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Teaching a Child to Refer to her Genitalia as the C Word (Guest Post)

February 6, 2012




I’ve been a fan of Renee from Womanist Musings’ (@womanistmusings) work for a long time and loved having the opportunity to connect with her recently on Skype as we filmed her segment of my toddler years video. I’ve been begging her to guest post for me for a while and am happy to finally have [...]

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Would You Let Your Teen’s Boyfriend/Girlfriend Sleep Over?

January 28, 2012




This past week, I posted an article on my facebook page about some mothers in the UK that have decided to allow their teenage daughters’ boyfriends sleep over. Is that shocking? I didn’t think so. I found it progressive and refreshing. But not everyone agrees and some find the idea of it irresponsible or morally [...]

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Happy Holidays!

December 27, 2011




Late, but better than never. Happy Holidays to all of my blog readers! I wish you and your families all the best for whichever holidays and traditions you are celebrating this winter. Our family celebrates a secular Christmas. This year we were treated to several different Christmas concerts and were treated to songs, like the [...]

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Is there anything worse than people who perpetuate stereotypes?

November 29, 2011




Today on Gawker, Brian Moylan opened his post with with this: Is there anything worse than mommy bloggers? That is a rhetorical question because if you have two firing synapses, you know the answer to that question. Yeah, and people wonder why most of us don’t like being called mommy bloggers. Usually it is me [...]

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11/11/11 at 11:11

November 11, 2011




I was here… I was remembering all of this and more. Where were you? What were you remembering?

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Math Sucks! (…if it requires you to balance shaming equations)

November 8, 2011




I came across a post today that I really enjoyed. On the Camp Creek Blog, Lori wrote: There’s a billboard in my town that makes me grind my teeth into dust. It shows a kid’s hands holding, on the left, a video-game controller and, on the right, a turtle. Then it says something along the [...]

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Bad Pitches I’ve Spared You From

November 2, 2011




Every day I get dozens of e-mails from public relations firms, companies, writers and others asking me to feature their stuff on my blog. The thing is, that isn’t how I work. The content on this blog is mine and mine only (with the exception of a small number of hand picked guest posts). I [...]

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Why are adults allowed to say “shit” but kids aren’t?

November 1, 2011




At dinner the other night, Julian had a burning question: Why are adults allowed to say “shit”, but kids aren’t? This is the child who had to reflect on his use of the word “poo” at school last year, so I thought perhaps he was just searching for reasonable alternatives. I didn’t have a good [...]

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3 Causes to Consider on October 31: Nestlé-Free, UNICEF, Movember

October 29, 2011




October 31st isn’t just Halloween. It is also a date for thinking about and participating in three important causes. In our house, we’ll be participating in all three and I’d love it if you would consider joining us on one, two or three of these paths. #NoNestle: Nestlé-Free Week (October 31 to November 5, 2011) [...]

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Brands and Plants: Which Can You Name? Which Can Your Kids Name?

October 29, 2011




This image from Occupy London has been floating around on facebook. I thought it was interesting, so I decided to print it off and bring it home and test it out with my family. We happened to have friends over, a dad and his two kids, so we were able to include them in the [...]

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