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Tips from the Field
Doesn’t it seem like so much of modern parenting is simply a never-ending struggle to keep kids away from dirt and germs? Parents try so... Read more
Several years ago, when the Tongginator was two-and-a-half, a man chased me down in the parking lot of a popular bookstore to ask me, “Where... Read more
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Dogs Know Things
I don’t remember life without a dog, until now. Our fifteen-year-old Lab died a few years ago and we haven’t tried to replace her. I... Read more
A Door I Never Considered
“The doors we open and close each day decide the lives we live.”—Flora Whittemore My daughter is not a morning person. Each day, getting her... Read more
Forgiving When All You Feel Is Numb
My daughter, who is twenty-six years old, was punched in the face and knocked out cold after a male assaulter grabbed her cell phone and... Read more
The Angst of Leaving Home (Even for a Few Days)
(Warning: This is a whiny one. Wah.) I head to Chicago today to see Sister N and her family and to meet her brand new... Read more
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