For parents who want to worry less and play more!
Help, is anyone else finding the authoritarian mother emerging instead of the authority? I am struggling with grey areas of increasing testing behavior on my 5 year old’s part and my tendency to become exhausted with the limit setting needed–limit setting that doesn’t mimic my own mother’s punishment model. Though, “because I said so” may […]
Posted on March 9th, 2006 by Suzanne
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My children consistently amaze me with their curious nature. While I was talking to a friend of mine about my son’s play date with her daughter she told me the most endearing thing. On their way back from their date at a local pool it was raining “turtles and fish” which stimulated him to ask […]
Posted on February 3rd, 2006 by Sam
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I’ve used this term before to describe myself. Sometimes I live it, sometimes I pretend not to be it, mostly I try to embrace it. This happens mainly, when I decide that I’ve done enough and all my mommy mojo is used up. Frankly, it’s also the time that I panic thinking that the mommy […]
Posted on January 25th, 2006 by Sam
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Quick post for all parents of ultra-sensitive, compassionate kids.
I read about this new gadget one day too late. While we were enjoying a post-holiday bloating, kicking back in the living room, I spotted a huge, eight legged creature making his way across the ceiling. As I screeched for my husband to come “take care […]
Posted on December 26th, 2005 by Sam
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Our 5 year old son is due to get his tonsils out on Tuesday. I’ve been telling myself it was going to be trivial until I started reading some stuff online about tonsilectamy and adenoidectomy and talking to friends. It’s clearly not going to be trivial.
Logan has never been a sickly child but […]
Posted on December 18th, 2005 by Sam
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This Thanksgiving my kids were old enough (ten and five) to make fun of our family tradition of stating what we are each thankful for. They shouted from the back seat of the car, “Oh, Mom, you’re thankful for us!” and then laughed uproariously at their own cleverness.
I’m thankful they feel safe enough to […]
Posted on November 28th, 2005 by MomStar
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