8/31/2012 4:00 PM
The sunrise was still hiding behind the Rocky Mountains, casting dark purple shadows across Lake Granby and leaving a few final stars scattered across the sky.
We ...
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8/31/2012 11:09 AM
I dropped my 13-year-old son off at his middle school recently and watched him warily eye the teen-aged jungle he was entering. I recognized that look from my own scared ...
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8/30/2012 10:52 AM
Never trust anyone who says they like growing old. As the cliche says, they’ll lie about other things too.
But for my wife and I, getting older held one unexpected ...
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8/29/2012 11:44 AM
For the second year, my local Parent Teacher Association elected me secretary.
I write the minutes like I write stories – using direct quotes and describing emotion ...
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8/27/2012 11:13 PM
To paraphrase the singer Babyface: My daughter and I only argue on two occasions -- day and night. My daughter hates routines, unfortunately for her, her life is nothing ...
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8/27/2012 7:05 AM
Baby questions of the week:
What bad habits and lifestyles do you (try to) give up when you become parents?
What is your greatest concern when it comes to ...
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8/24/2012 11:15 AM
WebMD offers 10 parenting tips for raising teen-agers, and there’s some pretty good, fairly common advice in there. So here they are:
1) Give kids some leeway. ...
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8/24/2012 9:15 AM
The other day, a friend pointed out a fancy new car and told me that it belongs to an acquaintance of ours – an acquaintance who seems a little more financially secure ...
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8/23/2012 10:35 AM
There’s no smile quite like the smile of a young grandson reeling in his first fish of the summer.
My son Luke and I took our families this summer to one of Minnesota’s ...
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8/23/2012 9:47 AM
It’s never good to base a diet on something a celebrity allegedly does.
But reading about how Beyonce bounced 50 pounds off her post-pregnancy frame cannot be healthy ...
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8/22/2012 9:57 AM
When my sister had a baby three years ago, I insisted she look at the physical inspection reports of all the child-care centers she was considering.
She was busy, ...
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8/21/2012 1:44 PM
This is my favorite time of year on Facebook. Every time I log on I find another back-to-school photo.
They are often better than official 'picture day' photos. ...
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