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Does Your Love Interest Have A Say In Child-Rearing?
By September 2, 2012 4 Comments Read More →

Does Your Love Interest Have A Say In Child-Rearing?

I was having an interesting discussion the other day and thought it might be a great topic for discussion here.  You have a child and you (and perhaps the child’s other parent) is doing all they can to raise the greatest kid that ever lived. Well, since my kids have all tied for the top spot, let’s say the second greatest kids who ever lived! What happens when you have a love interest? Sure they are your confidante and will listen to you squawk and moan about the “other parent”…
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Amy Chua: Good Or Evil Mom?
By January 22, 2011 0 Comments Read More →

Amy Chua: Good Or Evil Mom?

Amy Chua, has been a name in the news for a few weeks now. She is the New Haven, CT mother with a Chinese heritage that rules her roost with an iron fist.  She first appeared on the scene in a January 8 Essay in the Wall Street Journal entitled Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior (you really need to read it). Among the things that her two daughters have not been allowed to do are: attend a sleepover have a playdate be in a school play complain about not being…
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Kiddie In The Middle!
By January 19, 2009 0 Comments Read More →

Kiddie In The Middle!

Here’s our first guest blogger!  If you are interested, please let me know! (JWF) Why is it that my ex always wants to put the kids in the middle of what should be an “adult” conversation? She never fails to get a snipe against me in front of the kids and it really ticks me off. What she doesn’t realize is that the kids see it, know it, and realize it, and honestly resent her for it. My son was in one of his “gimme” moods as all kids are…
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