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59Is honesty better when it comes to Santa Claus?
I know a kid whose mother, in the name of being totally honest with her child, has removed from his mind any illusions he may have ever had about the existence of Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny and the tooth fairy. I suppose she feels good about doing it, that it’s the right thing to do. I can only say I wouldn’t feel good about denying my child something as innocent and fun as believing in Santa.
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61Happy Yule-anaku-mas!
For families like ours, customized holidays are possible (and fun!) when you borrow the best parts of all the holidays and create a unique new holiday all your own!
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65Color Blindness
My color-blind children give me unexpected clues to my birth father's genes.
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58Poison Control for Alienated Children
Professionals say if the parent targeted for PAS is to have any hope at all of making an effective impression on the children before it's too late, that impression must be one of absolute rationality, calm, self-worth, and undivertible love for the children. There can be no sense of being personally wounded or influenced by the other parent's negativity, only regret at the pain it may be causing the kids themselves.
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67Glioblastoma
Reflections on the whip-crack emotional reversal of having a loved one live three impossible years after removal of a brain tumor. It's impossible to deny gratitude at having the extra time, but now we feel intensely cheated out of the miracle we thought we'd been given, on top of all the grief and dread we had before.
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67Head Lice Scare
I was successful at matchmaking my five-year-old son with a lovely little six-year-old girl with green eyes and a gracious manner, who enveloped my shy boy in her warm, ceaseless chatter. Her hair was gorgeous—long and curly, just the color of rain-soaked wheat. I made a remark to her mother about her beautiful hair, and her mom shuddered as she dropped this bombshell on me. “I was afraid we were going to have to cut it all off. She had head lice last week."
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58Anger Management for Part-Time Moms
The rush from unleased fury can be addictive, creating a habit you never intended of flying into the sweet, red bliss of outrage at every provokation. Pretty soon you can't even remember what you were like before you became the angry version of yourself you suddenly notice you've become. Here's advice on how to stop the anger cycle and regain your natural sweet disposition.
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57Manage Your Anger, Stay Pretty! (no matter what)
I started into the whole tirade, explaining why I had every right to be angry and that they should have been angry too at the way their mom was being treated...but then I stopped and took a deep breath. For the first time I got it. I realized how I looked, to them and to everyone I unleashed on. Hardly a figure to inspire faith and sympathy. If anything, I looked even more unhinged from reality than my ex! At least he remained calm in his delusions. I was fit to be tied!
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67Part Time Mom
If you are a part-time mom, I've created this hub just for you! I don't know if you feel as isolated and adrift as I did fifteen years ago when I first started looking for resources and found none, but if you thought you were the only one, you're not! You're actually in good company!
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