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Driving in the “Dumbfounded Parenting” Lane

July 10, 2010

So, after three hours of running errands all over the county early this afternoon, I’m pulling out of the local shopping center about one mile from home. Suffice it to say, I could drive this route with my eyes closed. But of course, I wouldn’t. Because if I did… I would miss things like [...]

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Reality Check 472: Eating is But One, Minor Component of Mealtime

April 21, 2010

You may recall me describing my insistence on suppers together, at the table, where we start with prayer and end by waiting until everyone has finished eating (and THAT’S a loose phrase, because three-fifths of us seem to have distinctly different ideas about what being “finished eating” means….). I wouldn’t call my children picky eaters, [...]

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Parenting At the Edge

April 17, 2010

I sincerely hope you are in a better mood than I am. I feel I am being faced more and more with my parenting failures. Disobedient, even defiant children have become much more the norm in our house lately, and I am seriously troubled by it. Claire, my third-grader, remains largely sweet and playful. It [...]

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