When You Have Both a Son and a Daughter
When you have a boy, you’ll find underwear hanging off the dining room chandelier, and a crocodile suspended off the light switch by its…
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Second Isn’t So Bad
Let me just get this out of the way: being the second wife and stepmom is hard and not a lot of fun at times. I started to write about how being…
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I’m Raising Sons Who Will Break Your Daughters’ Hearts
As a mom of all boys, I’m always hearing “He’s going to break some hearts one day,” and then I’m hearing, “It better not be my…
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We’re Raising All Girls and We Love it
Four girls. I could never have imagined the number of comments that four little girls could spur from the mouths of total strangers. …
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Dear Daughters, Go Be the Good
Dear daughters, Can you hear the reckoning? It’s time. It’s time to become a generation of warriors. Don’t let the high school…
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Dear Husband, Thank You For Giving Our Daughters the Best of You
To my husband and father of girls, I know you don’t have a son to carry on your family name, but your children will pass along something even…
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In Defense of Helpful Sons in a World of Strong Daughters
It is an odd way to start a blog; the words don’t flow well and it’s not concise, but it is clear. And I don’t want anyone to be confused about…
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Your Kids Are Watching What—And How—You Eat
Sitting at the airport reading a friend’s beautiful book and minding my own business over my Cheddar Jack Cheeze-Its because I’m classy,…
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Dear Daughter, I’ll Be Here on the Other Side of the Door
I’ve been kicked out of the dressing room. How did this happen? A month ago, I was helping you try on your first day of school outfit for…
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To the Dads of All Daughters
Here’s to the dads of all girls, whose lives probably aren’t the way they pictured it. Here’s to the dads who attend tea parties…
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