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I gained weight and…..

May 23, 2017July 1, 2010 by Shay

Life happens! That’s one of my many personal mottoes that I live by, life does indeed happen when you least expect it. Which is why when I was busy recovering from that pesky double hernia repair surgery that happened back in mid April, somewhere along the path to recovery I picked up an extra ten …

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Categories Feminism/Womanism, personal growth, Random babble 11 Comments

Why People Beat their Kids

May 23, 2017June 26, 2010 by Shay

Disclaimer, its late and Mama has had a long day. When those two things happen, I tend to get slap happy and nonsensical, so if my bad sense of humor offends you, get a coke and bag of chips and push on. Otherwise if you are a frazzled parent, who is finally catching their breath …

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Categories Parenting, personal growth, Random babble Tags high spirited kids, Parenting, spanking kids 10 Comments

Free Your Kids!

May 23, 2017May 31, 2010 by shay subscriber

Parents, it’s time…we really must free our kids and allow them to be kids with the understanding that we are raising them to one day become adults. I have often spoken on this blog about the differences in raising elder boy who is now 18 versus his sister mini me who is 4. There is …

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Categories Parenting, personal growth, Random babble Tags Free range parenting 5 Comments
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