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ModernMom Chronicles: Chapter Nineteen

It took the promise of a one year Club Penguin membership to pacify Kaitlin into having the play date with the new girl. It was the right thing to do, Heather thinks. Anyone who says that they dont bribe their children is either lying or miserable. Good luck, Michael says that morning as Kaitlin stands pouting in the kitchen.

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ModernMom Chronicles: Chapter One

Its no longer her house but she still calls it home. Once a month she drives two hours east to visit her mother in Riverside. She thinks this ritual irritates Michael, who tries his best to overlook her lower middle-class upbringing. At Cal, as undergrads they were equals. However, after graduation their divergent socio-economic status became apparent.