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What I’ve Been Reading (October)
Rom and I took the first part of Gordon Neufeld’s “Power to Parent” course, organized by one of our neighbors (though the class was not just for people in our community). The class is based on videos...
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The Same Monster
I was covered in kids, both of whom were unhappy and insisting they had had the smaller share of mama-cuddling. We were a pile of tired and I was in surround-sound stereo: “But I want as many minutes...
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Heart to Heart
“You like Sofie more than me!” Tears spilled out of Mica’s eyes as the rain spit down on us. We were standing on the sidewalk. Sofie, the toddler I babysit once a week, was already in the car. I was...
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Finding Our Soft Hearts
A couple of us moms were still preparing — skewering the hollow eggs so they could be painted, squirting small blobs of paint onto plates, and tying toothpicks to strings. The kids had just come in...
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The Day Bobo Died
One particularly sensitive child with a lot of frustration and sadness plus one especially fizzed-up, spazzy child plus one tapped-out mama looking to hide equals one tough, terrible week. How to...
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