From the monthly archives:
This morning on the Today Show they ran a story about internet trolls. I am not just talking spammers. These people are the lowest of the lowest. Utterly repulsive. They are targeting families of kids who have died. They use social networking as a way of posting mean terrible things about the kids. Things like [...]
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Recently while chaperoning my 5th grade daughter’s school dance I endured quite an entertaining night. My job was to watch guard at the door to make sure no one tried to escape and keep an eye on the bathrooms. I thought, this will be a boring night. I was kind of hoping to hang out [...]
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The question back when I was a kid was whether or not to allow your child to have a TV in their bedroom. I was one of them that did have the TV in my room. Although, who had cable back then so there wasn’t much I could really watch other than an occasional episode [...]
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As parents we have all done things in the past which we are not proud of. Some maybe more serious than others. The question is do we tell our kids about these things that we have done? Are we hypocrites for preaching to our kids about these things if we have done them ourselves? Would being honest [...]
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Are parents too caught up in the desire for their kid to be “popular”? Of course parents want the best for their children but in what way? I see it all the time. Parents wrapped around the fingers of their kids. The need to make sure they have the latest clothes, toys, and electronics. Parents [...]
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As a child I remember their being some things that parents were encouraged to know before leaving their kids at a friend’s house. The question of dogs may have come up and parents were (and still are) encouraged to always ask if there are guns in a house before leaving their kids to play. My [...]
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The situation: Your 14-year-old daughter is just like many teens and spends a lot of time texting. She texts her “girl” friends, her “guy” friends, and her “boyfriend”. Your daughter is a “good girl”. She gets good grades, she is very well rounded, you have an open relationship with her, and you feel you can [...]
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Do you remember “going out” or “going steady”. There were a lot of different terms for what we called “puppy love” or having a crush on someone back at age eleven or so. Now that my kids are in the midst of this age I realize how much this has changed. Kids this age are [...]
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This year my youngest is “due” to start kindergarten. Notice I say “due”. Who was the person who made up the age of when kids should start school? Will I be hauled off to jail if I decide that I am just not ready to send her? Yes, she is completely ready. She would get [...]
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I like to think of myself has a “new-fashioned mom” (you know, not old fashioned), but when I read about this I just said, enough already! Coed sleepovers, are you serious?! If my kid ever comes to me and asks if he or she can have or attend a coed sleepover I have no idea [...]
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