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Fish Wives
Neglected Wives Sell Fishing Rods At the dentist’s office yesterday, I flipped open a magazine to read about the “Girl Hunter.” I was immediately mystified by an ad inside the front cover. It showed a...
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Is there life outside of baking vegan muffins? Updated Post
You’d think all I do is bake muffins and more muffins. And that’s without writing a thing about the TWO versions of carrot muffins I baked last week (version one was sinfully sweet, while version two...
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Copy Kids: DVD Review
Do you have a “picky eater?” I never believed in “picky eaters” until my son turned 15 months. He started rejecting things he had eaten willingly before. Now, he will not eat fresh fruit or veggies. He...
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Book Review: “Pink and Blue, Telling the Boys from the Girls in America”
I love dressing my Little Guy in pink! He doesn’t (yet) know that “pink is supposed to be for girls.” Awhile back, I blogged about my surprise at learning pink used to be for boys… or girls… it didn’t...
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“It’s an all-ages event”
Back in college, back when I was a nanny and worked in a child-care center and knew everything about raising kids, I read Carol J. Adams’ book: “The Sexual Politics of Meat.” As a fledgling vegan, and...
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Parents and Childcare: Working Together to Help Kids Eat Healthy
Reblogged from Parenting in Portland: Parents and Childcare: Working Together to Help Kids Eat Healthy “Can I give her some Fruit Loops?” I shook my head in disbelief and told the childcare provider,...
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I Feel Petty, Oh So Petty
Here is a list of a dozen shallow things of which I feel deeply envious: Engagement photos Wedding dresses Baby showers Decorating a baby nursery Job promotions Honeymoons World travel Happy family...
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Screen Time: A Conversation with Jean Rystrom
Reblogged from Parenting in Portland: Screen Time: A Conversation with Jean Rystrom “We have a problem with screen time,” declares my husband. I glance up from my iPad and mumble, “I know. I just have...
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Where’s the Line?
On Saturday, my daughter had the following treats: a ‘juice drink,’ chips, crackers, and candy at a birthday party, bubble tea (liquid candy–and a long-promised reward) with me, and frozen yogurt with...
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Toddlers Killed More Americans Than Terrorists Did This Year
I just read this, and you should too: Toddlers Killed More Americans Than Terrorists Did This Year. There were at least 11 deaths in the past five months in which the shooter was three to six years...
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Scentism #NaBloPoMo
My undercover investigations have revealed a new form of social disparity. Scentism. Close observers may already realize that men and women receive very different messages about body odor. Men are...
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Awkward Holiday Moments
Awkward Holiday Moments: We’ve all had them. Maybe it was the strange and experimental hand-knitted thing you had to thank your distant relation for. Maybe it was the bikini calendar your older female...
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IKEA: Hack my Family!
If I Had An IKEA Family… Our home would, at all times, be dappled with golden light streaming through windows unblemished with greasy fingerprints. It would be soft and warm, but never glaring, and...
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Scentism #NaBloPoMo
My undercover investigations have revealed a new form of social disparity. Scentism. Close observers may already realize that men and women receive very different messages about body odor. Men are...
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