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An awfully sweet, naively angelic, charismatic and opinionated seven-year-old sat next to her father on the couch while Mommy cleared and cleaned the table after dinner. The little girl glanced over at her mother whose face looked a bit peeved and worn with her mascara unintentionally smudged beneath her lower eyelid, bags below that, and…
I killed my daughter’s fish. Ugh. No, like really…a big “UGH”!! Like my husband said to me, I’m surprised I didn’t kill it sooner. I’ll be honest with you, keeping kids and dogs alive — I’ve got that down. I can do that sh*t with my eyes closed and hands tied behind my back (although…
A “damsel in distress”. You never want to be one. You are also probably really sick and tired of seeing them in real-life or portrayed in movies, and you darn sure don’t want your daughter to ever be one. I’ve posted a lot of articles about raising daughters. I have two, and more than anything I…
Dear Little Girl With The Smart Mouth, I know you probably think that I am about to come down on you — that this is the moment when you are going to be chastised for that mouth which likes to run, and often gets away from you. Well, you are about to be surprised little…
Does your child love to perform or does he/she shy away from the spotlight? I have one child that loves to compete in dance competitions in front of a huge audience, but she still gets super nervous and shy if she is called on spontaneously to participate on a stage. Then, I have another who…
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