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Rural Topics
I. Family Farming and Ranching
1. Purpose of Family Farming
2. Business Communication and Organization
3. Management Skills and Team-Building
4. Human Resource Management - Non-family Employees
5. Innovation and growth
6. Relationships with Consultants, Suppliers
7. Safety on Farm
8. Conflict Resolution in Farm Family Relationships
9. Common Dysfunctional Family Dynamics and Relationships
10. In-law Relationships
11. Succession of Management + Retirement
12. Estate Planning and Ownership
13. Parenting Farm Children
II. Farming and Marriage
1. Partnership and Unity
2. Perspectives of Women and Farming
3. Perspectives of Men and Farming
4. Troubled Marriages and Farming
5. Divorce and Farming
6. Debt, Farm Stress and Marital Problems
III. Farm Crisis and Stress
1. Farm Crisis
2. Coping
3. Seeking help - Self-care
4. Debt, Options, Farmers & Lenders
5. Loss of Farm - Life after Farming
6. Suicidal Risk
7. How to Help Others
8. Weather and Stress
9. Post-Traumatic Growth
IV. Rural Life
1. Rural Values and Culture
2. Rural - Urban Differences
3. Rural Leadership
4. Rural Economic Development
5. Rural Mental Health Issues
6. Rural Education, Teen Drinking, Peer Pressure, and Sports
7. Rural Aging
General Topics
V. Personal Columns
1. Childhood and Family memories
2. Marriage + marital advice
3. Parenting and grandparenting
4. Special memories
5. Writing for the public
6. Reader response and appreciation
7. Retirement and final thoughts
VI. Relationships
1. Courtships, Romance, Breakups.
2. Cohabitation
3. Happy marriages - overview
4. Communications skills
5. Common marital issues
6. Intimacy and affection
7. Affairs
8. Forgiveness and Reconciliation
9. Abusive relationships
10. Divorce
11. Parenting and divorce
12. Single parents
13. Step-parenting
14. Courtship after divorce
VII. Parenting and Family Life
1. Successful Parenting
2. Challenge of parenting teenagers
3. Peers, friendships and self-esteem
4. Parenting Young Adults / Defining Generational Boundaries
5. Education and role models
6. Media, TV, Internet, Sex, Social Media and Pornography
7. Grief, Suicide, Depression
8. Holidays and family life
9. Role of Sports in Society
VIII. Meeting Life's Challenges
1. Graduation Advice
2. College Advice
3. Coping with Adversity
4. Grief and Loss, Trauma
5. Health
6. Aging, Retirement, Caregiving
7. Addictions
8. Abuse victims
IX. Living the life You Want to Live
1. Happiness
2. Values and Goals
3. Leadership
4. Community and society