9/17/2012 8:00 AM
No, the mom factory is not closing, but we will be restructuring our services in the next seven days. This is the message I’m trying to drive home to my husband and daughter ...
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9/17/2012 7:05 AM
Trimesterly tribute: The car ride over to the hospital when I was having contractions every five minutes was fortunately after midnight on a weekday when there ...
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9/14/2012 2:53 PM
Is it any wonder that the American government can’t pay its bills?
You get the government you deserve, I’ve heard it said. And truth is many of us spend more than we ...
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9/14/2012 10:15 AM
It took five years to finish college, but somehow graduation sneaked up on me before I had the chance to start looking for a job.
No problem, of course. I moved ...
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9/13/2012 12:38 PM
I was chatting this week with Harley Hunter, owner of the Grandfather’s Clock Gallery at 31st and Yale, about the difficulty of staying in touch with his teen-age grandsons.
They ...
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9/12/2012 9:02 AM
Helicopter parenting is something I don’t think I do and never thought much about.
Then, a friend asked a question on Facebook, “For you teachers out there, is it ...
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9/11/2012 10:24 AM
I suppose it’s a question parents never stop facing, in one form or another.
When do you intervene to help your children? And when is it more helpful in the long ...
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9/11/2012 7:00 AM
My second-grader had an assignment last week in which she was supposed to tell what made her unique. She had a hard time comprehending the idea, so we began to make a ...
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9/10/2012 11:00 AM
Sunday morning, alone in my bathroom, I was hit with two signs that the baby is coming. First, there was the breaking down of my cervical mucus plug (yes, it’s as gross ...
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9/10/2012 7:05 AM
Myth: Breastfeeding/formula is easier/cheaper than formula/breastfeeding
Reality: About all that can be agreed upon is that health experts agree that breastfeeding ...
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9/7/2012 4:29 PM
I thought my youngest daughter was complimenting her way to a special request when she told me one morning that her brother and I were exactly alike.
“Really,” I said, ...
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9/7/2012 10:38 AM
Harvard University is investigating 125 students for allegedly cheating on a single exam.
One-hundred-twenty-five students. One exam.
That’s half the people ...
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