Tag: parenting
group name: codeorange
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November 27, 2007 06:18 PM EST --
I have three good kids. Healthy, bright, well-liked, funny (and Lord knows I love the funny), and sweet. But I still want to stuff them into duffel bags at least once a week.
I want to, but I don't. . . . more
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November 10, 2007 06:45 PM EST --
I figure that I don't need to worry about how I'm going to send Chelsey to college yet. After all, I have nearly 5 1/2 years before she heads off to an institute . . . more
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January 22, 2008 09:49 AM EST --
Somewhere in the transition from "The Old Days" to now, it seems a few things didn't get completely worked out. While TV is full of couples who share parenting and household chores equally, . . . more
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October 29, 2007 03:04 PM EDT --
One night as I was lying in bed, wondering if there was a racehorse somewhere thinking he had to pee like a mother of three, I reflected on some of the things that surprised me about motherhood. (I was . . . more
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November 01, 2007 05:39 PM EDT --
I'm a tad germ-phobic but since having Anya, I've let her do things I would have scoffed at it the past- like letting her eat something that fell on the floor (it's called the five second . . . more
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November 06, 2007 05:39 PM EST --
Back in my earnest, intellectual (and child-free) 20s, I was a great believer in the molding influence of societal forces. Galvanized by my degree in Sociology, I was nurture all the way. In my mind, . . . more
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December 28, 2007 09:20 AM EST --
The moment you become a parent, you realize that everybody has an opinion. Between family, friends and neighbors, parenting advice practically rains down in sheets. You're either giving Janey too much . . . more
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January 17, 2008 04:53 PM EST --
Do you believe that, as a mom, it's your job to guarantee everyone in your family is happy at all times? If your answer was "yes," you may have SuperMom-itis.
SuperMom-itis isn't . . . more
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October 25, 2007 11:43 AM EDT --
Every family has its own set of codes they use to stay in touch. Some families stay highly organized with ?to do? lists and charts that divide up chores and reward with stars or allowances. Other families . . . more
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December 28, 2007 09:26 AM EST --
Picture this: You've dressed to the hilt and ready for your first night out since...whenever. You give the sitter your last-minute instructions, then bend down to give Joshua a great big goodbye hug. . . . more
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November 08, 2007 11:09 AM EST --
Many people don?t realize just how many words a child under two actually knows. You may think you?re talking over your baby?s head, but watch out: you may be surprised at how much is getting through. . . . more
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November 15, 2007 11:13 AM EST --
Being a parent is a full-time job, especially when your kids are very young. Naturally, that?s aside from your other full-time job ? the one that actually pays for all those juice packs and ginger snaps. . . . more
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October 30, 2007 10:14 PM EDT --
Sometime in the early 1980’s, when I was about 10 or 11, my mom’s attention turned towards the risk that her sweet, innocent and adorable children (yes I’m talking about me and my brother) . . . more
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November 21, 2007 10:15 AM EST --
If you?re like a lot of families with small children, you may have a family code word. It might be ?Pink Lemonade? or ?Aunt Jackie? or something obscure enough it can?t be guessed, but easy for everyone . . . more
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January 17, 2008 04:51 PM EST --
Whenever the conversation turns to the holiday season, the word "family" is sure pop up fast. Holidays are so much about getting together and catching up that it's very easy to lose ourselves . . . more
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November 12, 2007 10:23 AM EST --
Wouldn?t it be helpful to have a set of agreed upon codes for rules your kids could follow in situations that requires extra precaution and communication?
Ever had your six-year-old run off in the . . . more
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November 26, 2007 11:59 AM EST --
Are your kids speaking a secret language? Somehow, overnight, it seems every kid out there old enough to write is fluent in techno-speak. It?s a language that?s evolved for use in chat rooms, on IM or . . . more
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October 15, 2007 04:12 PM EDT --
?To listen well, is as powerful a means of influence as to talk well.? ?Chinese proverb
Kids can be difficult to read sometimes, especially when they don?t understand their own needs well . . . more
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October 18, 2007 12:49 PM EDT --
What’s the first step in deciphering your child’s code?
Fill in the blanks for a deceptively simple yet valuable answer.
You _______ (word for tuna fish container) observe
a lot ___________ . . . more
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November 05, 2007 11:41 AM EST --
The Stanley Cup is watched in over 170 countries and yet hockey remains one of the least understood sports. Of course, that doesn?t stop even casual viewers from feeling the excitement of hockey. As . . . more
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