Archive for April, 2011

Free-Ranging It

Apr 27th, 2011

Is what’s good for the goose chicken . . . good for the gander children? These children that I have coddled and cuddled for over ten years? The ones who, yes, have a tendency to fall on their heads but otherwise have demonstrated good judgment and responsibility in spades. Free range these children? These peace-loving, [...]

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The Answer is Blowing in the Wind

Apr 11th, 2011

The question, of course, was the one I posed in a round-about way last week:  How do you protect your sprout-lings from the cold winds that blow? You can plant the seeds. You can nurture the little guys as they poke their heads into the world for the first time. You can shower them with [...]

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But Honey — Mommy Thinks You’re Terrific

Apr 4th, 2011

I’ve been thinking. Thinking about all the blather I spew to parents of newbies about the dreaminess of life on this side of infancy.  About how parenting older kids is a walk in the park where that park doesn’t insist you follow slippery tots in and out of sand piles and up and down ladders [...]

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