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Teaching Kids an “Attitude of Gratitude” this Holiday Season
Christmas morning in my household is like a shark feeding frenzy, with the sharks (my four children) devouring a pile of bloody chum (the presents). After weeks of shopping and hours of wrapping and labeling gifts, I watch my little ones rip off the festive ribbons and tear through the boxes in a matter of…
7 Tips for Having a Better Birth
My first son was born after a difficult 36 hours of labor. The labor was hard and fast, with protracted contractions 2-3 minutes apart and no more than 4 minutes apart for 30 hours.
Don’t Count on Millenials for a Work-life Revolution
The work-life conflict of my generationGeneration X, or those born between 1965 and 1980has been defined in large part by the unrealistic expectations that women, primarily, have placed on themselves to have it allcareer, marriage, kids, house in the suburbs, and more. Somewhere along the way, having it all morphed into doing it alla far cry from the liberation our feminist foremothers fought so hard for. But what about the next …
Have a Child with Autism? Attend an Autism Conference
I am the mother of an eight-year-old with autism and my family has been in the “autism system” for seven years. If you do the math, you’ll figure out that we began around our child’s first birthday.
Overinvolved Sports Parents: A Plea for Sanity
Did you hear the story about the crazed Little League Mom who stalked, threatened and harassed a Little League official after her son failed to make the summer travel baseball team- and who then arranged to have the official killed?