Category Archives: Parenting
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“Special” family dinners
2September 14, 2012 by whirlyjoy
We never set the table. We’re strictly a get-your-own-gear kind of family. So what is it about the siren call of the family dinner that still pulls me in sometimes?
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Maternal Core Meltdown danger index
1September 10, 2012 by whirlyjoy
Denial is my very favorite coping skill – and I’m pretty sure the only non-drug-based strategy available to humans that is occasionally effective.
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The genie is out of the bottle
Leave a commentSeptember 7, 2012 by whirlyjoy
I let Mimi, who is a precocious 11, start a (very private, highly aliased and protected) Facebook account last week. …
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Hollowed out
3September 6, 2012 by whirlyjoy
Aida pounced on this one-pound loaf of fresh bread when I forgot to lock it up before going upstairs to …
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It’s okay if she bites me
14September 5, 2012 by whirlyjoy
Aida turned 14 last week. This means nothing to her, as far as I know, though as with every assumption …
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Life in the spin cycle
5August 30, 2012 by whirlyjoy
Take one harried single mother with her own translation business, one artistically and sarcastically precocious and academically gifted thirteen-year-old, a …
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