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A primer on making photocopies

When kiddo was little, very little, I used to do something that I am not proud of. I used to squeeze her hand to let her know that what she was doing or saying was not right. Example - if we were at a party and I was chatting with someone (a grown up) and …

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You are worthy

Your value does not decrease based on someone's ability to see your worth.InspirationQuotesMagazine.com

Is it worth it?

I wonder ... to yell when a kid spills milk to yell when a kid does not go to bed on time to yell when a kid talks back to yell when a kid does not follow rules when in a wink, the kid could be playing hide and seek with life, never to be …

Attention all grownups with a child or children

Dear Kiddos, You can be who you are and there is a spot for you in this world where you can fit in just the way you are. Don't listen to them grownups when they say you need to have contempt for your opponents in order to get ahead. ****Spoiler Alert**** See, Josh Waitzkin in …

About the Bald Eagle

We were watching The ShawShank Redemption recently and hubby was in tears. He is like that. All it takes is a song, a speech or something beautiful to move him to tears. Kiddo and I have a code word for it "Waterworks". On the other hand I am stoic. I have been asking myself this …

Step back

I got a fwd from my uncle. It was an image with several dots. I could not make head or tail of it. Then a text popped up that said that I needed to look at it from an angle. Once I did that, a beautiful image was revealed. Huh, I said to myself - …

Q&A – Bad Recommendation I often hear

Original Post Q/ What is a bad recommendation you hear in your profession or area of expertise? I would like to say I am a professional parent and parenting is my area of expertise. That said, I don't claim to know it all 🙂 and have a growth mindset and always willing to learn. A/I …

I have a problem

...with the way some children are spending their childhood in this day and age. I am of the opinion that the term 'gifted' is overused these days. One may say that a child is a gifted musician or a gifted singer or a gifted mathematician, I am ok with that. However, I do believe that …

A very short story

In a hamlet, there lived two little girls who played together all day every day. They never fought, but one day they did. They went home crying and told their moms what had happened. The moms marched out of their huts and started a yelling match on whose daughter was better. The little girls watched …