Category: Parenting
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2006 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
The inductees to this years Rock and Roll Hall of Fame are impressive and, personally, quite exciting. The listing ranges from Miles Davis (about time, no?) to the Sex Pistols to Blondie – all…
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FamilyResource.com Revamps Website Design and Launches New Discussion Forum
It’s official, I just finished doing a minor update to FamilyResource.com’s design. The layout is basically the same, but the site should be more crisp and usable. One of the things I’m excited about…
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Evite Saves the Day
It is my son’s 6th birthday this Thursday. I have always dropped the ball when it comes to planning these things in a timely manner. I just can’t quite get my timeline right. I…
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Stomach Bugs and Popsicles
My daughter has had the stomach flu for about two days now. It is always difficult when kids this small feel ill. We want to know where it hurts and how we can help…
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Year of the Soccer Mom
This weekend, I crossed a threshold that I wasn’t sure I would ever be crossing. I am now a partaker in the weekend, rush-hour life of youth sports. My son had his first soccer…
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ABC’s Supernanny Looking for Blended Families
Our friends at Stepfamily Talk Radio sent this information our way: Are you and your ex sharing custody? Are the rules between the two households different? Are your stepchildren having a hard time adjusting…
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It Doesn’t Grow On Trees…
Since we don’t have a lot of it, we find it important to talk to our kids (mainly our eldest) about money — specifically regarding the important means of aquiring and the careful decision…
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Family Ties
I think I have finally gotten over worrying about becoming my mother. It took me almost three decades, but I am (almost) there. I have spent a lot of time wondering where this common…
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Broken Teeth and Bullies
My son after his broken tooth was pulled – his face still scratched up a bit My son goes to school with a boy, we’ll call him “bob”, who has quite a proclivity toward…
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Raising a Sharp Toothed Carnivore
When my son turned three and after a year of studying anything dinosaur related, he very exuberantly said to me that since he did indeed have sharp teeth that he wasn’t meant to be…