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Am I the ONLY One?

by Russ on May 25, 2010

It NEVER Fails… well, at least it hasn’t in my relatively short parenting experience.  I caution, and have been cautioned myself, for using definitive words like Always and Never.  But in this case, I’m sticking with my story, “It NEVER fails!” So the question begs, “Am I the ONLY one?”  Maggie seems to think so. [...]

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It’s Time to Manage Time

by Russ on June 11, 2009

Time Management for Pre-Teens and Teens Viewing this video gave me a Charles Dicken’s, “A Christmas Carol” moment.  The ghost of ‘Time Management Future’ visited me and showed me a vision of what my step-daughter’s life will look like in another 10-20 years. As parents (and step-parents, no matter how evil we seem sometimes), it’s [...]

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Queue the Fireworks

by Russ on May 18, 2009

How NOT to Spend a Long Weekend I quit my job recently. And while it was Victoria Day here in Canada, that one decision brought a whole new meaning to the term, ‘Long Weekend‘. You see, the ‘job I quit‘ was that of family task-master.  I was the time-freakish person who makes sure there’s structure [...]

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