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Reflections on Papa

May 23, 2017June 21, 2009 by shay subscriber

This was originally posted on June 21, 2009 and pretty much captures my feelings on Father’s day. Its Father’s Day, a day that frankly IMO gets not nearly enough fanfare compared to Mother’s Day. Of course we live in a world where sadly fathers are sometimes not around and Mama plays the role of both …

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Categories Current Events, Parenting, Racial and Cultural Tags father child relationships, father's day

Education versus no education

May 23, 2017June 16, 2009 by shay subscriber

One of things I kill time doing online is looking at blogs and discussions boards where folks discuss frugal living, it seems without fail the issue of student loans comes up. I am amazed at the number of folks who claim there is no value in paying for an education and as a result have …

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Categories Money, Parenting, Random babble Tags college costs, going to college, teenagers 9 Comments

Yeah, he is too old

May 23, 2017May 22, 2009 by shay subscriber

I remember when my son whom I generally call elder child was a young boy, I got him potty trained at 2.75. No, that is not an exaggeration, remember though he is almost 18 so back then kids got potty trained earlier than they do know. There was also the fact that I landed a …

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Categories Parenting, Random babble Tags helicopter parenting, hyper-parenting, raising kids
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