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It’s Not My Job To Make My Kids Happy

I am not my childs friend.Years ago, I overheard a veteran mom speak these words with a confident, dismissive shrug. My kids were tiny then. I was a new mom. Everything parenting was fresh as a summers day.Her callous words felt like a punch to my heart. Of course I was my childs friend! His protector, his confident, his cook, his maid, hiseverything!I was committed to being the …

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Forget Facebook: The Sexting Apps Parents Need To Know

As a child, I remember hearing the ominous male voice on the TV commercial asking parents:It’s 10 PM. Do you know where your children are? These day, its a little easier to track our kids whereabouts with the help of smart phones and GPS. What we parents dont always know, however, is where our kids our hanging out online.Ill be the first to admit that I cant keep …