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Adventures in Parenting: TMI & Social Media
Wow, it’s been a while since the last Adventures in Parenting post! Today’s is an important one: parenting & social media. Last week, there was an incident involving my six-year-old son & a disciplinary action taken by the school. I … Continue reading
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Adventures in Parenting: Sharing the Love of Reading
Why yes, it’s been an unreal amount of time since the last time I posted an “Adventures in Parenting” post. Let’s just say that my parenting life has had so many adventures since the last post, I don’t even know … Continue reading
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Adventures in Parenting: Pride
Readers of this blog know the challenges my husband and I have faced with with our oldest son, John. John has ADD and in the past this condition has hindered him quite a bit. He was a reluctant reader and … Continue reading
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Adventures in Parenting: Trust. How Much Is Too Much?
My husband and I are co-treasurer’s for the PTO at my oldest son’s school. Fairly often, we rely on John to be our messenger, dropping off checks and other materials in the front office because our work schedules don’t always … Continue reading
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Adventures in Parenting: Relunctant Readers
Today’s episode of Adventures in Parenting will take on a more serious note. Those that know me well know how passionate I am about reading and about getting children excited about reading. Why am I so passionate? This effort … Continue reading
Adventures in Parenting: Adolescent Love
Since the premiere post for Adventures in Parenting featured my youngest son, I thought I’d be fair and focus on my oldest son, John (affectionately called John-John), for this episode. One night last week as we were all getting settled … Continue reading
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Introducing: Adventures in Parenting!
Adventures in Parenting will be a new weekly feature here at Jenn’s Bookshelves. The idea was formulated on Twitter (of course!) by Rebecca from The Book Lady’s Blog after she read my tweets about yet another fiasco one of my … Continue reading
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