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Saturday, August 20, 2022

Raising Disciplined Adults without Punishment

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my 20-year-old son with one of his current devices I was hauling on my son's laptop so hard I wrenched my shoulder. I heard myself bla...
Saturday, July 30, 2022

First It Was Reusable Pads and Period Panties; Now the Reusable Pee Wipes!

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A few years ago I wrote Talking about Periods with Daughters and Sons . A good part of that was dedicated to my daughter's and my choice...
Sunday, June 19, 2022

Watching You Father Our Children

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I am ever so grateful to live with this man who exemplifies gentle, heart-full parenting. I stuck today's One Solar Year poem into thi...
Monday, May 23, 2022

Do You Really Want Your Kid to Be an Artist?

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Me at 7, trying to be an artist. When I was a kid, I wanted to be an artist. Or a botanist, or a hair-dresser. My parents and grandparents ...
Monday, May 9, 2022

Parenting and Gardening with Climate Change: The Aesthetic of Allowing Diversity

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This morning we put the tomato and pepper seedlings out on the porch again. They've been waiting for the ground to warm up enough to be ...
Tuesday, February 22, 2022

A Letter to the Boy Who Was Bullied with Me

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This is a hard topic for me, and one that I rarely bring up, because, even after forty years, it's too raw to talk about. I was one of f...
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Sunday, February 13, 2022

Our New Valentines Tradition

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I was recently reminded that my son, when he was about three, suddenly asked me, "Mama, what is Valen"? We were walking along the ...
Thursday, February 10, 2022

I've Changed my Thinking on University Entrance and Attendance

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Taliesin in his early years, trying to get some lift. Photo: Emily van Lidth de Jeude I thought about calling this article 'Getting into...