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Almost every woman, and definitely every mom, often finds herself over-worked, over-exerted, and over-stressed at some point each week.  Whether it’s the stress of a job that you hate or the stress of playing taxi for your children, mom’s often have trouble allowing themselves to let go enough of stress.
In Ruth Klein’s new book The […]

My son has a poster due in science this week, all about the units of measure.
I understand, I think, what this is about- to try to get the kids to get a feel for what unit of measure you might use in what case, and to find examples from their own lives.  But let’s face […]

In Indiana, the beginning of the school year is less that a week away. My nine-year-old is counting down his days of freedom. My thirteen-year-old is actually excited, because she would like more contact with her friends. And my three-year-old is looking forward to going to his school “with the blue floor, […]

       
In real life you get to change jobs. In parenting your job changes you. (You thought I was going to say, “you get to change diapers”, didn’t you?)
In real life you get a salary. In parenting you try to serve celery.
In real life you wonder whether anyone likes you. In parenting you know […]

I took TechnoBoy and The Mercenary for their very first sports physical today. At the tender age of 10, they’ll be starting football practice in a few weeks. I have to say, the whole thing is a little unnerving. I didn’t start any formal sports until I was in the 7th grade. […]

My husband doesn’t travel very often. I think this is why my twin daughters react like the world coming to an end whenever he goes on a business trip. Recently he traveled two weeks in a row, which is unheard of for his line of work. The first week he left on Sunday and it […]

Andrew is sitting on the floor right now, counting cash. There are piles of bills and coin around him on the floor. Allie is helping.
They are working together with her family to run a concession stand this summer. It’s a great learning experience, a couple steps up from the lemonade stand he never ran. Andrew […]

There are times when I am sitting at the dining room table doing school work with my son and and it is nearly impossible to keep myself from banging my head on the table in frustration. My son is such a bright kid, but some days he just will not focus. He will not listen. […]

I’m going to be honest, my relationship with the older boys has not always been easy. There are certain aspects of their collective personality that either clash with mine or at the very least are completely incomprehensible to me. Is this their fault? Nope. Mine? No, I don’t think that […]