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I watch her as she circulates the room and I can see she feels uneasy. She shifts nervously from side to side and tucks a rebellious tuft of hair behind her ear. These kind of situations are hard [...]

Traditions are great...but sometimes they can create unforeseen expectations among siblings. For example, I've made it a habit to build certain "milestone" celebrations into my parenting with my [...]

  Note: The following is a real excerpt from my 4th-grade diary. Wednesday, 2-21-90 Dear Diary: Today Sarah, Megan, Mandy and Kathleen were being real jerks. They were making fun of me all [...]

My son, Isaac, was home for spring break last week.  (If you read this blog with any regularity, you know my eldest son went to college this year and that I am still in recovery!) I'm making [...]

To mix a phrase from Kermit the Frog, "It's not easy being 'tween." This word "tween" doesn't just represent an age group of kids who aren't little kids but aren't yet older teens... it [...]