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Mar.30.2011
While writing can sometimes be a very lonely profession or hobby, it's also a way of preserving my sanity. I have three daughters, all teenagers, and recently my middle daughter got a severe case of pancreatitis (inflammation of the pancreas) caused by a gallstone blockage in the bile duct. This...
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Nov.16.2010
At expat+HAREM we like to think of crossroads as places of opportunity. But if you're female in the emerging world, puberty is the crux of a lifetime. A time and a place where you can change your fortune. Your family's health. Your community's future. Or, as you cross from childhood to womanhood...
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Sep.03.2010
How do we motivate our children to improve? It's easier said than done. Or is it?
Ever heard of eves-dropping? Children do it all the time. They love to "listen in" or "spy on" mom and dad to see what's being said. So, check this out......let them spy. Let them...
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Sep.02.2010
Have you ever noticed how the little guys/gals get ignored? Children get dropped off at a sitter as if they were material items. "They're only kids" is such a common phrase in today's society. There are currently an estimated 75.2 million children between 0 and 17 in the United...
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Aug.11.2010
Over 500 calls reporting child abuse are received daily in Puerto Rico, according to the Family Department. Those 15,000 cases every month overwhelm the system, according to a recently released report. The number compares to that of the state of Florida, home to four and a half times more...
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Jul.28.2010
It's amazing what sticks out in your mind when you're only 3 years-old. I firmly believe that in order for a human being of that age to remember something until adulthood, that they can recollect into a coherent thought process on paper or even in a blog, it would take something profound to have...
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Jul.28.2010
It is the musty odor of the basement that I remember the most.
As my mother hung newly laundered clothes on the sagging rope strung between the chimney and the outside wall, I pretended that the dimly lit cellar of our three story tenement-house was the wild west. It was a perfect opportunity to...
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Jun.01.2010
I think you will find this short video adorable. A little English girl is reading my poem for children, "A Shell Whose Snail Has Gone." Just click:
http://www.smories.com/watch/a_shell_whose_snail_has_gone/
This is a wonderful site for anyone who writes for children or enjoys watching and...
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May.21.2010
Anyone abused as a child is aware of how damaging the smallest event can be to your self esteem. Someone tells you they have a 4.0 grade average at college and you think about the classes you got low grades in and change the subject. Or perhaps a friend mentions that you had worn a white dress the...
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Apr.25.2010
It wasn’t until I was enrolled in a personal growth retreat that I discovered something deeply unsettling: my inner child had gone missing. With each exercise in which we were to close our eyes and visualize our inner child, I was left with a blank screen. Panic was building in my heart. With...
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