By Ellen Schrier on March 10, 2010
Dear Mamas, We can’t agree and I’m running out of patience. I’m tempted to stick a pin in the diaphragm….
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By Ellen Schrier on March 8, 2010
It feels like a scary world out there, but there ARE ways to make it safer and clue them in without pushing the anxiety meter over the top!
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By Ellen Schrier on March 1, 2010
I just finished watching the last, heart-stopping Olympic hockey game between the U.S.A and Canada. My youngest is a huge, longtime fan of the sport, and over the years he has taught me to enjoy it too. So there I was, cringing and swearing and cheering over each lightning shot that zoomed across the ice.
Throughout [...]
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By Ellen Schrier on February 24, 2010
Dear Mamas, I am single with young children and want to date. What are the rules here?
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By Ellen Schrier on February 22, 2010
Really? What ever happened to just playing “dress up”, and where’s it going from here?
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By Ellen Schrier on February 15, 2010
“The box says you can’t eat them if the seal is broken. So I’m looking for the seal.” That’s the word from one little guy as he carefully sorts through the contents of his animal crackers. So funny, so dear, and such a clear window into his ability to make sense (or nonsense) of his [...]
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By Ellen Schrier on February 10, 2010
I think my two and a half year old is starting to lie. What do I do?
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By Ellen Schrier on February 8, 2010
An old children’s saying goes, “You can pick your friends and you can pick your nose, but you can’t pick your friend’s nose,” followed, of course, by peals of laughter …
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By Ellen Schrier on February 1, 2010
The other day on my way to yoga I heard a news story that would have curled my hair if it wasn’t curly to start with. My jaw dropped, my blood pressure spiked and I momentarily lost awareness of what I was doing.
Why? Well it all began when I heard the morning DJ start talking [...]
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By Ellen Schrier on January 27, 2010
I’ve got a son who’s almost eighteen months and I want to know when I should take him to the dentist …
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