One of my favorite Western films is 3:10 to Yuma starring Russell Crowe and Christian Bale. Ben Wade (Russell Crowe) is a captured outlaw who is being escorted by several men to be placed on a train to go to court in Yuma . At one point in the film, on the first overnight stay en route to Yuma , Ben Wade and others are sleeping around a campfire. Wade tires of listening to one of his captors’ singing so he kills the man while the others slept. Why do I bring this up? I have a teenager at home who has constantly gone to battle with Cora and me over the importance of school work. We emphasize the necessity of getting good grades. He would illustrate the lack of importance of this if he wasn’t receiving the constant “parental pressure”. I am SO grateful that school will be over within the next couple of weeks and there may be peace in my home once again. Although I am a seasoned veteran at this “parenting” thing, I am fairly new to handling a teenager. I may ti
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