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things kids say

If it is round and comes in pairs…

January 15, 2011 no manual for parenting

My boys are becoming more and more uncouth each day, and I am not doing anything about it because deep down I think I am a 13-year-old boy. I am going to blame it on Austin Powers though. Lately they have been watching Austin Powers. All three of them. Yeah. I know. Mr. Monk loved [...]

Tagged as: parents behaving badly, raising boys, things kids say, things most likely only i find amusing

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Teaching Kids Simple Words: Bees

May 17, 2010 no manual for parenting

. Here is a translation if you have trouble reading the handwriting… The question was: If you were a bee, would you be a worker, a drone or a queen? Why? My 7 year-old child’s answer: If I were a bee, I would be a worker because I get to collect pollen and nectar. He [...]

Tagged as: my youngest, things kids say, what do you know?

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If only patience could be bought

May 1, 2010 no manual for parenting

I suspect that some of you are tired of me criticizing myself for not being a good mother. Self-deprecating humor can only go this far when you are not a stand-up comedian. I admit that it does sound like I am fishing for compliments. Or at least, some sort of desperate reach for affirmation. If [...]

Tagged as: guilt is the trip mothers take often, is it me, my youngest, things kids say

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Teaching Kids Simple Words: Egg

April 29, 2010 no manual for parenting

7 Year Old: Mom, what’s the yoky part of the egg? Me: You mean the Yolk? 7 Year Old: No, I mean, which part does the baby chick come from? Me: Ok, honey, the eggs you are eating? These are not the kind that baby chicks come from. 7 Year Old: Why? Me: These are [...]

Tagged as: bad mommy alert, food, my youngest, things kids say

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Interview with my child: “Why I don’t like blogs”

April 17, 2010 no manual for parenting

Mom: How do you like blogs? Child: I hate them. Mom: Why? Child: It is very annoying to me because my mom is being spoiled and wasting time instead of doing something useful like reading a book. Mom: Why do you think it’s a waste of time? Child: Because it is like a computer or [...]

Tagged as: guilt is the trip mothers take often, metablogging, my youngest, things kids say, Watch out for Kanye West!

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Teaching Kids Simple Words: Part 1

April 14, 2010 no manual for parenting

I have learned in my parenting career that the fewer letters there are in a word, the more the potential of it being an extremely difficult concept to explain to your child. Some small words are deceptively simple. Small words with big, heavy baggages. Mr. Monk used the word “gay” in the bad way the [...]

Tagged as: guilt is the trip mothers take often, how much is too much, my youngest, things kids say

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Athletes

April 4, 2010 no manual for parenting

I don’t know where my oldest gets his athletic prowess. I guess we lucked out. He started gymnastics at our park district when he was three years old because I did not like the idea of sitting in the sun, the rain, or the cold for ball games. When he was seven, he was asked [...]

Tagged as: lessons from the field, my oldest, things kids say, what do you know?

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What I learned from the Olympics… Not what you think

February 27, 2010 no manual for parenting

We have been watching the Winter Olympics. I didn’t plan to. But what’s not to love really? Finally something on prime time that does not involve dead bodies, sexual predators, or its own mythologies. Naturally I gravitated towards Ice Dancing and Figure Skating. (No, I don’t really want to engage in a debate about how [...]

Tagged as: my oldest, say what, things kids say, things you don't think about until you are a parent, Winter Olympics

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Do you know what you are reading to your children?

February 26, 2010 no manual for parenting

Do you really know? I mean, really really? Do you know what you are reading them and how they are hearing what you are reading them?… I was browsing through the Costco “magazine” (what sadly passes as reading material for me nowadays) in bed when my oldest came to snuggle with sit by me. Not [...]

Tagged as: book, my oldest, my son the lawyer, things kids say

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Contract

February 22, 2010 no manual for parenting

My husband is out of town again. Well, since he travels 50% of the time, as dictated by his contract, there is always 50-50 chance he is on the road. He’s sort of like George Cloony in Up in the Air, but without the dashing good looks. (Oh, I love you honey. I just need [...]

Tagged as: my youngest, things kids say

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