Monday, March 4th, 2013
Your daughter’s latest crush has a shock of thick black hair and a brown belt in Aikido. Enamored of his vegetarian lifestyle and Eastern interests, she’s talking tofu and downloading anime movies by the gigabyte. You? Not so impressed. Learning from Love “Although many parents would like pre-teens to participate in supervised group activities, school
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Thursday, October 18th, 2012
“Tell me a story about The Green Man Goes Trick-or-Treating.” When my daughter Sally was 3, that’s what she’d demand every night at bedtime for about a year. The Green Man is a weathered bronze statue of...
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Thursday, October 18th, 2012
According to the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry, studies show that cheese is one of the best snacks for your child’s teeth. While doing its part to contribute calcium to your little one’s diet it also helps...
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Thursday, August 16th, 2012
By Rick Epstein “Here’s the deal: You’re smart enough to get all A’s if you apply yourself. But go ahead and have some fun; get a couple of B’s. I can live with that. But get a...
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Tuesday, June 19th, 2012
by Rick Epstein A dozen second-grade boys and girls gather around the kitchen table upon which are spread about two dozen pieces of assorted candy. Veterans of previous birthday parties cheer, “Poisoned Candy! Yess!!” New friends look...
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Tuesday, April 17th, 2012
By Rick Epstein “Was first you were a kid, then you were a mommy?” That was Sally at age 3 asking my wife Betsy for her resume. It was Mother’s Day and Sally was lounging in our...
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By Rick Epstein “Does Santa really ‘know if you are sleeping’?” asked my middle daughter Sally, then 5, in last year’s run-up to Christmas. We were driving somewhere, just the two of us, admiring Christmas lights and...
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Wednesday, October 19th, 2011
By Rick Epstein Although she hasn’t decided on this year’s costume yet, my 5-year-old daughter Marie began bouncing around ideas while she was still wearing last year’s getup. Luckily for Marie, she has a grandmother who is...
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By: Rick Epstein “No one can convince me it’s a soft ball,” my daughter Marie complained one day last spring. She was 9. “It’s not soft. It’s just bigger and it makes a bigger bruise. They ought...
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A Parent’s Refresher on Party Etiquette By Penny Warner with Balloon Time Helium Balloon Kits Parties are the spice of life – a time to gather with friends, laugh, talk, play games and enjoy one another’s company....
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