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I know that I do and so do my kids.

Well, I discovered this neat puzzle site through the Mom Blogs. The site is called, believe it or not, Wuzzles and Puzzles.
The thing that I like about this site is that you can print the puzzles out.
So, whether you’re headed to the Doctor’s office or [...]

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MamaBlogga’s July writing project is called “Thanks, Mom” and this is my entry.
I thought that it would be best to write it in the form of a letter.
Dear Mom,

I know that I haven’t always appreciated what you’ve done for me. There have been so many times that I’ve taken you for granted.
Today I [...]

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The blog SuperNanny Rules has been running a great series on preventing delinquency. There are two posts in the series:

Prevent Delinquency Project. This post describes a volunteer program to educate parents about threats that children face.
The F.A.M.I.L.Y. Model of Parental Supervision. This post describes a model for parental supervision.

Both posts highlight the Prevent Delinquency [...]

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This is a serious post about a serious issue — the safety of our children. In the interest of protecting our children, there are a couple of sites I would like to make you aware of.

Parents Against Predators Act. This act requires sexual predators to disclose their screen names and prohibits them from lying about [...]

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The summer is upon us and with the summer comes that question that every mom is afraid to hear.
“What do I do Mom?” (This is usually uttered in a whiny tone guaranteed to irritate even the most patient mom.)
On the heels of that question is the dreaded statement,
“I’m bored.” (This is usually said loudly and [...]

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I’ve always heard that summer colds are the hardest ones to get rid of, and it seems to be true. At our house, we are passing around a rather unpleasant summer cold.
It must be the unusually rainy weather that we are having.
Anyway, in light of the circumstances, I thought I’d ask for some cold remedies. [...]

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Dana’s post last Friday on Finding Purpose took me back to my own decision to leave the corporate world over five years ago.
I remember how I agonized over that decision! I had truly come to believe what I had heard almost all of my adult life — “that it takes two incomes to get by [...]

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One of our favorite restaurants (that boasts of excellent home-cooking) is decorated with signs all over the walls. On the signs are famous sayings that “Mom” used to say.
The sayings include:

“Brush your teeth”
“If everyone else jumped over a cliff, would you jump too?”
“Go to bed”
“Pick up your toys”
“Clean your room”
“Share”
“Say thank-you”
“Because I told you so”

I [...]

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