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Michael Lewis & Tabitha Soren
When Michael Lewis's new parenting memoir, Home Game: An Accidental Guide to Fatherhood, arrived in the office, we snatched it up. The author of the glorious baseball book Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game (2004), and the prophetic Liar's Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street (1990), is one of America's leading non-fiction w...
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Terrible Twos: Myth Or Kicking. Your. A@!?
I always love these articles about "surviving" the Terrible Twos -- these giddy little paeans to automony and self-sufficiency. "Every time your rambunctious little toddler throws a fit ... she's expressing her burgeoning personality!" I'd rather she just put on the damn pants so we can get out the door in under a half hour. By way of Shin...
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Stuck in the Middle
Five years ago, my husband and I were just starting out. We lived in a small apartment. We had good jobs. I worked as a technical writer, and my husband had just started flying with the military. We had no debt, and no children. We were saving aggressively but also enjoying our single life. On our days off, we would ride into the city and eat at th...
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Five Reasons To Sell Your Toddler On eBay
1. Your possessions are no longer safe. Last week, my 19-month-old 'posted' my mobile phone into a slot in my built-in gas heater. Today's casualties include a smashed glass and emptied salt and pepper shakers. 2. You can't reason with them. Toddlers can tantrum over the smallest thing, like you don't want them to shut the pet cat in the toybox....
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When Your Girl Is a Boy (Or Vice Versa)
We've all known (or been) boys obsessed with princesses and makeup or tomboys who would rather wipe an axle with a dress than wear it. Most of us who were raised with Free to Be You and Me and feminist mums (and even a bunch of us who weren't) go out of our way to let our non-gender-stereotype conforming kids explore whatever interests the...
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Three Is Terribly Trying
Which is worse — the vaunted "Terrible Twos" or the less-vaunted (probably because no one wants to talk about it because it would make parents who haven't been there yet throw themselves under a bus) Trying Threes? Read more...
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5 Tried and True Excuses For A Toddler’s Tantrum
A toddler having a tantrum is bad enough but when that's paired with the "public humiliation" of having to deal with a uncontrollable melt down in public, well that just sucks, big time (check out Redsy's Post Top 10 Worst Places for your Child's Trantrum here).I feel compassion for those poor innocent bystanders, having to witness your child's...
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Top 10 Worst Places for your Child’s Tantrum
Surviving your child's public tantrum is a rite of passage faced by all parents. Whether you a. totally lose it, b. act calm like a zombie, or c. get the screaming child the hell out of there says a lot about your parenting style, but even more about your instincts for survival.Ever since the cave man gave the first time-out to his...
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How Old Is Old Enough To Play Outside Alone?
I live on top of a hill. There's more than 500m between my house and the street, and it's really a kid's paradise up here: a playset, a trampoline, our neighbors' regulation soccer field. Still, as safe and secure as we are, we wonder at what age it's safe to let the kids play outside without adult supervision....
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