Tag: parenting
member name: Suzanne A.
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February 13, 2006 11:22 AM EST --
I recently wrote about my idyllic memories of snow days growing up. Today, I am experiencing a snow day from the other perspective---as the parent. Somehow, it's just not quite as magical….Here's . . . more
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January 20, 2006 05:22 PM EST --
Homework…the word brings dread to kids and in my case anyway, dread to me. I have strong feelings about homework, especially in elementary school. Basically, I don't believe in it. . . . more
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January 21, 2006 10:49 AM EST --
I wrote yesterday about the 10 BEST parts of being a parent. Now, to be fair, here's what I feel are the 10 WORST parts!
1. Getting out of the house in the morning---the endless grind . . . more
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February 17, 2006 12:24 PM EST --
This morning, my 18 month old daughter and I were heading to an appointment, and had some time to kill. We stopped at a combined Dunkin Donuts/Baskin Robbins, for my second cup o' joe of the . . . more
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March 23, 2006 01:44 PM EST --
There are many, many challenges to raising a child with special needs, as any parents who has been there can tell you. However, the greatest of those challenges for me has been that you can't . . . more
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April 10, 2007 09:49 AM EDT --
It’s a frantic world we live in. Every day we are bombarded with messages about what we must do to ensure our children get ahead. We need to start saving NOW for college. We should . . . more
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February 23, 2006 08:36 AM EST --
It's official---as of 7:05 this morning, I turned 40. My family all counted down the minutes with me, and sang Happy Birthday, with even my 18 month old chiming in on the Mama part. We . . . more
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June 02, 2006 09:26 PM EDT --
Aside from my children growing up to be decent, caring human beings, there is NOTHING more important to me than them learning to love reading. I can't imagine a life without books. There . . . more
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June 05, 2006 09:09 PM EDT --
I'll start by saying of course the title of this article is a bit in jest. No books are MUST have! And everyone has their own opinion on what the best children's books are, so this . . . more
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June 06, 2006 10:24 AM EDT --
Of course, as always, the title is a little bit overstated, however, not by much! I really do think any avid reader would be missing out if they have never read these five. They're the ones I . . . more
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January 22, 2006 08:31 PM EST --
The other day my younger son told me that "every other kid in my class has been to Disney World". I answered in the typical adult fashion, saying "Now, you know that's not true. . . . more
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January 20, 2006 07:51 PM EST --
Here's my take on the 10 best parts of being a parents, in no particular order…
1. Answering the questions you get asked every day--- "Do toxic wastes really give you superpowers?" . . . more
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January 26, 2006 07:06 PM EST --
Video games and kids---the two words together seem to spark many strong feelings and many heated arguments. What I rarely hear said by either side of the debates, however, is how much kids LEARN . . . more
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March 04, 2006 10:39 PM EST --
Before I had children, I would often read a certain genre of article in women's magazines. A worried mother would visit a pediatrician with concerns about her child, and would be told that the . . . more
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January 30, 2006 06:28 PM EST --
My seventeen month old daughter doesn't walk, doesn't pull up to stand, doesn't stand without support, rarely crawls. By all measures, she is fairly severely behind with her motor milestones. . . . more
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February 18, 2006 07:10 AM EST --
My older son was an early talker. My second son was a late talker. My daughter is a secret talker.
Of all the areas of child development, the one I most enjoy watching unfold is speech. . . . more
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May 11, 2006 07:56 AM EDT --
Everybody said the MRI was just a precaution. Our 19 month old daughter was not yet walking, not yet standing or pulling up. But she was fine in every other way, and making steady progress . . . more
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March 19, 2006 11:40 PM EST --
Once a week, my younger son, my baby daughter and I have breakfast out at a local coffee shop. Almost every time, a woman comes in with her son while we are there. I would guess his age at . . . more
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May 26, 2006 07:24 AM EDT --
When you are the parent of three kids, I do have to admit at times you think you've got this parenting thing pretty much down. I used to read the parenting magazines and books avidly, feeling . . . more
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October 05, 2006 11:02 AM EDT --
When mothers talk about thankless tasks, they are talking quite literally. There are untold thousands of jobs that we do and do not ever get thanked for, to say nothing of even being noticed for. . . . more
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