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[ 4 Nov 2011 | No Comment ]
Dealing With A Problem Parent
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This week, a video made its way around the Internet of a Texas judge hitting his 16-year-old with a belt. While the video is difficult to watch for some, I feel like it re-ignites an important and ongoing debate in our culture: whether or not we should publicly flog stupid parents.
Now, this debate has many sides. There are some that say that stupid parents should never be flogged, especially in full view of the public, and at the hands of some kind of town disciplinarian. Others say that the children …

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[ 10 Jun 2011 | No Comment ]
What Does a Gynecologist Do?
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Dear Dr. Matt-
Hello, My name is Chris and in our High School Biology class, we are doing a project in which we have to interview a certain scientist and make a PowerPoint about that field. I was picked with Gynecologist and I was wondering if you could help me out and answer a few questions. It would be a great help since their are not many Gynecologist out there that have their emails online. If you can help, here are the following questions:
1. What do you do at your …

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[ 8 Feb 2010 | No Comment ]
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Dear Dr. Matt-
What are Dr. Matt’s thoughts on girls dating younger men?
Signed,
Cultured, Older Unattached Gal After Romance

Dear COUGAR,
My guess from your question is that this isn’t a hypothetical.  There’s a guy that crossed your path that created quite a spark, but the age discrepancy gave you pause.  I can also safely guess that this question isn’t about the mechanics of such a coupling.  Amongst adults, the mechanics of physical intimacy tend to be pretty much identical.  Nor is this question about even whether or not you would enjoy dating someone …

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[ 25 Feb 2008 | No Comment ]

Dr. Matt,
I noticed on a website of yours that you are a Barack Obama Supporter. This puzzles me. I know You, being of superior intellect, would look at everything and consider all angles before getting behind some one with your support.

Example, If I wrote and asked you a question and only gave you a very vague description, how easy would it be for you to asses my situation? If I gave you little information, and little, of the information given qualified my position how would you then back my position? …