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Remember that feeling when you were a kid of winter finally being over? Time to play outside…and not come in until dinnertime only to go back out once again until you were dragged in by your mom. I remember playing games like Spud and Capture the Flag with the neighbors ALL day. I remember running [...]
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Can we not just be moms? Our own kind of mom? I am really getting sick of the labels. It is almost as if we have to be some type of mom. The overload of the Tiger thing has just gotten to me. That is all we are hearing lately. What kind of mom are [...]
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We all know the world is changing and big brother is watching. But when does it become too much? I am all for keeping my kids safe. Trust me, I would keep them in a bubble if I could – no lie. But as kids, we lived – and we learned. Are parents today relying [...]
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As a mom I would like to always know where my kids are, what they are doing, and ensure they are safe. Technology is giving us these tools. They are giving us ways to keep up on what our kids are doing online, who they are interacting with, how fast they are driving, and even [...]
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This past weekend we took in ‘summer’. We ran through sprinklers, played kickball in the backyard, covered the driveway in chalk, and made sure to catch the ice cream truck. Sounds like your typical summer day, right? Now…take out the ice cream truck. Sure, it is still summer in all its splendor but doesn’t the [...]
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Its that time of year. The time of year when the teacher assignments and schedules arrive in our mailboxes. Kids can’t wait. But wait, what if little Susie or Johnny didn’t get who they wanted. Or, god forbid got “the mean teacher“. Parents all over are stressing out. Their child did not get put in [...]
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Chilling out by the pool today doing some mom-to-mom chat….when all of a sudden, HYPER-PARENT ALERT. Helicopter coming down, watch out hovering happening. First let me say, MY son has a nut allergy. It is an unfortunate thing and a real pain in the butt, however I clearly realize not everyone has been struck with this lousy [...]
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I read an interesting article this morning. It is all about spoiled children. And I am not talking just the issue of your spoiled 2 year old who throws a tantrum on the floor. This is bigger. This is about the kids of today…the kids who will be growing up as our world’s next ‘group [...]
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Did you leave your child at the park alone on May 22nd for ’Take your children to the park and leave them there day’? If you read Free-Range Kids you know what I am referring to. Lenore Skenazy came up with a concept of leaving your kids (ages 7 and up) in the park to play [...]
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We are constantly reminded of how we are “living in a different time”. We remind ourselves about how when we were kids we were able to roam our neighborhoods and play outside without a worry. We tell ourselves that things were much safer back then. But, was it really? Were the dangers still out there [...]
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