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As you can see by the dates below, this blog is no longer being updated.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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It's International Year of Forests! Call your lawyer today!
Maybe I’m just in a mood tonight, but I just bumped into something that really rubs me like velcro on Berber carpet: I saw a note somewhere that this is International Year of Forests, as designated by the UN. I love forests. I live in one. Cool, I thought. I clicked on the link, and…
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Resolutions
Being a parent is never easy. At least, it never is in our house. At various times, my husband and I have the “why is this so hard?” conversation. Luckily — so far — only one of us is in that mood at any given time, so the other one can soothe instead of suggesting…
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A problem of definition
I have two wonderful and rather intense children. Our days can often be quite lovely. Often there’s a lot of argument and obstinacy. But all in all, we make it through our days pretty well. This is not how I would have described my family a few years ago. When my daughter hit the toddler…
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The eight-year-old singing seamstress
I see by the date of my last post that I’ve been gone a while. To give you a bit of perspective, this is what hits me come late November: Thanksgiving Daughter’s birthday Husband’s birthday Chanukah at our house Christmas at my parents’ house See? You don’t have it so bad after all with just…
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Winter break in Santa Cruz — now what do we do?
Kids spend the last couple of weeks of fall session looking forward to winter break, but parents face a new dilemma: with school and afterschool activities on hold, how to keep the kids busy? If you’ve got a kid who needs physical activity on rainy days, there are great options available. Santa Cruz Soccer Camp…