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Single Mother Advice: Please Stop With the Whinery

By On 2010/11/12 · 1 Comment · In Kid Relationships, Single Parenting Sucks, Solitary Mama

I don’t know why, but it bugs me quite a bit to mention that I am a single mother. For one, it’s like advertising my singleness and it immediately attracts all kinds of fruity loop do-gooders that think they can rescue me and my daughter simply because they are male.

People are Starving in Africa [...]

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How to Pick a BFF

By On 2010/03/29 · 3 Comments · In Kid Law, Kid Relationships, Kid Wisdom, Kinda Weird

Me:  Who is your best friend at school?

DD:  Mr. S, Miss B. and Mr. I. But most of all, Mr. S.

Me:  Really? Why Mr. S most of all?

DD:  Because he smells good. I can smell him when he walks by.

Because this is how we all should choose our best friends, right? [...]

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When We Loved Everyone

By On 2009/11/09 · Leave a Comment · In Kid Relationships, School

My daughter has a habit of telling every person she knows that she loves them. Nice, huh? I didn’t think it was a big deal until she started Kindergarten and has been making pictures and letters to her friends (girl and boy) that always include I love you somewhere on the page. Her teacher has [...]

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