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Inside Motherhood

Archive for the ‘Role Models’ Category

July 20th, 2007

Time to read

Experts have a lot of tips on how to encourage your kids to grow up to be big readers. The most obvious is to read to them of course. For my family, that has had a 50-50 success rate. Hayley loves when we read to her and also enjoys “reading” them to […]

By Sherry -- 2 comments

April 28th, 2007

I talk about my kid too much

I try not to. Really. I do. But when he’s such a shining joy — and yes, he’s a pain in the butt, too — I can’t help myself. I do limit myself as much as possible, and edit 70% of what really wants to slip out of my mouth.
It’s hard to be sensitive about […]

By Christina -- 3 comments

January 23rd, 2007

Beth’s challenge: Do good

Beth from over at Diary of a Playgroup Dropout has issued a challenge to all us moms (and dads, aunts, uncles, etc etc) out there in the blogosphere: Do GOOD. Do one thing a month that does some good for a kid. It could be a charity donation, or helping out a child you know.
At […]

By Christina -- 0 comments

January 10th, 2007

Nancy Pelosi rocks! Grandma with a gavel, indeed.

Ruth Markus over at the Washington Post writes a great article, Grandma With a Gavel, that deftly weaves politics and motherhood into a mantle of greatness for one Speaker of the House to wear. It’s not enough to be chuffed that there’s a woman Speaker of the House… it’s bloody brilliant that she’s so utterly […]

By Christina -- 0 comments