Month: June 2014
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Rules, right back at you, Mom
My nephew, Jeremy, and his wife, Tara, have seven children from four months to 12 years old. Tara homeschools and takes the children to music lessons. She maintains a private family blog about their children. With their permission I am sharing a recent posting about discipline. Last week there was a family discussion about how…
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going back home with the kids
Childhood memories dictate my daughter’s summer visits. They had barely cleared the doorway when she began planning a hot dog roast in the back yard with her children. We still use the same spot where she burnt plenty of dogs. I realized the torch had passed to the next generation when her seven-year-old son proudly…
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Packing up to camp with baby
Family trips include newborns in our family. Still, we broke all records with our youngest via a business and pleasure trip to the New England states initiated shortly after our only daughter began her fifth week. As we traveled across the country in the days before “Click it or ticket” and five-point harnesses and safety…
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dealing with spam
My email announced I had received such an honor, “You were recently chosen as a potential candidate to represent your professional community in Who’s Who in Business.” I was so flattered. I filled out the application with my work history and received a thanks for my submission. Weeks later a man called to say I…