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5 Unforgivable Sins Parents Make While Oversharing Their Kids Photos on Social Media
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My day started out as it always did: coffee, email, X, and a quick Facebook scan…then I see it. Staring at me, even before my coffee got cold, was post after post, and photo after photo, of a sick, bloodied, and crying child. The poor child in a blood-soaked bandage showing an actual lump removed…
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How to Write a Journal Your Children Will Read
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I think it is safe to say that as parents we want the best for our children. We can’t always blame our children for something bad that happens and we can’t always take credit when things go well. Although, there is an immediate need to teach right from wrong, but there is no urgency to…
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The Ultimate Birthday Letter to a 16 Year-Old Girl
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Right now, as of today, you are barely just 16, but if I were going to write you a letter on your 16th birthday, I might ask something like, “Where are you going, not now this minute, but later…where are you going in life”? Depending on her response, I might want to ask, “If it…
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How Societal Norms Prevent Parent’s From Connecting With Each Other
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So I’m A Terrible Parent–What’s Your Excuse? This morning in my inbox, I was greeted with an email from an acquaintance who alluded to the fact, that perhaps through social media, my kidlet might need some positive influences which should come in the form of another teenager. Oh yes, good idea, that should work! Totally…
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Bye Bye “Big Red”!
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“Big Red” is gone. That’s it! The end of the road for us together. She took the wheel and guided me in good times and bad. I raised my kidlets in this big hunk of metal. Or is it that my children raised me in it? I knew I had to let her go someday–it…