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As you can see by the dates below, this blog is no longer being updated.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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The ‘Mama Instinct’ answer: They’ll do fine.
The things we do as parents. We want our children to do well. We want them to succeed. We want them to say the right thing. To be respected by adults in their lives. And sometimes that leads us to act in rather silly ways. Last week that lesson hit home for me. I was…
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Home for the holidays
As family, we are not each other’s therapists, friends, or supervisors. All of the other categories of relationships amongst humans are severable. No matter whether you see your family or not, they are family. They are by definition, not by choice.
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When the beautiful becomes ugly
My personal belief is that we won’t take care of this problem until we agree to spend political capital on it, and unfortunately, the people in charge are in denial. They just passed a tax bill that will stifle investment in renewable energy. They have told our automakers that they should cede our leading role…
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How to raise boys who respect women
Men are being called out in public for acts they committed in private. I haven’t asked them, but I’m guessing that the moms of these men didn’t raise their sons to behave this way. How can we do better?
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The Rake, otherwise known as that which keeps me up at night
Before the barn owls, we had golden eagles. I’ll tell you, I know which kind of neighbors I prefer.