11/14/2012 12:56 PM
When the house rule is that food is not allowed out of the kitchen, it is easy to see why my family dinners growing up were spent together at the table.
Although ...
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11/5/2012 3:30 PM
My first voting memory is 1976.
My mom picked me up from school, and instead of walking home, we headed across the field to my older brother's school to vote. ...
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10/30/2012 7:00 AM
Halloween is a great time to be a kid. I remember looking forward to the candy and costumes every year when I was a child.
As a parent, the night takes on a whole ...
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10/25/2012 1:30 PM
Halloween costumes can be an adventure as a parent. I like tossing around ideas with my children and watching them get excited during the creative process.
Their ...
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10/23/2012 1:37 PM
Author Katy Kelly was in town earlier this month, and I took my 8-year-old daughter to hear her speak.
Kelly, who appeared at the Martin Regional Library, is the ...
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10/16/2012 7:00 AM
We know comparing children is wrong, so why can't we stop?
Whether sibling or friends, the questions can start of innocently: At what age did your kid's teeth come ...
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10/9/2012 3:07 PM
When the fall weather hits, I rely on the slow cooker to help feed the family on busy nights. One of my favorite Crock-Pot recipes was given to me by my husband's aunt. ...
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10/2/2012 4:04 PM
'Here you go. Just don't let anyone know where you got it.'
My high school librarian was semi-joking as I checked out 'Catch-22.' But she was semi-serious, too. ...
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9/25/2012 3:20 PM
Let the spankings begin.
That's the reader response to my blog on corporal punishment in schools: Spanking students is a divisive issue .
From casual acquaintances ...
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9/18/2012 7:00 AM
Swats. Licks. Paddlings. Spankings.
For many of people, corporal punishment was a routine part of their school years. So when we ran a story about it in the paper ...
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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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9/4/2012 7:00 AM
The enforcer. That's how I feel about my job as a parent once school starts.
Summer is a fun, relaxed time. The family can hang out at the pool, stay up late watching ...
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