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Incentives

October 30th, 2008 · 8 Comments

I wrote a post recently about school projects and how sometimes, the line between coaching a kid and making the project more the parent’s than the child’s is often thin. In the comments, one reader mentioned how you can tell (and I would argue more so in early grades than in middle school and […]

Tags: Parenting · school

The Crying Game

July 1st, 2008 · 12 Comments

The Poo has entered what may very well be my least-favorite phase.
The crying phase.
Every time she commits an infraction and I reprimand her - however gently - she bursts into loud, wailing sobs before I can even finish my sentence.
Yesterday she demanded that we turn the TV on for her, quite rudely. Her manners are […]

Tags: Behavior · Parenting

Thirsty or Dorky

June 28th, 2008 · 2 Comments

A lot of my fellow moms are fit, but the level of fitness amongst most of my mom friends can’t be compared to that of the fittest triathletes I have met. When some of them have told me that they had been pregnant, I have almost fallen over. Given a choice between believing […]

Tags: Activities · Beauty, Health & Fitness · Behavior · Parenting








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