Tag: parenting
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Banned Book Week
It’s banned book week, kids, and I’ve picked more banned books you should read immediately. But why are books banned in the first place? Is it because they’re bad? No. Books are banned because they either contain truths adults don’t want children to face (now and ever), or they challenge the status quo, and/or they…
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4 Tips to Help Survive Sending Your Child to College
We dropped Child The First off to begin his second year of college on Thursday. I, of course, was immediately brought back to last year, crying as we drove away from dorm. That first year, I was a swirling storm of emotions. Simultaneously thrilled he was starting a new phase of his life and mourning…
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Walking Down the Path
As I mentioned last month, we’re all living that fairy tale life. As authors, we’re writing about life, but in encapsulated vignettes that feature our struggles and dark times before we grow and find resolution. We’re basically writing fairy tales. We’re writing about our time in one section of forest before we come back out…
Mindy Carlson 