December 20th, 2011 05:16pm

Taking a Tech Break

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Too much distraction enticed me to declare a technology-free day.

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November 29th, 2011 09:27am

FIVE ways to avoid the gimmies during the holidays

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Here are five tips to encourage a spirit of thanks in your household, starting with this holiday season.

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November 8th, 2011 01:36pm

To spank or not to spank

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There are other ways of disciplining kids that don’t involve spanking. But is spanking getting a bad rap?

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October 21st, 2011 02:42pm

Stranger Safety

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Do your kids know who a stranger is, and would they know what to do if approached by one?

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September 27th, 2011 12:06pm

Virtual Reality Bites

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We took the month of September off from video games.  The results were painful, horrible, gruesome….and totally epic.

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September 14th, 2011 08:42am

Is a “C” mediocre?

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It’s a passing grade, but it’s still not an “A” or a “B”.  Would you consider a “C” mediocre? Or is a “C” completely acceptable?

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July 29th, 2011 02:00pm

The day we forgot the kid

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Kid got left behind while we flew to France. Good news is he thwarted some would-be robbers with a series of booby traps. And we were all reunited on Christmas morning. Wait…. Wrong story. Better read what really happened.

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July 13th, 2011 01:15pm

“Can I come home?”

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“You’ve gotta dance like there’s nobody watching,
Love like you’ll never be hurt,
Sing like there’s nobody listening,
And live like it’s heaven on earth.”

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TAGS , | CATEGORY Case of the Terrible Tweens, Kid Issues, Summer vacation

July 12th, 2011 10:32am

I taught my daughter how to drink

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After the news about Takeimi Rao, a 14 year old who tragically died after a night of drinking with her friends, I had a very different kind of conversation with my daughter and her friends about alcohol.

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July 11th, 2011 03:41pm

Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh

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The Taz stared out at me from the back of the bus, his hand frozen in mid-wave, and his eyes pleading with me to stop the bus. I never did, and just waved until he was finally out of sight.

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