Today I was saddened to hear about the suicide of 10 year old Illinios resident Ashlynn Conner. She was an honor student who hung herself in a home closet and was found by one of her siblings. All because of bullying. She told her mom that she was being bullied – and had told her [...]
My daughter was ushered into a sorority yesterday: the sisterhood of the pierced ear. As I explained in a post written last September, I had originally told Zuzu that she had to be eleven — the age I was — to get her ears pierced. But after seeing how much Zuzu wanted pierced ears, and how [...]
I have a confession. I had this entire post planned out. Really, REALLY planned out! In the planned post, I had several witty quips about how we parents will do just about anything for our beloved children. Among other things, I’ve memorized every train in the Thomas series, searched high and low for a ratty [...]
When your child is a baby, your pediatrician, your mom, your friends and all the books will tell you at what age your baby should sit up, wave, try rice cereal, crawl, say Mama and Dada and walk. But what about when your child gets older? How do you know at what age he or she should [...]
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