I wonder if this happens to men, too. I wonder if they can report on stories without at some point filtering them through their perspective as parents. I can’t help it. When Patrick Kane said today that the worst part about his arrest a little more than a week ago, was his family seeing him…
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Lately, parenthood has become a race. With one child going to high school in the fall and the other starting junior high, it’s like we’re trying to pack in all the fun before it’s too late and both kids are too embarrassed to associate with us any longer. At least this is what we hear…
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It’s just a bed. A little twin bed with a tendency to creak too much for our daughter’s liking.  It’s also way too small, according to Amanda, who is prone to exaggeration and has been dying for a new one for the last few years. I remember when we all used to be able to…
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