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An old friend of mine just sent a link around to this MotherStyles quiz and I found it really interesting. It’s a Myers-Briggs type quiz analyzing your mothering/parenting style. Turns out I’m an INTP mom, or a “Love of Learning” mom, who excels at calmness, and fostering independence and love of learning, but struggles with routine […]
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I’m not really a chick-lit fan, but when this book came up on offer in our reading group, something about it clicked with me and I decided to give it a try. Little Earthquakes by Jennifer Weiner is about four new moms adjusting to life with newborns.
I loved that the moms were dedicated to breastfeeding and […]
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Being an only child requires patience. There’s a lot of explaining about not having siblings, and about whether that was “strange” and about how Disneyland might have been more fun with a sibling but if I’d had a sibling my parents couldn’t have afforded to take me to Disneyland. It requires listening to […]
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Happy Mother’s Day! Today, I’m up early and my guys are sleeping in, but that’s fine with me because I have a little time for myself.
My mother and I butted heads often when I was young, but becoming a mother myself, and moving to another country, just as she did, have really given me a lot […]
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While browsing in a bookstore back in the US last November, I came upon the book Punished By Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A’s, Praise, and Other Bribes by Alfie Kohn. It sounded pretty interesting so I purchased it and pretty much devoured it. Before writing a review, I figured I better […]
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