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Category Archives: Parenting
A Vacation from the Kids
I am now three days into the highlight of my summer, the holiday I’ve been eagerly anticipating for months. No, I am not wine-tasting in Napa, beach-combing in the Caribbean, or sight-seeing in Paris. In fact, I’ve never worked harder. … Continue reading
Posted in Family life, Kids, Marriage, Parenting, Pets, Reality check
Tagged bridge, camp, empty nest, golf, leaving the kids, Outward Bound
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Who’s the Winner Now?
It was somewhere around the fourth hour of the softball tournament that I started silently rooting against my daughter’s team. “Swing!” I’d telepathically command the batter as the ball sailed two feet over her head. “Call it a strike,” I … Continue reading
Posted in Family life, Kids, Parenting, Reality check, Sports
Tagged ice cream truck, Round Robin, softball, tailgating, tournament
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Hoping for a Cavity
I felt a little surge of joy when the dentist recently reported a cavity in one of my 9-year-old’s molars. That’s because I have long suspected she doesn’t always brush her teeth when I send her into the bathroom each … Continue reading
Posted in Family life, Kids, Parenting, Reality check, School, Teenagers
Tagged brushing teeth, cavities, homework, natural consequences, Picasso, poetry, teeth
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A Day Like Any Other
I didn’t have high expectations for Mother’s Day. That’s because on Friday, Mr. 70 Percent called and asked, “What do you want to do for Mother’s Day?” I was pleased that he had thought of it two full days ahead. … Continue reading
Posted in Family life, Holidays, Kids, Marriage, Parenting, Reality check, Teenagers
Tagged greeting cards, Hallmark, Mother's Day
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Good Enough for Grandma
Now I understand why my mother always brushed my bangs out of my eyes before we visited my grandmother. There’s something about seeing your parents that makes you turn a critical eye on your own child-rearing, and nothing says “bad … Continue reading
Posted in Family life, Grandparents, Kids, Parenting, Teenagers, Travel
Tagged Day of Silence, dressing, haircut, homosexuality, Mary Poppins
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The Lack-of-Variety Show
It’s 5:00 in the afternoon and I’m sitting inside a darkened auditorium watching the dress rehearsal for the annual elementary school Variety Show. I’ve got my laptop and a bag full of snacks, because I know I’m in for the … Continue reading
Posted in Family life, Kids, Parenting, Reality check, School
Tagged american idol, Dancing with the Stars, Glee, Pricetag, Simon Cowell, talent show, variety show
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Every Day I Write the Book
I’ve got a new work schedule, and it involves getting the mail as often as possible. Yesterday, I went out to retrieve it twice, even though it was there the first time. That’s how antsy the new arrangement makes me. … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Family life, Food, Kids, Parenting, Reality check, Working motherhood
Tagged aging, freelancing, housekeeping, procrastination, writing, writing a book
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Diet of the Week
Last week my son announced he was going to stop drinking soda and eating red meat. Given that he has subsisted almost entirely on bacon and root beer for 14 years, this came as something of a shock. Still, I … Continue reading
Posted in Boys will be boys, Family life, Food, Kids, Parenting
Tagged Diet Coke, food, meatlessness, red meat, root beer, vegetarianism
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Throwing My Counterweight Around
One of my key roles as parent is to contradict whatever my children do or say. If a child is feeling blue, my job is to cheer her up; if she’s inexplicably giddy, I make her empty the dishwasher. When … Continue reading
Posted in Boys will be boys, Family life, Kids, Parenting, Teenagers
Tagged college, Eastern Mountain Sports, support
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Lotsa Helping Hands Aboard the Meal Train
The son of some good friends of ours was seriously injured in a skiing accident a few weeks ago. Thankfully, after a harrowing week, he was released from the hospital and is now recuperating at home. Just as I was … Continue reading
Posted in Family life, Neighbors, Parenting
Tagged accidents, feeding the sick, food, Lotsa Helping Hands, Meal Train, online care communities
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