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All we need is love…or not?

May 23, 2017October 13, 2009 by shay subscriber

Let me just start off by saying that I know there are some readers who might be offended by what I am about to say…its ok. There are times when to be honest I just don’t feel like being all that nice or politically correct; times when I am just going to shoot straight from …

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Categories Money, Parenting, Random babble Tags cost of kids, deciding on parenthood, raising kids

Home on the brain

May 23, 2017October 1, 2009 by shay subscriber

It’s no secret to those close to me that this year for the first time in years, I have gotten terribly home sick. I haven’t been back home to Chicago since my Mom’s untimely death 5 years ago. Part of the reason has been money but the truth is after my Mom’s passing, I didn’t …

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Categories Current Events, Parenting, Random babble Tags Chicago violence, raising kids, youth violence

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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