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Brooke Burke: I Dare You To Take This Test (ModernMom Report Card)
Are you making the grade? Are you willing to be held accountable for your actions? In honor of back to school, let’s give our children credit for developing new responsibilities and buckling down. We expect a lot from our children and rewards and consequences are a common topic of discussion. As we define our expectations…
Autism and High School
Well, here it is, I can’t believe this is happening, but today I helped my son apply for high school. What did we do? In our local area, our high school is very respectable. It carries high honors from academics to athletics, and is has a very good reputation. However, it is a very large…
How Not To Send Your Kid To College
For those of us with teenagers heading to college, August can feel a little crazy making. Especially if it is our first, or only, child who is leaving home. For parents of girls heading to college, I’ve heard it’s a chaotic month of shopping at Target and Bed Bath and Beyond to fill lists of…
Five Talking Points About Domestic Violence From The Hope Solo Case
Hope Solo made sports headlines again over the past two weeks, as the world’s finest goalkeeper played a critical role in the USA’s third Women’s World Cup soccer title. The 33-year-old Solo is a hero to millions of young girls, and perhaps as many young boys. In June 2014, however, Hope Solo was arrested in…
Cash or Credit: Does Your Spouse Question Your Charges?
Hun, whats this charge on the debit card for $35.66? Oh, um, not sure, where from? ABC United something or other. Oh, I made a donation to a charity Okay, what about this charge for $2.99… Fruit – what the heck is Fruit Ninja? Oh, um, I bought an iPhone game for the boys? Really? Yea, they like to play it. A lot.