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Wednesday, November 19th, 2008
Repeating the Standard
When my children were toddlers I expected to repeat myself often, and I did! Little minds needed prodding to remember that toys didn’t pick themselves up and Mommy is the boss even when we’re at Grandma’s house.
During the elementary years I was the one who needed reminding that they were capable of remembering the certain [...]
Comments Off - Posted in Parenting/Society, Teens by Jennifer Rogers
Sunday, August 3rd, 2008
Proverbs Fifteen-Two
The great debate within me these days is how much to intervene in squabbles between my three older children, ages 14, 13, and 11. Now squabbles is the word that I use to publicly record the incidents that can sometimes be heard through the house. And I’ve noticed certain inflections of the voice and [...]
