Child Gun Safety, Kentucky, and Tragedy
Everyone has their own opinions on gun safety. Some think that gun safety is only doable by eliminating guns. Some think that gun safety means shoot the other guy first. I'm pretty sure the majority of us lean towards "increased background checks" as a reasonable alternat...
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Rape Prevention Education
I'm a mother of three. My two littles are a ways off from this discussion. I've never had a rape prevention discussion with my fifteen year old. Part of the reason I never felt the need to have a rape prevention discussion with my fifteen year old is because he's a boy. I...
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Buying Baby Formula? Check Your Dates
Sometimes when we're in the supermarket, our minds are going a million miles an hour. For me, a typical shopping trip means at least one child with me (sometimes none or both, but usually one), an iPhone in my hand for a grocery list, stopping at three stores, and trying to...
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Rainbow Brite’s Updated Look and Making Excuses
This morning, I was happily perusing Facebook when I saw an image of Rainbow Brite. Actually, it was the old Rainbow Brite that I played with back in the 1980's next to the updated Rainbow Brite. Stupidly, I clicked the comments.
I wasn't surprised to see that a lot of ...
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Newtown, CT School Shooting Dominates the News
We don't watch live television. In the day, we mainly watch Sesame Street. In spite of a conscious decision to keep live television out of our house (only watch stuff online), it doesn't keep out the scary things that happen in the news. Everyone is currently aware of the...
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Gender Specific Toys Is Nonsense
I don’t exactly get the idea behind gender specific toys. Okay, I understand that once upon a time, little girls wore dresses and boys wore short pants until they were old enough to be breeched. And then they went their separate ways: boys learned manly arts like hunting a...
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The End of the World – I’ll Pass
So, theoretically, the end of the world is on December 21 of this year. That is, of course, if you subscribe to the belief that the Mayan calendar stops at that date because that is the end of the world. I don’t.
If I look at this logically, I don’t believe that the end...
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Baby-Making Banned by Court Order?
Part of being a parent is being a responsible adult. Part of being an adult is being able to make one’s own decisions. Of course, part of being an adult is also determined by age. Still, even taking all of this into account, I was surprised to come across an article that ...
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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge Get Congratulations and Condolences
Congratulations to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on the announcement of her pregnancy! Welcoming a new baby is such an exciting time, full of joy and endless possibilities. I’m happy for them on what’s coming for them. A baby is just amazing.
At the same time, I ha...
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Attachment Parenting, Divorce, and Mayim Bialik
While I have no personal experience with divorce, I do remember learning from my friends while growing up a simple truth: divorce sucks.* When you’re famous, divorce can be even worse. When you’re famous and advocate attachment parenting, then you really get comments from ...
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