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When Your Child's a Police Officer

Not every day starts with a ticket from the police, but yesterday did. In the five minutes called breakfast, I attempted to tweet and read the headlines without getting peanut butter smeared on my keyboard. Vivian, my six-year-old, wanted more attention than our ten minute morning snuggle afforded her. So after she had inhaled her […]

When Children Won't Stay In Bed

One thing I’ve realized in the six years I’ve been parenting is that there are some bizarre statements that come reeling out of my mouth. Today, I’m starting a new feature called Whiteboard Wednesday. Now I know there are some sports websites that give you a behind-the-scenes look on Whiteboard Wednesdays; this is nothing like […]

An Eerie Tale of Sleepwalking

My daughter sleepwalks occasionally. Of course, for all I know, she could be traversing our house nightly, entering the garage, and taking our loser cruiser for a spin, but I hear her only on occasion. On the nights I’m aware of her slumberous travels, her route is generally the same: she drifts into our room […]

Why Parents Should Get Honorary Degrees

I think every parent of preschoolers should get an honorary degree. If celebrities from Orlando Bloom to Dolly Parton get bestowed with such honors, certainly parents deserve them too. Amongst other feats, moms and dads are continually marketing items. Observe a mealtime involving preschoolers: you’ll find parents pitching advertising copy for the toughest clients imaginable: […]

5 Ways My Son Resembles Oedipus

Reason 1: If William sees my husband and me embrace in the kitchen (or elsewhere), he pushes us apart. William will wriggle in between us, usually by crawling through our legs, standing up, and wedging us apart with his head and his hands. Then he’ll hug me. Contrast this to Vivian who, upon seeing us […]

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