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Why You Should Tell the WHOLE Truth About Drugs
I’m a big believer in telling my kids the truth. Most of the time. I mean, I still lied about Santa and the Easter Bunny, but those were fun lies. And I don’t make big announcements about what’s going on in my bedroom at night. There are things that we need to lie about, want … Continue reading
Why You Should Be Serving Your Kids Alcohol
Here in the U.S. we have had a long and generally miserable relationship with alcohol. We have tried to outlaw it, we have tried to tax it to death, we have tried to both glorify and demonize it simultaneously, and we have failed miserably in establishing a healthy relationship with this long-lasting element of human … Continue reading
Take That Skirt Off!
Now, we’ve all said that before to someone, somewhere, for some reason or another. But if you have a teenage daughter who is about to walk out the door to school and find yourself uttering these words, you are one unhappy person. The age-old tug-of-war between parent and child over what to wear to school … Continue reading
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