I can't believe I’ve got a teenager, a tween, and a nine-year old. Lately, my 13-year-old son has seemed a little "off," and other adults have said, “Oh, he’s just being a typical teen. I don’t want that. I want to continue to be able to talk openly and honestly with
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I have a third child. When he was a baby, he was often shoved in a corner. I didn’t realize it, but later on, when watching home movies, I noticed he spent most of his babyhood swinging away in the baby swing. When he was born, he had a three-year-old
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We’re starting to test the waters with leaving our kids home alone. Our oldest son is 13, our middle girl is almost 12, and our youngest is 9. We’re not worried that they’re not responsible, but what we worry most about is the two boys (the 13-year-old and the 9-year-old)
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I made a big mistake when my babies were babies. I didn’t pay attention to what they were eating. I didn’t make them eat. I regret that now, not being one of those moms who fed them the green stuff or the prunes or the stuff in the jars that
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At first glance, I thought Get To Know Your Kid was a type of diary that my child would write in and forget about. But then I read the foreward and now I can’t wait to steal my youngest son away for an afternoon and dig into his little mind. Get
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