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Am I Going to be a Tattletale Parent?

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My son, Finley, is significantly bigger than a lot of kids his age. At just 5, he’s outgrowing many of his size 7 pants, his size 1 shoes are starting to get a little tight, and he weighs about half as much as I do. He doesn’t recognize his own strength, and I often have to remind him that he’s too big and too strong to be so rough… with me. I’ve had accidental bruises from playing with him and not so accidental bruises from the rare occasions when he's lashed out physically.  Knowing his …

Filed Under: Living, Relationships Tagged With: childhood relationships, mean kids, parenting, preschool kids, teaching our kids confidence

The Pre-Teen Parenting Paradox

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My ten year old daughter is a funny, beautiful, talented and intelligent girl. She is also utterly and completely exhausting. But not in the physical sense that my son is; he wears me out, yes, but nothing that a hot bath, a bottle of Shiraz, and a good cry can’t cure. Pre-teen girls, I am discovering, are exhausting on an entirely different level. It’s like comparing the pain of a toe stubbed through steel-toe safety shoes to a leg fractured in a fall down seven flights of wet, …

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How to Say No and Not Feel Bad About It

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Did you know there are two words, that if used correctly, can make your life so much easier? It’s true, you can change your life with the proper understanding and use of just two words. Those words are “yes” and ”no.” I’m a big fan of saying yes to things, especially if that yes will enrich my life in some way, make me a better person, make me feel good, or put me outside my comfort zone and scare me shitless. I’m also a big fan of saying no. I use this one when I don’t want to do something and …

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How To Be A Good Partner

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We do a lot of partner work in karate class and it got me to thinking, what does being a good karate partner teach me about being a good marriage partner? Be generous with the do overs Karate: Last night I was working with a lady who is still getting used to the way you position your hands for certain self defense moves. If she made a mistake I’d call a do over and let her try again. I gave up a couple of my turns so that she could do the moves over and over and remember the feel of …

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How to Get The Sleep You Need When Life Keeps You Up

Sometimes, in the middle of the night, I like to ever so casually give my husband a nudge. What can I say, he irritates me lying there so peacefully. The man can literally sleep anywhere, anytime, under any conditions …

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Living With A Snorer? It Might Be Sleep Apnea

This post is sponsored by RANA Here's a fact that anyone living with a snorer can tell you; no one is sleeping in the house. Not the snorer or the person lying next to them. It's something that in polite company we joke …

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How to Take Care of Winter Boots

These are my new Bos. & Co winter boots. Fancy, right? In years past, I would have let boots like this remain on the store shelf. I had been under the impression that boots like this were purely for show, that they …

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5 Easy but Awesome Ways to Prank Colleagues and Loved Ones for April Fool’s. You’re Welcome.

I consider myself an expert now at April Fool's Day. That's kind of what happens when you have trolls for parents: you learn it's a dog-eat-dog world of short-sheeting, unscrewed salt shakers, and being woken up at the …

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5 Ways to Have Fun with Vintage Dishes in Your Backyard

I'm not a fan of paper plates, and I'm completely opposed to plastic. They are a waste financially and environmentally, so I use real plates, glassware and cutlery in my backyard all summer long. The problem of course, …

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Five Best Summer Hostess Gifts

An old standby for any hostess is a bottle of her favourite wine, or yours if you have ulterior motives and if her usual wine selection leaves you parched. Traditional gift options range from flowers to jars of …

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