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A Mommy's Musings: October 2010
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Thursday, October 7, 2010. It Gets Better When We Get Better. Maybe you have seen the recent “It Gets Better” campaign, in which celebrities urge LGBT youth not to take their own lives. It’s a tragic campaign really, putting the spotlight on how trapped today's kids feel by bullying. It made me wonder how kids can be so cruel to one another. Then it made me mad. Why is everyone trying to convince the victim not to commit suicide? Why isn’t anyone telling those bullies to stop? Nope, not me. Or drink them...
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A Mommy's Musings: July 2011
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Sunday, July 17, 2011. The (Not So) Good Old Days. I like to think that over time, we are becoming more enlightened and embrace progress, which is why I usually roll my eyes when people resist change with the refrain of, “I grew up with…, and I turned out fine.”. I grew up with asbestos ceilings, but I’m not going to knowingly put asbestos in my house, even if I think I turned out fine. But every now and then, I do yearn to hearken back to bygone days of parenting, back when:. It was OK to hit your kids.
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A Mommy's Musings: April 2010
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Wednesday, April 14, 2010. Ice Cream is IN! E completed his allergy panel last week, and while he still tested positive for a skin reaction to milk protein, he had no reaction when we tried milk in his oral challenge. I am thrilled to report that he was able to consume four large spoonfuls of plain ice cream without any kind of reaction. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. Words to live by. Silicon Valley Moms' Blog. Places To Go, Things To See. Nina Planck - Real Food. Ice Cream is IN!
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A Mommy's Musings: August 2010
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Friday, August 27, 2010. E officially started kindergarten this last Tuesday. After all the worrying and stressing over private vs. charter vs. public schools, whether to put him back in his bi-lingual daycare after kinder or keep him at the on-site after-school care, who would take him, who would pick up, and all the million other things that kept me up, it was a very anti-climactic first week. Lesson learned: I don't give him or me enough credit to transition to the next stage of his life without trauma.
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A Mommy's Musings: November 2009
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009. Resisting the Rat Race. Still, when I tell other parents about our intentions, they look at me like I suddenly sprouted horns. "How could you short-change your kids like that? Don't you love your kids enough to buy them the best education available? Yes, those are actual questions I have been asked. By my mother, no less. Get really good grades because mom and dad have invested. A lot of money. Maybe I am naive, I'm not sure. But I want to believe that I'm not. Mother to a b...
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A Mommy's Musings: July 2010
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Wednesday, July 14, 2010. Gratitude: The First of Many (Hopefully). I complain about my kids. A lot. A lot a lot. They are whiny, they are high-maintenance, they don't listen, they are hyper. But at the end of the day, they are pretty good kids (of course, there's still plenty of time for me and the hubby to ruin them). If nothing else, I will have some posts to re-read on those days when they are fighting or screaming or not paying attention or not paying attention while they fight and scream. Mother to...
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A Mommy's Musings: December 2009
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Tuesday, December 22, 2009. It Wasn't My Idea. Whenever my husband and I argue over something kid-related, and let's be honest, it's always the same argument, a little voice inside me always falls back to the same position, "Well, I'm. Not the one who wanted kids.". Yes Do I regret having kids? But that doesn't change the fact that having them wasn't my idea. So when we come back to the recurring argument - and for the record, that argument is over whether or not said husband is investing enough time...
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A Mommy's Musings: June 2010
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Sunday, June 13, 2010. Words To Live By: Oh Heavenly God. E has been learning a little bit about God (aka "the Big Guy") from a few of his church-going friends at school. Even though we are not a religious family, I think it's good for him to have some exposure to religion and to explore ideas about God and spirituality and develop his own ideas. I have to admit that some of the things he says really tickle me and even touch me so I thought I'd share:. On Death/Going to Heaven:. Did he take a rocket ship?
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A Mommy's Musings: Under Pressure
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Sunday, March 6, 2011. The documentary Race to Nowhere. Has been making the rounds in our communities, and all around me, parents are tsk-tsking the achievement-obsessed pressures put upon our kids today. In the Silicon Valley, where everyone is hustling to create the Next Big Thing. That will Change Life As We Know It. The pressure is even greater as parents try to instill that drive to excel in their children at a very early age. But it’s not just the kids who live in this pressure cooker. Instead, I a...
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A Mommy's Musings: March 2010
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Tuesday, March 2, 2010. Anyone who knows me knows that my brother and I didn't get along growing up. We didn't completely despise each other, but we bickered - a lot. Now that we're adults, we've (gasp! Matured a bit and we're getting along and making an effort to be closer. After some surprisingly frank coffee-side conversations with my brother, we realize that at the heart of the matter was a feeling of unfairness. It wasn't fair. Likewise for him, it wasn't fair that I got a bigger allowance. That...
