Category Archives: parenting

Tell your kids

Posted on September 11, 2008 by

My daughter turned 1, two days after the 9/11 attacks. My son wasn’t even born yet. I asked at dinner tonight if their teachers talked about 9/11 at school. They hadn’t even brought it up. Right or wrong, we had … Continue reading →

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Beating the “It’s the gun” mantra

Posted on September 3, 2008 by

Seems like the number of homicides in St. Louis is tracking to beat out the previous 3 years. Police identified their latest victim, a victim of a home invasion who was taken to the back yard and shot in the … Continue reading →

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Teaching kids

Posted on July 29, 2008 by

I was a little surprised when I looked at the Sitemeter stats saw how many people had actually hit my blog the other day. It’s no avalanche mind you, but still something. Apparently when JR at A Keyboard and a … Continue reading →

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KY Commercial

Posted on July 25, 2008 by

No, this is not a commercial for the state of Kentucky. Normally, I despise any kind of “personal care” product commercials, and you know the kind I’m referring to. Look, We’re mostly adults here and we all know that people, … Continue reading →

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Oh how times have changed…..

Posted on July 19, 2008 by

Today we had a young boy come to the door asking if he could mow our yard. We didn’t know they boy and told him no, we’d do it ourselves. And he walked away disappointed. Its not that the yard … Continue reading →

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