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Inside Motherhood

Archive for the ‘Growing up’ Category

October 29th, 2008

Phases and how they may drive us insane

My kids both seem to be going through a phase - and I’m hoping that’s all it is because the thought of it being permanent makes me want to weep - both at the same time. That’s not unusual. Each phase ends when a new one begins, but the problem is they’re both […]

By Sherry -- 0 comments

October 3rd, 2008

Homework routines

Everyone always says that it’s important to establish a homework routine, whether it’s something you take care of right after school, after dinner, or first thing in the morning.
Our routine is pretty straight forward. When my daughter gets home, I usually give her about a half hour to change her clothes, […]

By Sherry -- 0 comments

September 30th, 2008

Holy crap - A lesson in profanity

Well, sh*t. A middle school in Fresno is under fire because it created a list of 21 curse words that they have deemed unacceptable for use within the school. That would be fine, and not unusual in any way. What IS unusual is the fact that they made a literal list - […]

By Sherry -- 3 comments

September 26th, 2008

High school scares me

Friday found me at the local high school. My daughter’s only in grade one, but the entire elementary school was going to the high school for the annual Terry Fox run. My husband and I took the little one to cheer her on, and although I intended to walk while my daughter ran, […]

By Sherry -- 1 comment

September 23rd, 2008

Time stops when your kids need you

My daughter is having some trouble at school. Part of it seems to stem from a little girl in her class who is mean to her (and apparently mean to everyone else too), but part of it is just my girl’s dislike of change. She loves her teachers, her class, her school […]

By Sherry -- 1 comment

September 18th, 2008

Computers for kids

My husband is an IT sort of guy and we have approximately 54232909734 spare computer bits and pieces (give or take a few hundred) in his studio. Seriously, he could probably build at least three full systems just by going through the cupboard in there.
Both our girls love to play computer games. […]

By Sherry -- 2 comments