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My son participated in the 3rd grade chorus this year. It was no secret that his motivation was performing at our local Red-Sox-feeding minor league AA baseball team, the Portland Sea Dogs. This past Monday was that night. NESN broadcast the game which was preceded by 127 members of our 3rd grade [...]

The following is not a new video, but it is valuable.  Even if you’ve seen it before,  today might be the right day to share it with your daughter/sister/cousin/mother/niece/friend.  And their brothers, fathers and friends, too.

And if you’d like to hear more about developing healthy self-esteem, try this article from NYU’s Child Study Center.
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Woohoo! February is over. Let the gloom and doom of the “shortest” month of the year be gone. On to March.
Around these parts, we can look forward to roughly half the month being stormy and blizzardy*, while the other half of the month will be wet and muddy as the thaw sets [...]

After watching the tumult on the news about the recent octuplet birth, it seemed to beg the question: Do you, constant reader, think that there is enough of a media focus on the importance of parenting? If not, what should be improved? A general raising of awareness or special areas of concern? If you had [...]

When Nintendo launched the Wii, they promoted all sorts of family togetherness that looked like a lot of fun. For other people’s families.
My best friend and writing partner Heather bought a Wii and she and her husband began buying games, telling us about them, and having us over to play them. When I [...]

Later today Whitney Hoffman is going to share an experience with her son’s school. I was thinking about her post as I was writing this one (I had a sneak peak).
Last night was my 1st grader’s open house at school. It was a nice relaxed evening that gave Lucy (4), Aidan (8), and [...]

I rediscovered a small little book I picked up a year or more ago, entitled “If all else fails, lower your expectations- a diary of a busy mom” by Susan Murphy.    Here’s a snippet for you, so you can understand why this is such a great book, and why it means so much to all [...]

If you don’t know this about me, it’s time you knew: I am a staunch feminist. Been so since college, near as I can remember. I wouldn’t label myself as rabid, but staunch, yes. I believe strongly that all humans, regardless of the makeup of their chromosomes, should be treated equally.
As a feminist, I pay [...]

With Super Tuesday coming up, my husband and I find ourselves sneaking in political conversations at all sorts of, as it turns out, inopportune times. My other half, not yet a citizen, can’t vote but, that doesn’t stop him from having an opinion. Me, I’m fired up and intently researching issues candidates and options.
We, unfortunately [...]

Sometimes, if you’re patient enough as a parent, things come full circle. I’ve always been wary of parents who before their “li’l slugger” can even walk have his glove oiled and his baseball jersey washed and ironed. We all want to share our passions with our kids; we wouldn’t be human if that [...]