October 16, 2011
no manual for parenting
I first discovered this instruction and posted it in 2009. I just recently found the original article where this set of “rules” came from: The American dream is to be extraverted. We want our children to be “people who need people.” We want them to have lots of friends, to like parties, to prefer to [...]
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guilt is the trip mothers take often,
my youngest,
trying to do the right thing
October 12, 2011
no manual for parenting
My 8 year old, Mr. Monk, is on a “Back to the Future” kind of mission lately. He’s acquired two rotary phones earlier this year for a buck each at a garage sale. Probably my fault for I might have explained to him, with too much excitement, how we used to hate folks’ phone numbers [...]
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isn't technology wonderful?,
Mixtapes,
my youngest,
small things in life,
things kids say,
walking down the memory lane