Category : Parenting

Ten centuries ago (internet time), I reviewed The Mother of All Meltdowns, an anthology about the point at which normally rational, loving, and sane mothers cracked under kid-induced pressure.  Now, the women who created that book have launched a website

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Yesterday was Ash Wednesday and we went to the evening service.  It was my first Ash Wednesday service because going to church is a very new thing for us, especially me.  I’m so new that the idea of talking about

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I hug my son goodbye at preschool. I tell him,”I love you. See you in a few hours.” He says, “Watch out for skunks and chipmunks!” My daughter asks where he is before we’re out the door. “Bo’s at school.

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Team, now that you’re playing in the bathtub we need to have a talk. I just got all the toys out of this bathroom and I want us to try to keep it that way.  Toys in the bathroom make

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When my children were infants, they played with toys and books that were black and white.  Infants have poor eyesight and I read somewhere that they could recognize black and white images best.  It was their entry into seeing the

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