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Should We Let Our Daughters Read Romantic Novels?
Or will it ruin them for life? God, I love a good romance. A book’s just not satisfying to me unless there’s some kind of passionate coming-together in it of a man and a woman. My love of romance...
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The Sound of Styrofoam
Why do some sounds bother us so much? For the past five years, my husband and our younger kids have participated in an annual Pinewood Derby. Each year there’s a different theme and he and whichever...
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How to Mother a Sick Child
Just do better than me, and you’re fine My daughter has a really bad cold, with chills and aches. I would call it the flu except she was the only one of our kids to get the flu shot so I REFUSE to...
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Today’s the Official Pub Date for GROWING UP ON THE SPECTRUM
It should be in stores and available online today Growing Up on the Spectrum: A Guide to Life, Love, and Learning for Teens and Young Adults with Autism and Asperger’s is the second book that Dr. Lynn...
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Is This Too Revealing?
What are the boundaries these days? I once had lunch with a single friend who told me that she had recently dated a guy who had immediately gone and written about their date on his blog, including...
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Spring (Heart) Break
Learning to separate all over again There have been many times since I first had kids when a long vacation hasn’t ended soon enough for me, times when I’ve counted down the hours until the school bus...
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Favoritism
Is it okay to have a favorite among the books you wrote? I have a running joke with my kids. I’ll say something about how one of them is my favorite, usually adding, “and that one knows who I mean.”...
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Why Won’t My Kids Read My Favorite Old Books?
Note: I’ve been bad about posting on this blog and I know it. It’s just that with various kids home (the camp situation is sporadic), I don’t have a lot of time for writing these days and the little I...
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The Great Motivator
Anxiety works. But is it worth it? Not long ago, we found ourselves talking with good friends about what motivates kids to work hard and do well at school and other activities–something that I think...
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The Joys of Motherhood
When the going gets tough, one thought keeps me going I enjoy my kids a lot. So much so that, given the choice, I tend to opt for staying home with them rather than going out alone with my husband or...
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