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My dog thinks I am amazing. I know this because when I walk in the door she runs to greet me within five seconds. (I work as a prep chef, so I always smell like food, which I’m sure has something to do with her affectionate greetings.)
When I sit d...
Updated: Jan 21, 2014 at 01:20 PM
What would you do if your son or daughter worked really hard in school, achieved a perfect GPA, got accepted to the Ivy League university of his or her dreams, but you could not afford to pay the tuition?
This is the dilemma facing TV parents Adam a...
Updated: Feb 22, 2012 at 01:44 AM
Sue Walsh was preparing suitcases for a flight home from Haiti the next day.
A pediatric nurse practitioner, she had just finished a week of serving at a clinic outside of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, with her husband, Brian, a carpenter, and a team of mo...
Updated: Jan 31, 2012 at 12:05 PM
When my daughters were little, experienced moms (many of them strangers) would often tell me to enjoy every moment with my girls because the time goes so fast.
It didn’t always feel like it was going fast to me, with long days and even longer night...
Updated: Jan 25, 2012 at 12:01 AM
It was only a matter of time before I wrote about the newest addition to our family, our puppy, Lila (pronounced LEE-la, which means “lilac” in Spanish). She is a bichon-shih tzu mix, also known as a “Teddy Bear,” and she is 6 months old, which deve...
Updated: Nov 30, 2011 at 12:01 AM
Perhaps the word that best describes the middle school years is change.
For kids in middle school, virtually everything in life is changing: their bodies, their friends, their interests and needs. They aren't yet young adults, but they aren't littl...
Updated: Nov 04, 2011 at 07:20 AM
When it comes to giving gifts, people have different ideas about what makes a good one.
My friend, Gina, received a surprise puppy for her birthday from her husband. As in a baby puppy, to go with the dog they already have. She told her husband that...
Updated: Nov 02, 2011 at 01:01 AM
My husband, Bernie, and I hadn't seen Tim and Roberta for 14 years. As we drove along the dusty, narrow roads looking for their driveway, the rain picked up, turning the dirt to mud puddles.
We were 12 in all, including our kids, the cousins and my...
Updated: Oct 07, 2011 at 10:48 AM
This summer, my husband, Bernie, and I took our daughters to a family camp in Michigan. The campground was fantastic: We slept in a renovated caboose, ate our meals in the mess hall, and the only thing we concerned ourselves with was moving from one...
Updated: Sep 07, 2011 at 01:17 PM
Is it bad parenting to offer to pay your older child $10 to teach your younger child how to ride a two-wheeler? I know a woman who did this, and I was tempted at first to judge her for being a lazy parent. Aren’t moms and dads supposed to teach thei...
Updated: Aug 10, 2011 at 01:01 AM