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Don’t Judge the Bully
Even in our sweet little country town, there are bullies masquerading in clean-cut haircuts and Abercrombie polos. They can be found in the schoolyard, on the bus, and even in my neighborhood. They...
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Taming the Bully
CBSNewYork.com reports, “The Department of Education estimates as many as 160,000 children a day stay home from school because of the threat.”There are all degrees of bullying and sometimes kids can...
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Entrepreneur or Thief?
The Principal called me last night and said, “We have a big problem.”She must have dialed the wrong number because my kids are perfect. I said, “Really?”“Your son is selling the use of his iPod.”“Oh,...
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Contributing to the Delinquency of my Minors?
Some families play Monopoly, some play Chutes-n-Ladders. In my house the game of choice is Poker. Texas Hold ‘Em.To make it even more deplorable, we don’t play for silly prizes or trinkets. No way! We...
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Protect Our Children, Stop Keeping Score?
When I was a kid, Field Day was the Olympics of grade school. It was a day we looked forward to all year. It was our chance to win the coveted blue First-Place ribbon in kickball, sprints or the...
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I Would Never Let MY Kids Walk to School
U.S. Department of Transportation reports that in 1969 only 12% of kids were driven to school. Today, that number has quadrupled, while the number of kids walking or biking has fallen to a despicable...
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Procrastination
It’s been almost one full year since I posted on my blog. Why? Equal parts of life, fear and procrastination.2011 was the year that I put my book and blog aside to help a family member. It was a...
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Take Your Shorts Off
My son has a pair of shorts that I absolutely detest. To me, they look like something a corner drug dealer would wear. To him, they look like they got stripped off the body of an NBA player. To...
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Thinking Outside the Bath
It was summertime almost a decade ago. I was a workin’ mama with toddlers in the house. The night was no different than most. Dinner was done and we were making the most of the remaining daylight....
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I'm a Senior Driver (re-posted)
I was walking out of the bagel store yesterday and noticed a car parked crooked. The back end was all the way over the white line into another parking space. Don’t you HATE that?I was secretly having a...
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Hello God. It’s me, Buffi.
And here it is... the cover proof. I was so thrilled to see the proof this morning! I even printed it out and wrapped it around a Judy Blume book. Now, I’m walking around the house with this...
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Calm Down. It's Not A Crack Pipe!
And the woman toting a designer bag and high-fashion sunglasses approaches me in the A&P parking lot. She snarls, “You really shouldn't let your kids sit on the roof of your car."She’s acting like...
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Raising a Man or an Imposter?
Nobody really wants to raise a coward, chauvinist or swindler, but we’re crankin’ them out in droves.The Muscle Man: Flexes his muscles and makes sure everyone knows how important he is.The Magician:...
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Why should kids talk when they can IM?
When I was a kid, being “social” meant to engage in face-to-face conversation, poker, board games and Sunday dinner. Mom had to drag us into the house for bedtime and there wasn’t an inch of our...
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Confessions of a Dysfunctional Mother
I never claimed to be a perfect mom. Here are some of my mommy-confessions (some old ones too):I never read to my toddlers. Good mommies read to their babies, right? Well, I fell asleep by page 3 -...
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Should We Care What The Neighbors Think?
I’m often lecturing the kids with righteous statements like, “Be yourself.” and “You shouldn’t care about what others think of you.”Just the other day, I forced the kids to help me pull weeds. The...
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Too Bad Plan B Pill Doesn’t Cure Asthma
I got a call from the school nurse last week. It went something like this:“Your son is having an asthma attack. Please pick him up.”“Oh shit! Give him a breathing treatment.”“I can’t," the nurse...
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Thankful for Coffee and Grace
Every morning I stop in at my local donut shop for a hot cup of heaven. Yesterday morning I began talking to the man behind the counter. You know him. He’s the one that always remembers how many...
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Where’d I leave the baby?
I missed my flight today. No, it wasn’t because of traffic. It wasn’t car trouble. I can’t even blame it on the kids this time. It was my acts-like-a-90-year-old memory. How does that happen? How could...
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Dancin’ with Molly?
When I was sixteen, “dancin’ with Molly” meant you were watching the ending of Sixteen Candle’s. This week they were the censored lyrics in a song performed by the almost-naked Miley Cyrus at the VMA....
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Sorry Eleanor Roosevelt, but I disagree
Eleanor Roosevelt said, "It takes courage to love..." Sorry Eleanor, but I disagree. I think it’s easy to love.As a young Mama, I held my babies close. I memorized every freckle on their little noses....
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A Bath, a Book, a Cup of Tea
Tonight I reserve just for meA bath, a book, a cup of teaMy day was spent just like the restJob and family, I do my bestLaundry, bills, some dishes tooCome, I’ll read that book to youDress-up time is...
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Long Hair Breeds Bad Behavior (Reposted)
I've been told that long hair breeds bad behavior. So, I'm posting this for all the moms with long-haired boys that are misbehaving. If only you had known that a simple haircut would have solved your...
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If I stop feeding them, will they stop growing up?
As my children grow and become more independent, their time with me decreases. Just yesterday my son was ridding piggy-back and my daughter snuggled her teddy bears. Now my boy towers over me like a...
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Good Mommies Don’t Bribe Their Kids
I guess I’m a bad mommy, ‘cause bribing is rampant in our home.A recent TIME cover story Should Kids Be Bribed to Do Well in School? by Amanda Ripley shows bribing may have merits."Money is not enough....
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