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Am I Putting Ideas Into My Kids’ Heads?
She was genuinely surprised. “You’re talking about sex and drugs with your 8 and 10 year old kids?” Her immediate reaction was, “I don’t need to discuss these things with my daughter. She’s such a good girl, surrounded by good kids – these things won’t even occur to her.” Between the lines, I thought I could hear a silent “What if you’re putting ideas into their heads?”
The way I see it, my kids are at an age when they start to grasp more and more about the grownup world surrounding them. They are still very naive, of course, and they don’t comprehend the many subtleties of grownup actions and interactions, but they can definitely understand simple messages and ideas.
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Coping With Motherhood
I became a mother in December of 1999. Ten years later, I am still struggling to cope with the wide range of emotions that comes with motherhood. I truly had no idea.
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Being Your Mother
You were tiny here – not even a year old – but those bright eyes? You’ve still got them.
“Resilient.” That’s the first adjective that comes to mind when I want to describe you. When I told you, a few weeks ago, that you’re resilient, you weren’t sure what it meant, and when I explained, you remained indifferent. You were far more interested in “smart,” “beautiful” and “fashionable.”
You are of course smart, beautiful and very fashionable, but resilience, defined as the positive capacity of people to cope with stress and to bounce back from adversity, is an amazing gift and is one of the main reasons I don’t just love you, but admire you.
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