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He is Me: Parenting The Kid Who’s the Most Like Me

Posted in family life, humor, parenting, school, summer, Uncategorized on Jul 7th, 2010

My second son, James, is bewildering and bedeviling in shifting measures, like all offspring, but I have been feeling for a while lately that, while he’s as capable as his big brother of winning or crushing my heart, I understand him better. To put it in actorly terms, I have flashes of brilliance and insight, [...]

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Mommy’s Meatballs: Why Keeping Control Over Kids and Food Pays Off. Sometimes.

Posted in guest posts, kids and food on Jun 29th, 2010

So the boys started their six weeks at the local YMCA camp yesterday. I love this camp. Love it. But as with any situation where kids gather, bad food options seem to be the norm. I work around it; I try not to get my hackles up when I see the Snack Shack stocked with [...]

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