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Does Your Child Know How to Work?

At an appointment this summer, the doctor, being polite, asked my Emily what she was doing on her time off from school.  She launched into a dissertation of sorts on her activities – a job at J Crew, some babysitting, two classes at the community college, etc, etc.  The doctor, rather surprised at the list, looked at me and said, “How do you get her to do all that?” I must of looked rather baffled because I didn’t know what…

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Does Your Child Need A Friend?

If only my child had one good friend… Ahhh, how many times I have thought this!   A good friend, a really good friend – is worth their weight in gold—a childhood friend that is loyal in the face of peer pressure, like-minded in values, kind and thoughtful, and… I could go on and on.    My oldest has that kind of friendship. It began in pre-k and has survived twenty years of peer-pressure, puberty, boyfriends, and separation in different colleges.…

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Tweens Aim For Fame Above All Else

Because I work at iMOM, I read so much about the negative effects of media on children.  Sometimes, parents don’t like what they read and choose to believe that TV, movies, music, and videos really don’t impact children as much as we think they do.  But it does, according to what I read today.…

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Nothing Cuter: Boys in Football

Earlier this week Ree Drummond (The Pioneer Woman – great blog) posted that there was Nothing Cuter than a bunch of little boys in football uniforms.  She had such precious pictures of her little boys. Sigh…my Marky was once that little.  I couldn’t resist.  Camera in hand (old, not a Nikon, and totally inadequate to take pictures from afar) I headed up to the practice field to capture my not so baby, baby.  Yes, I am a Ree Drummond wanna…

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