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FULL COLUMN: Keep your hands to yourselves – at any age

Posted by Catherine on Jan 4, 2012 in Parenting Trends

…from last week’s Creative Loafing. When kids graduate from diapers and breast milk, it starts. They form opinions and think for themselves, which occasionally leads to piss-poor decision making. My kids were no different. Discipline is necessary if you want to keep kids away from drugs and parole officers. Husband and I had to figure [...]

 
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FULL COLUMN: Hippie moms

Posted by Catherine on Sep 14, 2011 in Assholes, Parenting Trends

While shopping in Greenwise the other day, I noticed a mom in sandals and dreadlocks raising hell about the lack of vegan options for her 8 year-old. She threatened a boycott, quite loudly in fact, because her daughter was an organic being and much too precious for pesticides, animal secretions, and hormones. As I stood [...]

 
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When a kid kills a cop

Posted by Catherine on Mar 1, 2011 in Parenting, Parenting Trends, Tampa Bay Issues

After the parents of 16-year-old Nicholas Lindsey turned him in for the murder of Officer David Crawford, the first question many asked was, “Where did this kid get a gun?” A better question might have been, “Where were his parents when he got one, and why was their son out on the streets at 10:30 [...]

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What is Memorial Day all about?

Posted by Catherine on May 24, 2010 in Parenting Trends

For most people, next Monday is just another day off. It’s an occasion to sleep late, fry on the beach, or enjoy a few beers with belligerent cousins at a family barbecue. When our children were born, Husband and I started a new tradition of observing certain holidays by honoring the reasons they became holidays [...]

 
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Purity balls: weird sex talk, disturbing pre-teen ritual, or both?

Posted by Catherine on Apr 29, 2010 in General Nonsense, Parenting, Parenting Trends

I have two little boys and love their rough and tumble ways – it suits me. No idea what I’d do with a daughter. In general, girls scare me with their Barbie dolls and princess parties. I don’t even know how to braid hair. As a teacher, female students repelled with low self-esteem and emotional [...]

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Immunize me or you’ll catch it too

Posted by Catherine on Jan 20, 2010 in Health Issues, Parenting, Parenting Trends

Aren’t new parents funny? They finally get their beautiful and fresh-smelling bundle of joy to sleep, go online to brag about Apgar scores with 500 of their closest Facebook friends, and advocate some of the most bizarre and mind-baffling ideas since the womb song. Believe me, I’m only a drunken evening and missed period away [...]

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