Avant Parenting Archives
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Avant! Welcome to my parenting blog archives
As you can see by the dates below, this blog is no longer being updated. However, there’s lots of good stuff here, much of it as true now as when it was written. Please feel free to browse, or follow these links: One last piece of parenting advice: Enjoy today even if it’s a rough…
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Household Mysteries
In our house, we have mysteries. Top on the list is the mystery of the disappearing cranberry bowl. We used to have a set of four glass cranberry-colored nesting bowls. The largest one is too big for most tasks. The one we lost was perfect for pancake batter, salads for a family of four, biscuit…
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It is what we make of it
And about that Miss Goody Two Shoes… In yesterday’s blog I described my child self as “Miss Goody Two Shoes.” Yep, I was that kid who always had her hand up first, who always knew the answers you got wrong, who always had her homework in on time. Knowing what I know now as a…
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My Monthly Crisis
I’m having my monthly crisis of confidence. On the one hand, I’ve been trying to pat myself on the back about my son. For every little setback, it seems like there’s a beautiful burst of speed in the right direction. OK, so he does disappear for twenty minutes and when you call and call and…
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More about “bad” kids
A cool thing about a blog is that it’s not supposed to be polished writing. You can just dump your thoughts of the moment into it, whether or not they’ll be your thoughts of the next moment! One of my readers took offense at my blog entry, “In Defense of Bad Kids.” She said: The…
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That Amazing Human Animal
I’m not sure why I find popular medical news so interesting. I think in part it’s a fascination with the unlimited potential of amazingly vigorous human animal. We just don’t want to let anything go. We seem to have a biological imperative to keep chipping away at everything that discomforts us, from panty liners to…