Me to Mr. Tall, Dark and Handsome, six blink-of-an-eye years ago: “So I think it’s time to start dealing with our oldest child. Ever since she turned three, she’s been testing me. She thinks she’s Head Woman of the house, not me. She argues with every little thing I say, down to me telling her she’s ...
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Now I Lay Her Down to Sleep (the Honest Version)
Now I Lay Her Down to Sleep
(the Honest Version)
Now I lay her down to sleep,
I beg the Lord, "Eight hours, please!
May angels watch her through the night,
and keep her eyelids sealed up tight.
If she should cry before I wake,
just once, Lord, let the monitor break."
Wishing all my ...
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When Your Kid Won’t Stop Whining
Me to my whiny five-year-old, facing off in the kitchen: “I’m sorry, but the kitchen is the No-Whining Zone. If you want to whine about something, you’re going to go have to do it in your bedroom. You can whine all you want in there.”
My five-year-old, heaving a deep sigh and heading toward her ...
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How We Helped Our Son Overcome a Gaming Obsession
This is the story of a boy whose brains got eaten by digital zombies, and how his parents fought the zombies and reclaimed their son.
When our son was two, he discovered the joy of puzzles. He could hardly talk, but every morning he woke up bouncing with excitement in his crib, lisping, “Pizzoo, ...
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