trailer home. He spends time with the family and tries to help them with their particular problems. I think he is great. He is so inspirational. I love his show. Although he's a rabbi, he doesn't preach religion.

He seems to think that parents refuse to say no or discipline their children for a couple of reasons:
Too Tired from working and running a household or they fear the child will not love them if they are told no.

I think either case is really to bad for the children. They turn into kids who nobody likes and grown ups who can't get along with co-workers or bosses.

I have a friend whose child is so spoiled and overindulged that she hates school. The child will tell you the reason she does not like school is that she doesn't want to do what the teacher says. This child is only 10 years old but has had problems in school from the beginning because she will not do anything she doesn't want to do. Her parents don't insist that she listen to anyone, even them. They somehow don't see this as a problem. They continue to baby this child and let her rule them. I do wonder what will happen when this child turns 13 years old.

I think yesterday's Oprah was a rerun, but I'm not sure. Her guest was a girl who when she was 15 years old, concealed her pregnancy, had the baby in secret, stabbed the baby and her boyfriend put the baby in a duffle bag and threw him in a lake.
Six years later a swimmer discovered the baby's body in the bag.
Somehow they figure it out even though she and her boyfriend never told anyone about it.

She was convicted of manslaughter and received 5 years in prison.
The boy got 2 years.

She was being interviewed from prison by 2 way camera with Oprah in the studio. The entire interview the girl sniffled, acted upset, wiped her face, except she never shed one single tear. It was really strange. I kept thinking what Oprah must be thinking to herself, like where are the tears?

I'm not saying the girl doesn't deserve some mercy, she was scared and a juvenile when it happened, but the fake crying was insulting. It was so bad, I think Oprah should have called her on it.

I also think the girl was still lying, because she never could explain why if the baby was already dead, why did she stab him in the chest. She said to put him out of any suffering. It didn't make sense to me.

Did anyone else see this?

I saw the one on Sicko. It really makes me want to see the movie.

I missed the one on Children of Divorce, but I am going to order it from her on DVD. I intend to have my client's watch it who are going through custody battles.

Many of you know I am an attorney. Much of my practice is devoted to child custody. I have being doing this for a long time, but this year is the worst I have ever seen. Parents seem to have lost their minds with the the fighting with each other by using the kids. It breaks my heart and makes me angry. Why can't parents understand such behavior is harmful to their children.

You would think that the attention the media has given to this issue, parents would have improved in this area, but they have not. It's worse than ever.

I saw Children of Divorce... it was a good topic... as unfortunately there are a lot of people considering divorce. In this day and age I would expect parents considering divorce would be very sensitive as to how they inform their children of their decision, however, as seen on Oprah... it is not always the case.

The Oprah show on healthcare was done very well... it would be nice if people in government and candidates runnning for President tuned in.

Oprah had a doctor who has written a great book on menopause. Oprah keeps the book by her bed with her Bible. She swears by it.
The lady doctor was very impressive. I learned a lot and think I might buy the book.

Oprah opened up about her own medical problem involving her thyroid. I have suspected I have a thyroid for awhile now. I'm seeing my endocrinologist in 2 weeks so I intend to find out for sure.

Oprah said that she had bee feeling very exhausted and couldn't figure out what the problem was. She finally figured it out. She didn't say if she was on medication or not, although, I guess she must be. I think that's the only way to treat it. She actually said that she had blown out her thyroid. I don't know what that means, but, that is how she described it.