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Helicopter Down!

February 8, 2013

I recently read the book Momaholic: Crazy Confessions of a Helicopter Parent by Dena Higley. Not being a helicopter parent myself (sometimes I think I could benefit from a few more hovering ways), I wondered what it looked like to see one crash and burn. So, OK, I’m a little sick like that. A gore [...]

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Calling All Ladies

January 31, 2013

[Insert best Beyonce impression here] All the older ladies, all the older ladies. All the older ladies, all the older ladies. OK, enough of that. But. You ladies over 40 who might be struggling to look effortlessly chic and current without thinking about it too much, have I got a few websites for inspiration.

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Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me

January 31, 2013

When you teach a child something, you take away forever his chance of discovering it for himself. â€“Jean Piaget The key to parenting is one thing. One simple thing. It’s the answer for every situation you’ll find yourself in: Wait. Just wait.

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Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire

January 29, 2013

“My child doesn’t lie.” Or does he? Let’s look at when lying really starts. It’s easy to think that youngsters lie more than older children. Parents can rationalize this by saying that the 3 and 4 year olds don’t really know better, but by 5, 6, and 7. their child knows the difference between a [...]

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Teaching Character: Prudence

December 6, 2012

Proper prior planning prevents piss poor performance. Gleefully my late father would pull this gem outta his back pocket along with a spare hook and sinker after I “caught” the pier instead of a fish. Or he’d toss it about when I groused about studying, more with a waggle of a finger than a twinkle [...]

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Care.com When You Need a Hand

November 30, 2012

I’m officially a sandwich. My sister, too. And my new school mom friend. When I first heard of the “sandwich generation” I thought, whatevz. Not me because I’ve been a GenXer for some time now. A generation can’t just switch names willy nilly. But nope. I’m a sandwich. This happened just 2 weeks ago. And [...]

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The Vital Whoosh of Resistance

October 25, 2012

The baby is turning 3. For a while I’ve thought of her as the “easy” one, the one who will go along and get along. And she is. I mean, she’s the younger sister, so of course she finds comfort searching for her place in an established landscape. A landscape of crazy sometimes, yes. And [...]

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Teaching Character: Forgiveness

October 24, 2012

Most parents get in their own way when it comes to forgiveness. Oddly, much of what we do teaches our children to not forgive, to hold on to things. For one simple reason: children live in present tense and adults don’t. Adults race around in a past, present, future trifecta and we’re never quite sure [...]

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Multitasking is A Bunch of Malarky

October 23, 2012

Hey all you multi-taskers out there. Yeah, I’m talking to you ladies and gents trying to juggle the email, laundry, mac and cheese on the stove and Martha Stewart-ing your table top within an inch of it’s life…guess what. You’re not multi-tasking. There is no such thing. So just give it up and do one [...]

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