The Imperfect Parent

Merry Christmas, I hate you
Because nothing says Happy Holidays like thinly veiled hostility and aggression:

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Mom tweets about son's drowning, claws come out
Yesterday, at around 6:12 p.m. EST, Twitter user Shellie Ross (@Military_Mom) posted an ominous tweet: Please pray like never before, my 2 yr old fell in the pool Several hours later, she posted a link to a picture "r...emembering million dollar baby," indicating that her beautiful son, Bryso...

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Growing Pains
I remember when Labor Day simply meant being allowed to sleep in late and then watching the Jerry Lewis Telethon, all day, in our pajamas. I mean, it was only last year, right? This year, however, my kids started school early (before Labor Day) an...d it’s funny what a difference 4 d...

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Parenting 101: Sighs and Punishment
I suspect that civilization, as a whole, took a nosedive the very moment people started trying to reason with children. Children are, by nature, unreasonable. Children are basically egos with lungs and legs. Nonetheless, moder...n parents seem to spend an inordinate amount of time trying...

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Mominatrix
These days, parents don't have to peruse the stacks of DVDs at their local sex shops or corrupt their hard drive with downloads upon downloads of porn to add a little spice to their decidedly bland bedrooms. Sure, if you want to watch some chick get bange...d sideways by a few greasy guys, then...

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Age Rage
You just never think it will happen to you. Then, one day you are caught. Transfixed. A deer in the headlights.  You stare in horror as comprehension (and a wrinkle) slowly dawns. You are aging. If there is anything to be learned from growing o...lder it is that we really do rem...

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Home/Office
One of the advantages to working from home is that I am able to spend more quality time with my son, Dawson. One of the disadvantages to working from home is that I often spend too much time with my son. With my husband working outside the home 40+ hour...s a week, he doesn't have as much time...

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While Mom's @ Work
Parents across the nation, rejoice! School is almost back in session! While I look forward to this special time of the year, it's not because my kids are heading back to school. I'm not one of those parents that counts down the days until summer v...acation ends. I actually like spending time w...

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While Mom's @ Work
Parents across the nation, rejoice! School is almost back in session! While I look forward to this special time of the year, it's not because my kids are heading back to school. I'm not one of those parents that counts down the days until summer v...acation ends. I actually like spending time w...

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The Parental is Political
I hadn't been paying much attention to the Birthers. Of course, I knew of the movement and its assertions, but I saw little coverage. It seemed that Camille Paglia was correct when she wrote last fall: "Thanks to their own blathering, fanatical... overkill, of course, the right-wing challenges...

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Monday Flashback: Monchhichi
Am I the only one that misses Madison Ave. using honest-to-god jingles to pitch crap to children? They don't make them like they used to:

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Mominatrix
Even before Harry and Sally discussed it on their long lonely car ride east, the age old question as to whether men and women can be "just friends" stumped even the most brilliant scholars. Some say "yes" while others say "absolutely not," and you end up s...itting ...

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NotBlogHer '09 recap -- with pics!
Last year's NotBlogHer conference was so much fun I decided to put on another one. This year, it took extra planning and effort not to attend BlogHer since it was in my home town of Chicago. There were a couple of hiccups along the way... but overall it was a great success in that I did not do noth...

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The IP Bookshelf
Spoon by Amy Krouse Rosenthal; illustrations by Scott Magoon Hyperion; $15.99 40 pp.; ISBN-13: 978-1423106852 Review by Amy Brozio-Andrews It's amazing how Amy Krouse Rosenthal can turn a simple book about a spoon into a sweet and tender a...ppreciation of what makes an individual uni...

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